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 Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2008 10:01 pm
Obviously t.a.t.u is/was huge for it's "lesbian scenery" but how about other artists also making it big in some way by cashing in on lesbian content in their songs?
I know the Killers Hot Fuss album did a little of it--in what I felt as a more respectful way--but what about others like this Katy Perry whose album One of the Boys hit stores this past week showcasing her song "I Kissed a Girl"?
Unlike t.a.t.u's one member, I don't think she's really gay in any way and may be cashing in on some sort of shock factor to sell her music; (not that I particularly have issue with what an artist chooses to do or not to do with their image.) It brings the question to mind that: is lesbianism, particularly in music, only fulfilling an attention grabber role? Has this artist pathetically used "I Kissed a Girl" to get herself noticed in an over flashy way?
What are some of your thoughts on this One of the Boys album?
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:59 pm
I'm torn to be honest. Like part of me is like yay, more of us get the spotlight, but at the same time how do we know this isn't part of the bicurious polyorgy fad that's hot right now?
You know?
Everyone wants to experiement and claim bisexuality while at the same time, they may not actually be bisexual. Not that there's anything wrong with experimentation, we've all done it, but ... making a fad out of it is taking it a little too far.
I don't know if I'm expressing myself the way it sounds in my head, anyway, that's my 2 cents ...
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:17 am
No I think you expressed yourself well, I understand what you were saying.
I guess I feel like all those true members of our minority are being glazed over--all our struggles, personally and socially are in a way being belittled by how this a pop star has chosen to present this subject in her song. It almost seems like a chauvenistic or degrating implications in the way the just seems to throw girlxgirl action out in the video.
Now I'm the one who's not sure if I'm being clear, haha rolleyes
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:46 am
I totally get you! Like its trivializing what it really means to be gay/bi/trans by making it glamourous and such.
All these girls who say they're bi cause they kissed a girl and liked it, don't know what it really feels to hate yourself because of internalized homophobia or the awkward vulnerablity that consumes you after you come out and don't have the safety comfort of the closet.
Its just this hype thing to do, kiss girls cause it feels so good to do somethin so wrong, that kind of thing, such a "naughty sin", have a taste of "hell" and you may get a glimpse of heaven type thing ...
Am I understanding you right?
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Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 11:57 am
Yes, very good wording!
Her album title One of the Boys is also kinda screwed up in that same way. It is as if she's drawing a hard line of categorization b/w what it means to be a "man" and how kissing girls "makes you a man" and how it can't work any other way.
It is like slapping actual bi/les/trans girls in the face with this egotistical crap.
So the roots of her problem I think start there.
It is when she substitutes girls as being replacements for men or what men want to see that irritates me. She's absolutely right, in her album title, she has become one of the boys b/c she's pushing this idea that women are happy with other women b/c that's how men want to see them; women can only enjoy other women if they see themselves as being "the man" in a relationship and whatnot.
I think she fails to understand the very basis of lesbian relationships and in some removed way is exploiting her homophobia by aligning her imaging and portrayal of such relationships from a totally male oriented system.
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