Sheryl Crow is no fan of the Internet, said Craig McLean in The Daily Telegraph (U.K.). The singer recently tried to become savvier about the Web and social media, and quickly came across a venomous attack on one of her songs. “Somebody blogged that it sounded like someone being raped in an open field,” says Crow. “It was so heinous. I sobbed.” The viciousness of anonymous commenters and tweeters stuns her. “It used to be that if you were like that, you might be an outsider. Now everybody has found their people—who are haters.” As the mother of two adopted sons, Crow finds herself recoiling from popular culture, especially its relentless sexualization of women. A big Beyoncé fan, Crow gathered with her family to watch the singer’s halftime performance at last year’s Super Bowl. “My niece was watching it and trying to do the moves,” says Crow, frowning. “And it’s like, you’re using your…you know, your sexual parts as part of the dance to kind of like—.” She pauses. “There’s no way to shield your kids from sex. But when it becomes such the norm, how do you tell your kids, ‘You’ve got plenty of time’?”
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