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I imagine there are many angles of attack for a band like the Pussycat Dolls.
Firstly, there's that whole "Oh that's Top 40 pop music" brush-off, the blanket assumption that everything that sounds like commercial R&B/pop is complete musical rubbish. But I'm not on that tip. I like some Top 40 pop/R&B, and moreover, I like what I've heard of the Pussycat Dolls.
Then you've got the whole 'slut' diss. They don't wear many clothes, they're music is sexual, they're bad role models for young girls, blah blah blah. Okay, so the latter concern is probably somewhat valid, but overall I hope that our society is (or soon will be) over the repression of female sexuality. Too many centuries have women had to live with the stigma when they choose to be sexual - which, really, causes nobody harm (and probably brings the parties involved some form of happiness).
But what does concern me, is this:
You know, it's cool with me to wear what you want to wear (except, maybe like a shirt with hate speech on it). But since finding out one of my very good friends has become anorexic, I feel pretty fucking worried when I see this. Because a collection of images like this surely imparts something really messed up into the psyche of young women like my friend. There's no reason that this band had to have their bodies have to shown from the side like that, to accentuate their thinness, for us to appreciate their beauty. This is a particularly irresponsible image to be placed on an album cover and I hope someone tells them that.
Firstly, there's that whole "Oh that's Top 40 pop music" brush-off, the blanket assumption that everything that sounds like commercial R&B/pop is complete musical rubbish. But I'm not on that tip. I like some Top 40 pop/R&B, and moreover, I like what I've heard of the Pussycat Dolls.
Then you've got the whole 'slut' diss. They don't wear many clothes, they're music is sexual, they're bad role models for young girls, blah blah blah. Okay, so the latter concern is probably somewhat valid, but overall I hope that our society is (or soon will be) over the repression of female sexuality. Too many centuries have women had to live with the stigma when they choose to be sexual - which, really, causes nobody harm (and probably brings the parties involved some form of happiness).
But what does concern me, is this:
You know, it's cool with me to wear what you want to wear (except, maybe like a shirt with hate speech on it). But since finding out one of my very good friends has become anorexic, I feel pretty fucking worried when I see this. Because a collection of images like this surely imparts something really messed up into the psyche of young women like my friend. There's no reason that this band had to have their bodies have to shown from the side like that, to accentuate their thinness, for us to appreciate their beauty. This is a particularly irresponsible image to be placed on an album cover and I hope someone tells them that.