Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Why Australia is in hysterics over a 'navy twerking' dance
BBC News via yahoo ^ | 14 Apr 2021 | Frances Mao - BBC News

Posted on 04/15/2021 5:19:17 PM PDT by blueplum

A video of dancers twerking in hotpants at an Australian military event has sent the country into a spin.

The scene was incongruous, bizarre and funny. So of course it went viral when it emerged on Wednesday.

But the music video-style choreography - featuring thumps, thrusts and butt shakes - also came under attack. Conservative lawmakers led the chorus of those calling it "inappropriate".

Tabloids splashed headlines slamming military standards. But others found offence elsewhere - projecting shame onto the dancers, and labelling their routine as too "sexualised".

That in turn sparked backlash over the policing of women's bodies and women dancing. The dance troupe in the footage, 101 Doll Squadron, complained about the media coverage....

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Local News; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: australia; navytwerking; twerkinglaunches
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last
and it all ended with everybody but the dance troupe apologizing, and the dance troupe being declared victims
1 posted on 04/15/2021 5:19:17 PM PDT by blueplum
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: blueplum

another video with story over lay:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/video/peopleandplaces/twerking-dancers-at-center-of-row-over-australian-ship-launch/vi-BB1fGbOH?ocid=msedgntp


2 posted on 04/15/2021 5:19:30 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

It is the Navy, after all.


3 posted on 04/15/2021 5:23:30 PM PDT by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole; you had so much to offer, did you offer your soul?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

why are all these twerking females always fat?


4 posted on 04/15/2021 5:24:45 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

No one’s accused them of racism or cultural appropriation?


5 posted on 04/15/2021 5:26:57 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

Sailors and a show of female sexuality!
Why, who ever heard of such a thing?!


6 posted on 04/15/2021 5:28:01 PM PDT by mrsmith (US MEDIA: " Every 'White' cop is a criminal! And all the 'non-white' criminals saints!")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

Sheias?

I was worried there for a moment that these were guys name Bruce.


7 posted on 04/15/2021 5:36:22 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sten

You really just don’t wanna even know the answer to that. Suffice it to say it involves mass, and physics, and it’s enough to neutralize King Kong’s Viagra dosage.


8 posted on 04/15/2021 5:39:42 PM PDT by HKMk23 (INADEQUACY: If this keeps up, we may not be able to let you help us anymore.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

Australia is a major gynocucked, feminist crapola society

Right up there with the uk and usa


9 posted on 04/15/2021 5:48:43 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

Twerking is vulgar and demeaning, period. It originated in the black community with very large fat black women making their butt cheeks “clap” via shaking. Black guys went crazy for it (why???), so it blossomed and spread to the young white girl community. Because white girls have been taught that all things black culture are wonderful and virtuous.

So now we have girls everywhere making their butt cheeks clap together and somehow that is supposed to be “hot” and sexy.

Personally, I throw up in my mouth a little when I see it, and quickly change the video or whatnot.


10 posted on 04/15/2021 5:51:39 PM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Convention Of States is our only hope now!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sten

Not all of those dancers were fat. Only a few were hefty.

A disgusting display nonetheless.


11 posted on 04/15/2021 5:54:20 PM PDT by Bigg Red (Trump will be sworn in under a shower of confetti made from the tattered remains of the Rat Party.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Basket_of_Deplorables

The word ‘Clap’ has just gotten a whole new meaning!


12 posted on 04/15/2021 5:54:42 PM PDT by lee martell
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 10 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

“But the music video-style choreography - featuring thumps, thrusts and butt shakes -”

And the problem is?😎


13 posted on 04/15/2021 5:58:48 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

21 bun salute.... LOL....


14 posted on 04/15/2021 6:02:52 PM PDT by Paladin2
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Secret Agent Man
Australia is a major gynocucked, feminist crapola society

Right up there with the uk and usa

The legal system there is working very hard to change the society to that.

There is a terror of being accused of sexual harrassment, in the slightest amount, for silly things, by any employer.

Women have learned to use the system for leverage.

15 posted on 04/15/2021 6:03:52 PM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 9 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

“Why Australia is in hysterics over a ‘navy twerking’ dance...”

I don’t think the Aussies give a rip-shit. Maybe some commie biddies at BBC.


16 posted on 04/15/2021 6:05:54 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sten

“why are all these twerking females always fat?”

My guess is their training regimen calls for getting stuck into 4X and meat pies.


17 posted on 04/15/2021 6:34:36 PM PDT by Huaynero
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 4 | View Replies]

To: Paladin2

well done! lol


18 posted on 04/15/2021 6:35:20 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: blueplum

“”Good on those young ladies for getting out there, but I tell you, being half-clothed outside a warship is probably inappropriate,” she said.”

But it would be a morale boost to the ship’s crew.


19 posted on 04/15/2021 6:42:04 PM PDT by Rebelbase
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: marktwain

and there’s the rub.

This was an official formal launch of a navy ship, with the attendant brass in mandatory attendance. Had they showed signs of enjoying the ‘dance’, they’d have been accused of being leering racist mysogynists. And if they ignore it and turn their heads, they’re accused of racial disrespect and mysogeny. And in both cases, the women sailors would find it disrespectful of women in the navy by objectualizing and mysogeny. There’s no win-win.

A bottle of champagne to smash on the bow and a brass band to play national songs has worked just fine for 400 years. Probably best to stick with what works.


20 posted on 04/15/2021 6:43:24 PM PDT by blueplum ("...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017) )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021-27 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson