and i would do it again!
Okay, I just need to write a little rant here, and y'all can feel free to ignore me.
So, last Saturday my roommate and I decided to head down to the Pride parade here in Austin to show, you know, pride, and also to see naked people. As we cross the bridge on Congress, we passed by all the floats getting prepared for the parade, and blasting from one of the tow cars was that horrible I Kissed A Girl song by Katy Perry.
Some of you might like that song. I get it, it's catchy, it seems really fun on the surface. But please, listen to the actual WORDS coming out of her mouth:
No, I don't even know your name
It doesn't matter
You're my experimental game
Just human nature
It's not what, good girls do
Not how they should behave
My head gets so confused
Hard to obey
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chap stick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
So just to interpret for you: she saying that being gay is "not what good girls do" and "not how they should behave." Also, this is exactly the sort of fucked up bullshit that straight girls at bars pull to get guys to think they're racey and sexy or whatever--only she's doing it IN A SONG. It's so meta, you guys. It makes me want to slap her.
If that weren't enough, what some of you might not know is that she has an entire EP out called Ur So Gay, and it's incredibly offensive and homophobic. She's using the word 'gay' in the negative connotation of "you're so stupid." If we learned nothing else from Pete Wentz, it's important to remember that GAY IS NOT A SYNONYM FOR STUPID. Her lyrics:
You’re so sad maybe you should buy a happy meal
You’re so skinny you should really Super Size the deal
Secretly you’re so amused
That nobody understands you
I’m so mean cause I cannot get you outta your head
I’m so angry cause you’d rather MySpace instead
I can’t believe I fell in love with someone that wears more makeup than…
You’re so gay and you don’t even like boys
No you don’t even like
No you don’t even like
No you don’t even like boys
You’re so gay and you don’t even like boys
So, thanks, Katy Perry. Thanks for being a homophobic asshole and insidiously making kids think that you're just daring and risque instead. And thanks, Capital Records, for endorsing this message to kids: that it's okay to make fun of gay people, and to use them, and to say that their entire sexuality is WRONG. Thanks for pushing this song so hard at radio that I can't even listen anymore because I can't justify supporting a station that supports homophobia.
Christ. And I thought Some Girls was bad. At least JC likes lesbians.
So, last Saturday my roommate and I decided to head down to the Pride parade here in Austin to show, you know, pride, and also to see naked people. As we cross the bridge on Congress, we passed by all the floats getting prepared for the parade, and blasting from one of the tow cars was that horrible I Kissed A Girl song by Katy Perry.
Some of you might like that song. I get it, it's catchy, it seems really fun on the surface. But please, listen to the actual WORDS coming out of her mouth:
No, I don't even know your name
It doesn't matter
You're my experimental game
Just human nature
It's not what, good girls do
Not how they should behave
My head gets so confused
Hard to obey
I kissed a girl and I liked it
The taste of her cherry chap stick
I kissed a girl just to try it
I hope my boyfriend don't mind it
It felt so wrong
It felt so right
Don't mean I'm in love tonight
So just to interpret for you: she saying that being gay is "not what good girls do" and "not how they should behave." Also, this is exactly the sort of fucked up bullshit that straight girls at bars pull to get guys to think they're racey and sexy or whatever--only she's doing it IN A SONG. It's so meta, you guys. It makes me want to slap her.
If that weren't enough, what some of you might not know is that she has an entire EP out called Ur So Gay, and it's incredibly offensive and homophobic. She's using the word 'gay' in the negative connotation of "you're so stupid." If we learned nothing else from Pete Wentz, it's important to remember that GAY IS NOT A SYNONYM FOR STUPID. Her lyrics:
You’re so sad maybe you should buy a happy meal
You’re so skinny you should really Super Size the deal
Secretly you’re so amused
That nobody understands you
I’m so mean cause I cannot get you outta your head
I’m so angry cause you’d rather MySpace instead
I can’t believe I fell in love with someone that wears more makeup than…
You’re so gay and you don’t even like boys
No you don’t even like
No you don’t even like
No you don’t even like boys
You’re so gay and you don’t even like boys
So, thanks, Katy Perry. Thanks for being a homophobic asshole and insidiously making kids think that you're just daring and risque instead. And thanks, Capital Records, for endorsing this message to kids: that it's okay to make fun of gay people, and to use them, and to say that their entire sexuality is WRONG. Thanks for pushing this song so hard at radio that I can't even listen anymore because I can't justify supporting a station that supports homophobia.
Christ. And I thought Some Girls was bad. At least JC likes lesbians.