'She says, boys they like a little more booty to hold at night
You know I won't be no stick-figure, silicone Barbie doll'
Some youtube comments 'apparently' come from skinny people claiming that they have just as much insecurities with their figure as larger women do. But this isn't what I want to talk about it. What baffles me is the hype that surrounds it and why? Meghan Trainor is dissed for making a body positive song, but Nicki Minaj shaking her cosmetically enhance buttocks in Anaconda has attracted no where near as much attention as Trainors record. Trainor has been criticised for being anti-feminist in her music but Minaj's music is just looked over (I actually can't be bothered to put an excerpt of her song here as the whole thing is ridiculous, if you want to look for yourself by all means, http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/nickiminaj/anaconda.html)
Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Lady GaGa to name a few are more to blame for the anti feminist and female exploitation in society today. Rihanna basically just is promiscuity in her music. These women all have the 'correct' body to make it in the music industry as a female artist and don't get me wrong, if you've got it flaunt it. But you don't see larger female audiences backlashing against these women for exploiting the skinny body and feeling personally attacked for not being a size zero. Thats what I just don't get? How does this make sense? But when Trainor releases one cute song she is now not only seen as an artist, but a larger artist.
Now I did some investigating recently and started with the typical google of Meghan Trainor's name. The second option that comes up is Meghan Trainor's weight;
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This is more of a rant then a post, as it has just been something that has been bugging me for a while. But how Meghan Trainor has been accused of being anti feminist in her music whilst artists that look like they have come out of a barbie factory sing about sex, drugs and flaunt there body just fly by, baffle me. Take another artist for example, the lovely Taylor Swift. Both Swift and Trainor are prime models of the fact that you don't have to exploit your body to be successful. Swift's music and videos never renounce sex nor does she dress provocatively to sell more records. But unfortunately the likes of Nicki Minaj and Iggy Azalea who are lets face it, untalented and have no right being in the spot light dress like the stripper in your local strip club. (Disclaimer: I do not hate strippers, and I don't actually know where my local strip club is or if there is one at all, to be correct I should say Gentleman's club. But hey ho).
Speaking personally now and coming from someone that isn't stick thin, I do not take Trainor's song to be praising the large and condemning the skinny. She's not trying to change a generation come on she's not Bono. And I think people who are taking her songs so personally and feeling attacked by them need to take a step back and realise the truth of it. Which is basically the whole problem with society, we are so brainwashed into thinking what is perfect, which lets face it is being thin, that if someone comes along who doesn't conform to this we put them on a peddle stool. The role we have in society has fascinated me for a while; check out the video I made a few months back and I think will explain a lot more into my thoughts on women today. link here - http://vimeo.com/95673040.
So take a look and decide for yourself, is it really all about the weight?
