You A Stupid Hoe

Has anyone seen this yet?

One of the most amazing things to see is how people react to this video. Sometimes they start laughing uncomfortably, some just stare, but i also know there are a bunch of people who think this song is fun and catchy. The funny thing to me is that Nicki Minaj is a self proclaimed feminist! How can you say that you want equality between the sexes and don't want women viewed as sex objects, and have a song that states "pretty bitches only can get in my posse."What do you guys think?
-Hannah

Men & Women

Sorry about the quality of this video. Finding a better one (that isn't filled with pointless things) was pretty hard. So this will work!

So Bo Burnham is a singer/comedian. His songs usually are targeted at a group of people or sometimes, just a person. He makes fun of them and creates songs about them.

This song however, titled "Men and Women" uses gender in a big way. It states what men are supposed to be like and what females are supposed to be like. For an example of this, one of his lyrics are:

"A man is an eagle, yeah, a woman is a dove.
Women can fake orgasms, but men can fake love."

Man being an eagle is showing power and strength. Protection over the woman (the dove) who is beautiful, smaller and weaker. Then he goes on to state that men fake the love they have toward a certain woman while the woman is faking her sexual pleasure.

Bo Burnham also sings during this song that women are like "fingers and toes, cause they are easy to count on". Women are naturally more responsible and reliable. He's showing gender roles in the most obvious and blunt way. All of his music is straight forward and gets his point across.

If you don't mind his humor, his unique song lyrics, and want a good laugh, listen to his songs. They are funny but also, some of them, might be going a little to far.

~Danielle 

Like A Stripper

This is Keri Hilsons "Like A Stripper." From the name, you have already gathered a lot of information about her, but lets look closer at the lyrics. She asks someone their name, but doesn't care because she can "smell the Benjamin's floating in the air." This is not helping stop the stereotype of women being money grubbers, added to the fact that she found out that this person "was a tipper," so she danced with them. I find it kind of humorous. When watching music videos, I have noticed that many of the women who are in them are half naked, and even possibly strippers. This hurts females. It adds to the idea that females are simply sex objects. No mind or drive necessary. As long as your "ass thick," boys will like you. Who needs anything more than that?
-Hannah