In the "for what it's worth" department...
I meant to mention this last week. In the current season of The L Word, a show that has arguably the worst writing of any program on television, there is somewhat of an ongoing argument between Tasha, the Iraq war veteran, and her new love interest, Alice. Tasha is anti-Bush, but pro-war, and presented her arguments in last week's episode with articulation and passion. Alice, on the other hand, presented the "liberal" side pretty much as an idiot would. The writers have dumbed Alice way down this season, so her inability to articulate much of anything about the war suits her new character. An interesting development, however...
And today, Ellen DeGeneres defended hip hop lyrics against attacks from feminists. DeGeneres never takes a stand on anything, which is okay--her show is not about taking stands--but suddenly felt she had to defend her obvious love of hip hop. Her guest was Ludacris, and they talked about how hip hop lyrics tell a story, and while some stories are not very nice, they are realistic.
I'm all for that, but just imagine, if feminists began rapping incessantly about violence--real or fantasized--toward men, especially white men. When Sarah Jones rapped about how godawful hip hop lyrics were toward women, Michael Powell and his good squad at the FCC banned her record, and the media didn't even mention the case.
And today, Ellen DeGeneres defended hip hop lyrics against attacks from feminists. DeGeneres never takes a stand on anything, which is okay--her show is not about taking stands--but suddenly felt she had to defend her obvious love of hip hop. Her guest was Ludacris, and they talked about how hip hop lyrics tell a story, and while some stories are not very nice, they are realistic.
I'm all for that, but just imagine, if feminists began rapping incessantly about violence--real or fantasized--toward men, especially white men. When Sarah Jones rapped about how godawful hip hop lyrics were toward women, Michael Powell and his good squad at the FCC banned her record, and the media didn't even mention the case.
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I don't know much about hip-hop (I'm into Billy Bragg) but I teach that History of the English language class and I'm always trying to get my students, the ones who do like the music, to do their papers on it -- scam them into doing the research for me. I really wish they would. I want to know more about this music. delagar
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