$30 Project

jakec:

Well, I don’t think exposing The Kids to barrages of bubblegum pop and candy floss dreams is any better at creating well-rounded citizens.

There is really no end to the depths of hatred I have for Katy Perry. Not really Katy Perry as a person per say (although based on interviews I have seen, I don’t doubt she would annoy me senseless), but hatred for the image she presents.

I was particularly horrified by the video for “California Gurls.” (Ugh… Gurls.) If you ever take an Intro to Literary Criticism Course (And why wouldn’t you? They are quite popular… ahem), you would learn that feminist deconstructionists spend a lot of time pulling apart descriptions of women as landscape and women as food. The subliminal message that is being sent and subconsciously absorbed is that a. women are conquerable (you can OWN a piece of land/territory) and/or b. women are consumable. (Provided for your appetite!)

Women described/presented as food always disturbs me, because what happens after you eat food? You excrete the waste. So you know, forgive me if Katy Perry wrapped in her cotton candy cloud of horror prancing through her landscape of sweets and spraying whip cream from her nipples has a nauseating effect on me.

You might think, “Oh well that is just ridiculous! It’s only one song!” but as mentioned in the article above… it’s ONLY one of the most popular artists in America.

(Source: jakec)