THESE are the messages being funneled through airwaves, WWWs at lightspeed on massive scales to millions of people. There is definitely nothing empowering going on here but they are her biggest hits in the last 3 years...? These are the messages being intercepted and applied by tons of human beings.
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I kinda expected this argument to ccome...?
Take Rihanna. A song like "Work" is clearly not societal poison, albeit being infectious-y and brain-wiring.
The video does nothing harmful.
Rihanna purposely markets herself to an older audience with her music most of the time,
and it's never been a hooker'd, sexsexsexSEX-fueled message.
"I let him hit it coz he slang cocaine," something Rihanna would never consider saying.
This is really true.
But now she is, and broke free of the mind-numbing mediocrity that she had been forced to do
for many years, it's kind of inspiring. "I don't need to stoop to this." she told herself when the
entire planet mocked her for being a fat, dirty skank-ish creature (she totally isn't this way, btw).
Certain artists will BEG to become this skank'd enigma, it's really frightening...
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Soo yeah... this is a sample.
Singing songs about sex is different when not marketed directly at children/teenagers.
And even when Rihanna is raunchy or sensual, it's playful in ways that Nicki is... vulgar, backwards-thinking.
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Just because artists I enjoy also do this dumbass activities that I don't support them doing...?
You're definitely babbling.
Anaconda being demanded respect for is really sad and shallow.
There's nothing empowering about the song, its lyriricism or message.
The hook is literally a man demanding a woman has a fat ass, she repeats multiple times she pops
pills, alludes directly to being infatuated with a man because he sells cocaine... this is echoed
loudly at youth and media consumers, and then she pissedly rants, making it a race and gender issue.
Granted, yes, men get away with more, it doesn't mean this should also be congratulated because of that.
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I never called her "too sexy", but for some reason the point doesn't manage to stick
and gets twisted/turned into something I'm not arguing.
I've been criticizing the target audiences and persistent DRUGS don't make for a good combination, the most. And it doesn't help when artists want to claim they deserve awards for this in supplement with cashing out their bodies for money as a "GREAT thing " to millions of people, children, etc. I honestly think that women can do whatever they want with their bodies, but it feels weird/wrong to me that unattainable bodies are displayed on Billboards, screens, visuals; inescapable, everywhere, telling everyone "this is what you want to look like... it's this," making all sorts of people everywhere feel constantly not good enough and sexually insecure. Especially young people that are developing their own thoughts/opinions being spoon-fed media content like this.
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Criticizing a woman for promoting THESE lyrics to the general public:
"he might sell coke! " / "i let him hit it cozz he slang cocaine " is not a WHITE FEMINIST perspective.
And these are the lyrics in her most signature hits, like... Wake up if you find this harmless,
it's purposely marketed at children and teenagers, that's not a cute or safe message.
I like some of her stances on things, I like that she's empowered and I enjoy her strength/flow.
I don't like that she targets these things inappropriately or that she focuses on pop formulas rather than
her rapping talents now that a big price tag is how she's been conditioned to make decisions.
Up there with All I Need, Monday Morning, Cruz, to name a few.
This is really true.
" to millions of people, children, etc. I honestly think that women can do whatever they want with their bodies, but it feels weird/wrong to me that unattainable bodies are displayed on Billboards, screens, visuals; inescapable, everywhere, telling everyone "this is what you want to look like... it's this," making all sorts of people everywhere feel constantly not good enough and sexually insecure. Especially young people that are developing their own thoughts/opinions being spoon-fed media content like this.
" / "i let him hit it cozz he slang cocaine 
Wake up if you find this harmless,
