I think I was wrong, I think you were right.

[raybear]

I tried very hard to not mention the whole Janet/Justin thing, because it's already so stupidly saturated and especially since I didn't even see it as I got bored during the halftime show and turned it off, but I have to mention two things.

1) I'm quite tired of the overt and subtle sexism and misogyny in all the talk about Janet when it comes to her body (the breast, the piercing, all of it). Snide comments about need for implants or whether she was "saggy" or how she's "old" or "past her prime", etc. etc. ad nauseum. You may think you're being cute and catty and clever, but really you're just playing the same note in this cultural song known as hating women's bodies.

2) From the photos and the replay, I'm extremely squicked by it. Not because of the nudity or the lack of creativity, but because whether the intention was fake or real, I'm triggered by a guy ripping off a woman's clothes, either without permission or implying it was without permission. Oh, and there's the racial element on top of it. But I forgot, most people don't think that's not okay, or at least don't notice.

I'm done with my critical commentary on stupid moments in pop culture.

Comments

[limenal.livejournal.com]

The New York Times had a piece on it in which Alessandra Stanley wrote that Janet Jackson has never succeeded in being taken seriously as a sex symbol in this country. WHAT? What country has SHE been living in?

Anyway, you made some important points but I just wanted to comment frivolously and say that Janet Jackson is a sex symbol. I hope that's ok.