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Video Clip: Elders react to Anaconda
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It's a shame none of them got the message.
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Originally posted by Kim Kardashian
It's a shame none of them got the message.
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And what message is that?
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I agree with them. Every generation just objectifies women more and more, and now people are saying this objectification = feminism
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Haters
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lemme watch and see them have a heart attack
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Originally posted by Miley Cyrus
And what message is that?
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shake ur fake pillow ass like a ***** to get some cash and #1 spot on top lists
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Quote:
Originally posted by Kim Kardashian
It's a shame none of them got the message.
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Originally posted by careerfatality
shake ur fake pillow ass like a ***** to get some cash and #1 spot on top lists
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Quote:
Originally posted by careerfatality
shake ur fake pillow ass like a ***** to get some cash and #1 spot on top lists
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"Minaj... like menage et trois?"
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"Oh no you're not making me watch this are you"
i see someone is an iggy fan
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Originally posted by Miley Cyrus
And what message is that?
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The song is a feminist song.
It takes a sexist song (Baby Got Back) and turns it into a female empowerment anthem.
The language choices in the song were deliberate.
I let him hit it 'cause he slang Cocaine
He toss my salad like his name Romaine
And when we done, I make him buy me Balmain
Let him eat it with his grills,
Obviously the rant at the end was just a bit of fun, referring to how the media portrays skinny girls. Because people love to hate Nicki, they bring this up to discredit the song yet not so much with All About That Bass.
Whilst the single cover and video was intended to cause controversy, it was intended to make a discussion.
The song is showing that it's ok to be sexy, that it's ok to be a sexual being.
Are men ever criticized for showing too much skin? No.
Do people ever say men showing of their bodies are telling young girls that rape is OK? No.
Feminism = Equality
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"Hear no evil...see no evil...speak no evil..."
"at least they are wearing clothes"
"Nicki minaj? like a menage a trois!"
"it means he has very large personal parts"
"a lot of cleavage there...but not on her chest"
i love them!!
would they lie?
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Mess. When she put out Pills N Potions nobody was praising her for not being sexual. But now with Anaconda people are slandering her and saying she shouldn't be sexual.
People love to be negative.
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Originally posted by TikiMiss
I agree with them. Every generation just objectifies women more and more, and now people are saying this objectification = feminism
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90s was the worst.
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Member Since: 8/31/2012
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Quote:
Originally posted by Kim Kardashian
The song is a feminist song.
It takes a sexist song (Baby Got Back) and turns it into a female empowerment anthem.
The language choices in the song were deliberate.
I let him hit it 'cause he slang Cocaine
He toss my salad like his name Romaine
And when we done, I make him buy me Balmain
Let him eat it with his grills,
Obviously the rant at the end was just a bit of fun, referring to how the media portrays skinny girls. Because people love to hate Nicki, they bring this up to discredit the song yet not so much with All About That Bass.
Whilst the single cover and video was intended to cause controversy, it was intended to make a discussion.
The song is showing that it's ok to be sexy, that it's ok to be a sexual being.
Are men ever criticized for showing too much skin? No.
Do people ever say men showing of their bodies are telling young girls that rape is OK? No.
Feminism = Equality
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^^ true feminist message right there girls get Balmain thanks to men. such a parallel to all those patriarchal songs about making women buy them golf clubs
^^ Equality = shaking her buns and objectifying her dancers for the World? I had no idea they were simply doing what men do. Pray tell, I can't seem to remember the last time a man shook his bomboms like that in a music video. Didn't know this was such an empowering thing
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Member Since: 3/2/2014
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Quote:
Originally posted by Kim Kardashian
The song is a feminist song.
It takes a sexist song (Baby Got Back) and turns it into a female empowerment anthem.
The language choices in the song were deliberate.
I let him hit it 'cause he slang Cocaine
He toss my salad like his name Romaine
And when we done, I make him buy me Balmain
Let him eat it with his grills,
Obviously the rant at the end was just a bit of fun, referring to how the media portrays skinny girls. Because people love to hate Nicki, they bring this up to discredit the song yet not so much with All About That Bass.
Whilst the single cover and video was intended to cause controversy, it was intended to make a discussion.
The song is showing that it's ok to be sexy, that it's ok to be a sexual being.
Are men ever criticized for showing too much skin? No.
Do people ever say men showing of their bodies are telling young girls that rape is OK? No.
Feminism = Equality
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Seven a.m., waking up in the morning
Gotta be fresh, gotta go downstairs
Gotta have my bowl, gotta have cereal
Seein' everything, the time is goin'
Tickin' on and on, everybody's rushin'
Gotta get down to the bus stop
Gotta catch my bus, I see my friends (My friends)
Kickin' in the front seat
Sittin' in the back seat
Gotta make my mind up
Which seat can I take?
It's Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend
Friday, Friday
Gettin' down on Friday
Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend
this song is about a woman doings things by herself like a strong powerful feminist. making her own choices while society is pressuring her to be fresh and have a bowl.
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Quote:
Originally posted by TikiMiss
^^ true feminist message right there girls get Balmain thanks to men. such a parallel to all those patriarchal songs about making women buy them golf clubs
^^ Equality = shaking her buns and objectifying her dancers for the World? I had no idea they were simply doing what men do. Pray tell, I can't seem to remember the last time a man shook his bomboms like that in a music video. Didn't know this was such an empowering thing
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There aren't male empowerment songs/videos because there is no need.
Men have always been empowered.
If women were religiously
Recognized sexually
We wouldn't have to feel the need to show our ass,
It's to feel free
Been there, done that
Got the t-shirt
Sold my soul
And yeah the truth hurts
Tired image of a star
Acting naughtier than we really are
If history could set you free (from who you were supposed to be)
If sex in our society (didn't tell a guy who he should be)
'Cause all my life I've tried to fight what history has given me
Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex
Yeah
Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex
~ Marina & The Diamonds - Sex Yeah
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Member Since: 8/31/2012
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Quote:
Originally posted by Kim Kardashian
There aren't male empowerment songs/videos because there is no need.
Men have always been empowered.
If women were religiously
Recognized sexually
We wouldn't have to feel the need to show our ass,
It's to feel free
Been there, done that
Got the t-shirt
Sold my soul
And yeah the truth hurts
Tired image of a star
Acting naughtier than we really are
If history could set you free (from who you were supposed to be)
If sex in our society (didn't tell a guy who he should be)
'Cause all my life I've tried to fight what history has given me
Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex
Yeah
Sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex, sex
~ Marina & The Diamonds - Sex Yeah
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So you honestly think Nicki saying she gets her man to buy her Balmain makes her a feminist? If a 5-year-old gets their parents to buy him a firetruck, does that make him empowered?
the other lines make her a dominatrix. not a feminist.
I always thought feminism was about equality (on one end) and about telling men that women weren't just sexual objects. How exactly does Anaconda fit into either argument?
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