Girls, Do Not, Rule the World

[windinthemaples]

I found this through one of my childhood friends on Facebook. It's a pretty fantastic video, if you have a couple minutes.

Comments

[neva-butterfly.livejournal.com]

Thanks. I get that woman doing the video wanted to use a popular song to bring some attention to some very serious issues.

Sometimes I think it's kind of a bandwagon people jump on to criticize sexism and violence and other bad values in rap, but then kind of disregard how those things are pervasive throughout music, movies and tv of all types, if less blatant they're certainly as damaging.

I also find much of Beyonce's music deeply offensive, but I recognize that it's pop music and in her own weird way she's attmepting to promote a model of women who stand up for themselves and take care of themselves... But then again I find Twilight both deeply offensive and also highly disturbing, so my threshhold might be a little low.

But writing a ton about rap would have missed this young woman's point, which is important, even if I would quibble a bit with her stats, but what can you do....