Katy Perry's sassy single, "I Kissed A Girl", is up for a Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award - and I've got to admit I'm disturbed by that news. No, it's got nothing to do with the concept of girls-kissing-girls or kids voting for a song with lesbian overtones - all of that is great. If the song were a pure concept of kissing a girl, it would be a really exciting forward movement towards a new generation embracing sexuality and equality. Sadly, Perry's song is not that moment. Rather it's more "girls gone wild" rhetoric for the masses that already embrace a pleasuring-the-male dominant world-view. I honestly hadn't thought too much about it until my friend Christie turned me on to a great article by Carita Ellis-Espola that spelled out the dangerous "girl kissing another girl to ultimately please her guy" vibe in the lyrics. Please read the post here. I'm in no way for censorship, nor prudish about what kids are exposed to - but it bums me out that a beautiful young lady who has the ear of teens everywhere is using her five minutes to push the Joe Francis cause forward. Interesting side note: not only is February 11 (today) Jen Aniston's birthday - it's also the day Francis is due back in court. It will be interesting to learn those results! This is been your PLP PSA!
Katy Perry's sassy single, "I Kissed A Girl", is up for a Nickelodeon Kid's Choice Award - and I've got to admit I'm disturbed by that news. No, it's got nothing to do with the concept of girls-kissing-girls or kids voting for a song with lesbian overtones - all of that is great. If the song were a pure concept of kissing a girl, it would be a really exciting forward movement towards a new generation embracing sexuality and equality. Sadly, Perry's song is not that moment. Rather it's more "girls gone wild" rhetoric for the masses that already embrace a pleasuring-the-male dominant world-view. I honestly hadn't thought too much about it until my friend Christie turned me on to a great article by Carita Ellis-Espola that spelled out the dangerous "girl kissing another girl to ultimately please her guy" vibe in the lyrics. Please read the post here. I'm in no way for censorship, nor prudish about what kids are exposed to - but it bums me out that a beautiful young lady who has the ear of teens everywhere is using her five minutes to push the Joe Francis cause forward. Interesting side note: not only is February 11 (today) Jen Aniston's birthday - it's also the day Francis is due back in court. It will be interesting to learn those results! This is been your PLP PSA!
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