TBR-Special to
FIRST SOME FACTS
1. I AM NOT A HATER
2. I AM A BIG BEYONCE FAN
3. I AM NOT A PRUDE
NOW, I AM TRULY DISGUSTED AT HOW WE ALLOW OUR GIRLS TO LITERALLY LEARN HOW TO BE VIXENS BEFORE THEY ARE EVEN OLD ENOUGH TO KNOW THE MEANING OF THE WORD. SOMEHOW THE CONCEPT OF A GLAMOUROUS , LARGER THAN LIFE, FEMALE SINGER WHO GIRLS COULD LOOK UP TO HAS TURNED INTO SOME SORT OF STRIPPER TRAINING MANUAL THAT I AM NOT COMFORTABLE WITH. AS WOMEN WE ALL WANT TO BE ALLURING AND SEXY TO SOME CAPACITY AND I UNDERSTAND THAT AS ADULTS WE ARE FREE TO EXPRESS OURSELVES IN ANY WAY WE WANT, SO I AM NOT WRITING THIS PIECE TO CONDEMN ANYONE. WHAT I DO KNOW IS THAT WHAT WE DECIDE OUR CHILDREN WILL BE EXPOSED TO IS A MATTER OF TRUE URGENCY AND I WILL NOT ALLOW MY GIRLS TO VIEW THEIR SEX APPEAL AS THEIR POWER.
IT REALLY HURTS ME AS AN ARTIST THAT I AM FORCED TO SENSOR MY CHILDREN FROM A PERSONS IMAGERY DESPITE THEIR OBVIOUS TALENT. IT IS EASY TO SAY NO TO SOME OF THE MORE MINDLESS MUSIC AND ITS NEGATIVE FEMALE IMAGES BUT MORE AND MORE I FIND MYSELF IN THIS BATTLE WITH ARTISTS WHOM I RESPECT. THE WHOLE THING JUST MAKES ME SAD. I WONDER HOW SO MANY OF OUR YOUNG FEMALE ARTISTS REALLY FEEL ABOUT THIS. DO THEY REALLY BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE DOING NO HARM? DO THEY KNOW AND DON'T CARE AND WHY DON'T THEY CARE? I AM NOT PUTTING THE RESPONSIBILITY OF RAISING OUR YOUTH ON THE BACKS OF ENTERTAINERS BUT DAMN! AS WOMEN SHOULDN'T WE HAVE A BETTER SENSE OF OUR OBLIGATION TO POSITIVELY INFLUENCE THE YOUNG AND IMPRESSIONABLE?
Excellent writing!
ReplyDelete