A lot of 你 have probably witnessed the video for Katy Perry's part of me in which she discovers her boyfriend cheating, does a Britney and joins the armed forces in a bid to get over her turmoil and shoot little 阿富汗 children in the face.
At first sights, this is a immaculate example of feminism in the works: A young, pretty girl finds the strength to defy her boyfriend's infidelities and find her own way in life without him. It's hard imagining Perry doing anything apart from mess around with wigs and giggle as she shows off her lycra-covered cleavage, but surprise, surprise- she has.
Gone are the days where the highlights of her video is squirting cream out her bra and sending half the human population the message that woman are sex toys. Right? WRONG!
My first qualm with the new video consists of the bumper-sticker she sees promoting woman in the marines. All woman are born equel, then some 加入 the marines.
My main issue with that advertisement was the terminology they used: All WOMAN are born equel. This implies that while one gender is equel to one-another, they are inferior to the other. That said, the producers probably decided on that to reinforce that KP is not in fact a ditzy, airheaded patriarchist. However, that backfired tremendously. I'll much rather hear a all HUMANS are born equel, then some 加入 the marines. Perhaps then I'll retain some respect for this piece.
Secondly, I do find the 总体, 整体 message of the video a little unsettling. While i suppose in some ways the prospects of woman destroying Islamic cities is revoluntionary (I've always supported woman serving on the front-lines, even though i'd rather have NO ONE, but thats another 辩论 for another time), I do find her reaction counterproductive in other ways.
I think it's great we finally see the former miss.Brand make like the 芭比娃娃 she is and have an actual JOB in her videos, but i'm not sure i like the message it conveys: "If 你 have a break-up, don't worry. It's not the end of the world. Just 加入 the army." As a eco-feminist, i find that a dangerous moral, one which is very much being used in the wrong hands.
Also, is it just me, 或者 was the whole new haircut thing a subliminal message?
Alright, i can accept she was angry and cut her hair on a wimb, but (and I am now, after 写作 this, doubting this theory), but is it saying "Ok, i look 更多 like a tom-boy, that makes me a strong woman?"
Granted, everyone looks a little rough in the army, but think of BEFORE she even saw that questionable flyer.
At the beginning of the video when everyone's favourite plastic dolly is still in her relationship, she is in feminine attire with long, luscious hair (cough, wig, cough cough), and she is very much ladylike in appearance. At this point, she is pre-"feminism".
Straight after she ends her warped relationship, she cuts her hair into a masculine-style, and wears a lot 更多 tom-boyish outfit. The storyline implies 由 this point she is a stronger, 更多 independent woman.
But any woman can be a feminist regardless of what they look like. If someone wants to wear baby-doll dresses, they are still free to believe in what they want, just as much as someone in a jumper and jeans.
Of course, this is just an analysis for THIS video, I could go on to critise Perry's 音乐 for hours on it's failed attempts at both feminism and gay-rights. Like for example the notorious I kissed a girl , in which Katy Perry demonstrates how Bisexual-flings are dirty experiments and only a sexual thing, rather than someone being able to truely 爱情 and adore one of the same gender. Remember these ludacrious lines?:
No i don't even know your name, IT DOESN'T MATTER. Your my experimental game.
Sexuality is NOT a game, it's something which has been the roots of prejudice and misery in our society for decades, and 你 stereotyping 女同性恋 as promiscious sluts is not helping the cause.
It's not what good girls do...Not how they should behave.
Are 你 kidding me? Sexually speaking, there is no right 或者 wrong way to behave, so long as 你 do not pressure of violate someone. If girls want to 吻乐队（Kiss） girls- they are not any better 或者 worse people for it.
或者 how about ur so gay which highlights homosexual stereotypes and labels gays even 更多 than a cheesy, sitcom:
I hope 你 hang yourself with your H&M scarf
While off listening to mozart
你 婊子, 子 and moan about LA
Wishing 你 were in the rain 阅读 Hemingway
你 don’t eat meat
And drive electrical cars
You’re so indie rock it’s almost an art
你 need SPF 45 just to stay alive
You’re so sad maybe 你 should buy a happy meal
You’re so skinny 你 should really Super Size the deal
Secretly you’re so amused
That nobody understands you
I’m so mean cause I cannot get 你 outta your head
I’m so angry cause you’d rather MySpace instead
I can’t believe I fell in 爱情 with someone that wears 更多 make up than...
All feeding the stereotype machine.
And yeah, incase 你 haven't guessed 由 now, i'm not the biggest Kittykat in the world.
