Literal objectification of women

Holy crap you guys...

Romney accidentally said what he means again in the debate last night.  (Hint: he literally objectifies women and views them as a fungible commodities to check off quotas of.)

And so the internet, in all its benevolence, brings you... bindersfullofwomen.tumblr.com.

My current favorite:

A *hip* corset.

So this showed up in my facebook sidebar today. A hip corset.

I.... it is difficult for me to take this rationally.

- No it won't. Whatever it is that dictates when you return to your "pre-pregnancy size," I can guarantee that a corset will not help. It will smush you while you wear it. But it will not fundamentally reduce your squishy.

- Is your squishy really so bad that it is necessary you wear something that ugly?


..I... I am done. I have no more words for this.

"What makes you beautiful"- One Direction

So, today, Slate has  piece on the new boyband One Direction.  It's interesting, actually.

But it also reminded me that this exists:

Pitch Perfect... is somewhat off-key.

Oh man, so... Pitch Perfect.

I really wanted to like this movie because it really seemed like Hollywood tried to make a movie with female protagonists whose sole motivation isn't chasing boys and all; PLUS, I love me some a cappella singing. Sorry, just do. But there were so many things wrong with it that I just couldn't.

"All-American Girl" by Carrie Underwood

This is a song recorded by American Idol winner season 4 winner, Carrie Underwood. She's been the biggest star to come off the show other than Kelly Clarkson, and a powerful presence in country music.

About this blog

This blog will be about the underlying stories and messages in pop culture, from a female, feminist perspective. 

I wanted to start this blog because I'm a lover of pop and country music, but sometimes, I'm just overwhelmed by what I think are harmful messages underneath the shiny production values. I think these messages go largely unexamined. So I want to do some of that examination and post it here.  

Thanks for reading, and I hope it will be helpful to some, to look at what messages we internalize and how that affects feelings and decisions in our own lives.