I don't mean that ironically, heterosexual white men make up the biggest demographic listeners of female pop music.
Taylor Swift? Katy Perry? Lady GaGa? Oh you mean Tay-Tay, Caty Purry, and The Gaga, as us white heterosexual men refer to them as.
Which also means that T-Swift and Yeezus have a large overlap in audience.
Which made this a very difficult part of our lives.
In saying that, I should add a disclaimer to any females looking to find these men at their concerts, understand that we enjoy their music but don't go to their concerts unless taken by a significant other. So if you find a guy at a TaySway concert, he's ether taken already or playing for the other team. This goes double for Queen Gaga Lord of the Dance.
Moving onto the topic at hand, Meghan Trainor (who I will misspell as Megan Trainer at least once in this post) has added yet another song for white heterosexual men to sing along to on long car rides to the annoyance of fellow passengers.
Which is good since we've been stuck with "Wish You Were Trouble" for a while now since we can't figure how "Dark Horse" goes.
And like most great pop-songs, one must find the music video to truly enjoy the artist's vision, and man does it deliver.
He learned this by watching videos of me from Senior Prom.
Now after enjoying the absolute roller coaster of joy that is the "All About that Bass" music video, I scrolled down into the comments to see everyone else having as much of a good time as I was having, and man was I wrong, I was on a public message forum Post-Anti-Anti-Gamer-Gate-Gate, and it was a warzone.
Starting off.
So what seems to be striking the most chords with people (I think that counts as a musical pun) is the lyrics
"I'm bringing booty back"
"Go a head and tell them skinny bitches that"
"No, I'm just playing, I know you think you're fat"
"But I'm here to tell ya"
"Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top"
So the offending word in question is usage of "bitches", and since the song doesn't appear to be about female dogs this then implies that she is calling any "skinny" girl a "bitch".
Now before we get started, I think the word "bitch" as been used some much in today's society I think we really don't have a meaning for it anymore, other than as a general rude insult to females and the way of implying sexual dominance over males.
Thank you Urban Dictionary, where would we be as a society without you.
What I'm getting at is in the context of the already playful song, she's not trying to be insulting, she's you know, JUST PLAYING.
Man if only she made that clear SOMEHOW.
Yes I also enjoyed this piece of irony? Is it irony? I don't think anyone knows anymore.
Well calling someone else inbred with that profile pic kinda makes a "pot meets kettle" situation.
So, I get what he's saying, but I never understand why people are always needing to add an insult to their statements about standing up for people. Freaking morons.
Yes, we have a problem with fat shamming in western countries, and yes, an obese person in a comedy is essentially just a walking physical gag more than anything else.
But do you need to say "whore"? That's actually kinda mean you know, like I don't think actual whores like being called whores.
You could of just said "skinny bitches" like in the song, and as we've stated before, bitches ain't whores.
Ok unless we call up Dr. Dre on this one, then I guess you can say "bitches ain't nothin but hoes and tricks"
But unlike a lot of things in life, this isn't about Dr. Dre.
Seriously? Inbred though? I guess the internet's new sensation with inbreeding is marginally better than calling everything retarded as it was ten years ago.
Ah the sound of progress.
Well they sure as hell ain't glamorizing chest hair.
There's a difference between "glamorizing" and saying that people should be comfortable with what they look like. Which is an important message in a song aimed at teenage girls and listened to mostly by adult men.
I think this is a case of people thinking that if someone is doing something perceived as wrong, they should call them out for it. Which is good if it's a murder or something, but singing about being happy with your body isn't call for alarm.
I get what he thinks he's doing, he thinks that he's trying to show people that we're entering an era of human society that says that's ok to be fat, and then we'll all die of heart disease.
Much like how some churches feel a need to do this:
"Always do for other people everything you want them to do for you. That is [the meaning of] Moses' Teachings and the Prophets. Therefore, all things whatsoever ye desire that men should do unto you, so also shall ye do unto them, for this is the law and the prophets."
-Matthew 7:12
The pastor who put up this sign is seriously concerned about America getting taken over by a gay agenda and everyone then going to hell because we're all too busy making out with our new boyfriends and girlfriends.
But those of living in reality know that this isn't the case, and those of living in reality know that Megan Trainer isn't trying to tell all the teenage girls and adult males to start chowing down on quarter-pounders.
Well this guy can go fall down a flight of stairs after living a long and fulfilling life.
To add to this I just want to say "We're all skinny bitches on the inside"
Well apparently the whole "We're all skinny bitches" line didn't work
Ok, in all honesty, is it really that offensive? Look I carpooled with a skinny female friend of mine every Saturday this past semester of school and we sang this song at least once on the way there and not once did she ever stand up and "I think this line is offensive!", which is good because I don't drive a convertible and she was driving 50% of the time.
Embarrasses? Here's something I think we need to start teaching in schools, people calling each other names doesn't always mean they're being mean.
Because, like everything else in life, it's all about this magical thing called "context".
Like when I was hiking with some of my female friends and I called one them a bitch.
This was not because she was trying to ride in the middle of the front section of the car, no earlier we had just entered into yet another imaginary relationship and she had then proceeded to cheat and break up with me in the following six seconds.
Hence me saying "you bitch"
Granted the small child and his mother walking past us at the exact moment I said that probably probably didn't catch my meaning based on the look I was shot with, but I'm sure if they were aware of the context of the conversation they would understand.
Also they probably would of understood it better when my other friend with us then proceed to talk about how she likes to eat babies.
I actually don't remember the context of that conversation.
The context of the song is telling girls who everyone knows are considered skinny to stop worrying about what they look like. You know because:
"Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top"
Also what else was she suppose to say?
She needed to have a single syllable word there to keep the lyrics on beat or it wouldn't sound right, and to keep the harmonious sound going she need to end on a soft sound so saying "skinny broads" or "skinny chicks" wouldn't work.
What am I trying to say?
It's not that big of deal.
Ok she actually brings up a good point.
As some of you may have noticed.
Exactly.
Meghan Trainor in my opinion and in the opinion of other's isn't exactly what we'd call "fat".
Picture: Not Fat People
Yes they're thicker but that's body shape not weight. I think the problem here is that people assume that all women by default are suppose to look the same, and that men are the ones with the different body shapes.
Look I can't wear V-Necks.
I have oddly proportioned shoulder to torso size and I'm build like a brick and not a, whatever shape the guys on One Direction are.
Wait I thought there was five members of One Direction? Or are these guys 5 Seconds of Summer? Then why are there four of them? I can't keep track of boy bands.
At least Maroon-5 is easy to keep track of, it's Adam Levine and Maroons 1-4
My point is not all people look like this:
Americans haven't looked like this since the 1950's
Now going back to what Ana Garcia up there said, the song does come off as hypocritical by only showing what are considered "curvy" and therefore "attractive" females and then showing an obviously overweight man and not showing any "curvy" males.
Or I guess whatever the male equivalent of "curvy" would be?
"Channing?"
And she does point out how the fat guy is used for a laugh, much like how I used him in the beginning of the post.
Maybe it's all about opinion again, because I find the .gif of the fat guy dancing entertaining because he's having the absolute time of his life dancing like no one cares.
Which is exactly how I dance and I can relate.
Here's to you, soul brother.
To her point about how there isn't any real "fat" girls in the video.
Umm, well you have a point there.
Granted people think Emma Stone is fat
Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top
Point being: Weight isn't beauty, beauty is based on personal opinion.
Happy Birthday!
Well as a boy I'm more concerned about your lack of neck in your profile picture.
I get what she's trying to say. The chorus to the song does state that Meghan Trainor's mama did tell her that boys do like more booty to hold at night.
Granted I think this is a weird way to sleep.
Like this but(t) laying down.
Look if life was a competitive multiplayer video game (it's not because I added the word "video" to that phrase), we'd have a pretty booty heavy meta game right now.
Much like how giving offensive Pokemon more mega-evolutions pushed us out of the Nasty Plot heavy special game of Gen 5 into a physical based meta-game in Gen 6. We're now using more and more competitive bootys. Granted with Mega-Swampert we might see the long dead Drizzle Teams of Gen 3 return, but that's aside the...metaphor. I think, I'm lost.
Anyway, we as a society that likes to talk about what part of the female body we find the most attractive as much as possible, now like to talk about the booty.
We've slowly moved passed the boob heavy years of the 2000's and are now fully transitioning over to the booty ran Twenty-Teens.
I blame twerking personally, but I think it also has to do with allowing more butts on TV.
Charlotte Ross, you truly were a pioneer of your time.
And I thinks it's because the booty can be enjoyed by anyone of any sexuality. Well I don't have any asexual friends so I couldn't check on that, so please comment below if you are asexual and like the booty.
Because I know gay men who like the booty, I know straight women who like the booty.
I've had several conversations with my lesbian friends about the booty.
I never checked in with my bisexual friend if he likes the booty, but I would assume so since trends show that everyone likes the booty.
Not enough to break the internet though, sorry Kim Kay.
And then there's this guy.
Look, I understand you think you're doing everyone a favor. Yes obesity as lead to a large spike in heart disease in America, and it's costing everyone money in the long run, and we all should take care of our bodies to an extent that we're not burdening everyone else.
But thing is, at this present time, it's considered rude to call someone out on being fat. Especially someone, like Meghan Trainor, who we've discussed before, really doesn't seem that fat.
Also posting this is on a video that is promoting people to not worry about what other's think of their bodies, which is also an important message to talk about and doesn't come off as being an asshole, kind makes you come off as an asshole.
Even between close family and friends it's considered rude to call someone else out on their weight. No matter how polite you word it, you're essentially saying "Hey I think you're fat, so stop being fat"
The problem is that fat is wrapped up in our definition of beauty, and beauty is all subjective. Much like art, fat is all in one's upbringing and point of view.
Granted in my point of view I think some people have screwed up point of views.
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