Posted on 03/30/2012 11:20:30 PM PDT by andyk
LOS ANGELES – Katy Perry transforms herself into a U.S. Marine in her latest power-pop single, "Part of Me," which addresses female empowerment and pays particular tribute to service women.
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Prominent feminist Naomi Wolf ... is urging Americans to boycott the singer, labeling her video "a total piece of propaganda for the Marines."
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I think she was the one that told him to stuff a sock in his pants and to open-mouth kiss his wife for the cameras.
I found the video pretty darn good. The music, like most of her stuff, is repetitive and not all that imaginative. But, like the video for "Firework" it's pretty inspiring.
I suspect that she'll get LOTS of invites to next year's Birthday Ball.
My problem with the whole thing is that it portrays her decision to join as a sudden, rash act, a response to breaking up with her boyfriend. That's totally the opposite of what the Corps, indeed, the whole volunteer military is about.
Not really a fan of Katy Perry but I will be buying numerous copies of her latest 'whatever' for some gifts.
Ah yes, it's the new 'corpse', as OBozo would say.
Well, I took away from it that women who advance themselves through education or the military have something that no man can really take away ...It’s true. Get your education, get some training ...you’ll be less likely to be abused, taken advantage of, etc.
What is so bad about that? Feminists really confuse me.
I think what shows true strength for a woman is just knowing what you want and going for it — whether it be a high powered career, or just to be the mom of 7 kids. Just do it, and do the best job of it. Who really cares.
Feminazis just seem to need to run in a herd, to conform more than anyone to some ideal of groupthink. I really feel they are the WORST cowards and the most unimaginative about their lives.
And when he modeled the new look for her, she had to inform him, “Put the sock in the FRONT of your pants.”
AND she *IS* easy on the eyes
SF
Too bad Naomi wasn’t born a Muslim.
I see God.
OK...God’s work. :-)
I’m of the wrong generation to know anything about Katy Perry. However, what’s the matter with “a total piece of propaganda for the Marines.” They are OUR Marines, right?
I would advocate a boycott of Naomi Wolf, but I doubt if anyone with half a brain pays much attention to her political and wardrobe tips. If AlGore (Mr. Earth Tones) hadn’t used her as a consultant, he might have become POTUS.
On second thought, Thank you Ms. Wolf.
They probably hate Katy Perry because she isn’t an ugly looking angry feminist.
I infer from the video that she is portraying a young woman who *is* to some degree running away from ‘life as she knew it’, perhaps rashly, leaving behind (in the sink) what she has decided is a bad life, BUT she has decided to BECOME something not just different, not just a change of scenery or boyfriend, but rather BECOME something *BETTER* .
At 1 minute into the video she looks at the bulletin board and sees the USMC recruiting bumper sticker - “All women are created equal. Some BECOME Marines.” As you know, you join the Army, you commit to the Corps. Perhaps I am sucked up in the story since my father, uncle and son are Marine officers, but ... I'll take it. She decided to become better, not just different, AND (per the video) makes it to deployment, implying of course that she made it through boot camp and EARNED her spot as a grunt. Again, I'll take that.
Also I can't clearly understand the lyrics, so I'm paraphrasing ... “you'll never take away what I have become” is part of the [repeating] chorus. Amen to that. To paraphrase Ronaldus Maximus ... "some women will go through life wondering if their life mattered. A woman who has become a Marine will KNOW theirs does and did." She didn't have to make this video this way. Especially as a pop culture icon. SHE was on the obstacle course. SHE was in the mud under the barbed wire. SHE was in the cold surf, not a body double. I'll give her props for that. The music is bubble-gum pop rock. But I liked the video. thanks for making me think.
As Rush said, “Feminism was created to give unattractive women access to the mainstream.”
Feminists hate straight attractive women (see Sarah Palin) more than anything in the world.
“Wow, in my Marine circles, people are complaining she wore the uniform because SHE DIDNT EARN IT!!
That is a personal thing to us Marines.”
Hah! When my wife saw the video, she said, “She’s not worthy.”
(Our son is a Marine)
As I said, the Corps obviously thinks the video has merit, is a plus for them, because they gave her a lot of support in making it.
One last item: watch this [Taylor Swift] video, all the way to the end. [ trust me ]
They’re not ALL jerks in pop culture.
Thanks...totally unexpected, and very nice..ending..
Naomi Wolf? Naomi Wolf? Is she the one that defecated on a police vehicle? What doe’s she do to keep a roof over her head or food on the table? What I’m asking is, what do I refuse to buy so as to avoid putting as little as one cent in her pocket?
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