It’s no wonder Katy Perry’s feminism is lagging – just look at her upbringing
But there could be a reason Katy’s feminism is lagging behind the rest: many other popstars had a head start that she did not. Born in 1984, while many kids were welcomed into families already liberated by the 1960s free-love hippy movement, Katy was the middle child of two born again Pentecostal Christian ministers.