has made waves in the genre in recent years, but she said she didn't originally think of herself as a"political artist."
She also explained why she isn't afraid of criticizing country music and its audience, pushing back against the fear of"getting Dixie Chick-ed," which refers to the vitriolic backlash faced by The Chicks in 2003 after speaking out against then-President George W. Bush. "It just revealed who people really were and that they were proud to be misogynistic and racist and homophobic and transphobic. All these things were being celebrated, and it was weirdly dovetailing with this hyper-masculine branch of country music," she said.
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