{"id":4666,"date":"2013-11-19T00:58:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T00:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/?p=4666"},"modified":"2014-11-10T09:08:25","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T09:08:25","slug":"lacigreen-a-lot-of-my-sex-babes-have-been","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/?p=4666","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-4666 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/?attachment_id=4667'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tumblr_mwhj1xZUUr1rqbgb7o1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/lacigreen.tumblr.com\/post\/67416121024\/a-lot-of-my-sex-babes-have-been-sending-me-lily\" target=\"_blank\">lacigreen<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>A lot of my Sex+ babes have been sending me Lily Allen\u2019s new music video \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=E0CazRHB0so\" target=\"_blank\">Hard Out Here<\/a>&#8221; and asking for a review. \u00a0So\u2026here are my half baked thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Let me start by saying that I<strong><em> love<\/em><\/strong> that there are fierce female musicians out there creating content that critiques misogyny in the media. \u00a0At it\u2019s heart, this song is the shit. \u00a0It slaps, it\u2019s critical, it\u2019s unapologetic and real. \u00a0Oh, and it makes fun of Robin Thicke. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/a750d6dc320ced432830544c7ee61418\/tumblr_inline_mwhh8tWk4q1r8p436.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Why can\u2019t we have more like this? \u00a0Plz? \u00a0Pritty plz? \u00a0I wish it was more common. \u00a0And for that, I give Lily Allen mad props. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Howeverrrrrr\u00a0I am in solidarity with the outcry about some issues with the video. \u00a0Unfortunately, Lily went by the wayside by objectifying black women (a la <a href=\"http:\/\/lacigreen.tumblr.com\/post\/59515345298\/all-the-criticism-miley-has-been-is-pretty\" target=\"_blank\">miley cyrus<\/a> and iggie azalea). \u00a0Again and again we see white women using black women as props \u2014 there for ass shaking and adding an edgy\/sexy vibe in the background. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/media.tumblr.com\/3e319b48c0f9a451a40069108fa16a31\/tumblr_inline_mwhge8JsEX1r8p436.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you watch the vid, you\u2019ll notice the black women are hyper-sexualized in a way that Lily herself (and the other white\/white passing women) are not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lacigreen.tumblr.com\/post\/67416121024\/a-lot-of-my-sex-babes-have-been-sending-me-lily\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>lacigreen: A lot of my Sex+ babes have been sending me Lily Allen\u2019s new music video \u201cHard Out Here&#8221; and asking for a review. \u00a0So\u2026here are my half baked thoughts. Let me start by saying that I love that there are fierce female musicians out there creating content that critiques misogyny in the media. \u00a0At [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[3278,346,3276,2839,3275,3277,2208],"class_list":["post-4666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-commentary","tag-feminism","tag-hyper-sexualized","tag-important","tag-lily-allen","tag-parady","tag-racism","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4666"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4668,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4666\/revisions\/4668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tmblr.kamilah.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}