Posts Tagged ‘Britney Spears’
Sexist Beatdown: How Beyonce In A Cop Outfit = Feminism Now Edition
Pre-post-post-feminism was marked by elaborate personality-based costumes
Sady of Tiger Beatdown and I were totally prepared to have a Very Serious Discussion Concerning Our Feelings on the Defense Of Marriage Act and Why Obama Was Or Was Not A Dick About It (VSDCOFOTDOMAAWOWOWNADAI) today.
But then we read this awesome piece by Steve Haruch, dude in Texas, about why post-post-feminism in pop music is just pre-feminism in disguise, and we thought, “fuck it, let’s talk about Beyonce in a cop outfit.”
Read More “Sexist Beatdown: How Beyonce In A Cop Outfit = Feminism Now Edition” »
A Hierarchy of Date-Rape Jams
[View a full-sized version here].
I’ve been writing a lot about date rape in popular culture lately, particularly in music. Most of my treatment has involved parsing the lyrics of popular songs with rape-scenario undertones: Asher Roth’s soft indictment of college date rape; A Tribe Called Quest’s anti-date rape, menstruation-joke opus; Slick Rick’s anal-themed rape song. But do the songs at least sound good? And does that make them worse?
Date Rape Anthem: Britney Spears’ “Blur”
Date Rape Anthem: Britney Spears’ “Blur”
Relevant Lyrics:
Who are you? What’d we do, last night?
Hey, yeah, yeah
Who are you? What’d we do, last night?
Hey, yeah, yeahCan’t remember what I did last night
Maybe I shouldn’t have given in
But I just couldn’t fight
Hope I didn’t but I think I might’ve
Everything, everything is still a blur
Why It’s So Rapey: I feel bad bringing Britney into this. I really do. After all, Spears didn’t even write this track: this date rape joint is the product of three songwriters—Marcella Araiac, Stacy Barth, and Nathanial Hills—who are responsible for putting the words in the victim’s mouth.
Reviews have been mixed:
Daily Palin: 2012 Obama Crushing Edition
Cruuuuush heeeer
IF SHE DID RUN, HE WOULD CRUSH HER, a new poll finds [PDF]. “A new national [Public Policy Polling] poll finds that nominating Palin could be a death wish for the party, with Barack Obama leading Palin 55-35 in a hypothetical contest. The key reason Palin would lose to Obama by so much is that even though she might be the top choice for a certain segment of voters within her party, there’s also a number of Republicans who say they would vote for Obama if their party nominated Palin.” [via ThunderPig].
Gorilla Up-Skirt Confirms Baby’s Sex
The rest of the National Zoo’s gorilla population is not amused.
The Washington Post reports today that the baby gorilla born in the National Zoo on Jan. 10 is a baby girl. A zoo spokesperson said it took zookeepers a full three weeks to determine the sex of the gorilla; post-birth, the “hairy arm” of 26-year-old gorilla mama Mandara “protected the newborn and screened her from view.” But mama couldn’t cage this little wild child forever:
Britney Spears Praise Jesus Sexy Comeback Video Corner
In honor of Britney Spears gracing the Verizon Center with her presence next March, and my undying love for her, even in her “Chaotic” days, and it being Friday, please join me as I drink in the fruits of Brit-Brit’s rehab, and cross-my-fingers knock-on-wood never-washing-this-Mouseketeers-jersey-again hope that she’s all better now. Come, let us pray:
