Ezra’s work is SATIRICAL. Quite a bit of gangster rap is not. If you want to believe something is dangerous, take a look at the music of the masses – the music your kids are listening to on the radio.

Dr. Dre’s “Housewife” for example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1Ecbeq514c

When Ezra asked me what I thought about his video, I was in the process of trying to find music videos to analyze in my class using feminist literary theory. That week Britney Spear’s “Womanizer” was #1 on the charts. I told him that I didn’t find his video as insulting as I found “Womanizer.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZSLIq6YiRY
This is more insidious evil. It professes to be empowering to women. But we are creating more double standards. Change the gender roles in the video and this video would provoke mass outrage. I think true feminists are fighting for equality, not preferential treatment.
In addition, Britney spends a good deal of time naked and writhing in a sauna. Then putting herself in provocative positions with men all the while saying “no.” Then we wonder why men don’t get it when we say “no.” Our society teaches that “no” means “maybe later.” We teach our girls to play these “hard to get’ games that men must attempt to decipher.

Let’s fight something worth fighting against rather than a satirical music video by a local artist. Fight the Top 40 brought to you every week by Clearchannel. Fight sexual trafficking of young girls. Fight the marketing of Swiffers sweepers exclusively to females. Fight the unattainable images of physical perfection for our daughters. Fight for equality not preferential treatment.

But for god’s sake, have a sense of humor. This is how feminists get a bad name.

here is a link with an interview with the man behind the video;

http://filmthreat.com/index.ph.....mp;Id=1218

all respect, Zach Hoffman

This is terrific.

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