tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post1657151495986576748..comments2024-03-27T06:58:00.659-05:00Comments on Balancing Jane: Don't Laugh! I Think LMFAO's "Sexy and I Know It" is a Feminist VideoMichellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-28125070760817897212012-05-16T04:45:25.080-05:002012-05-16T04:45:25.080-05:00just noticed this article, lol :)
http://www.nzh...just noticed this article, lol :) <br /><br />http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10804239Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393576098661721077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-63675269186360226132012-03-19T17:56:27.905-05:002012-03-19T17:56:27.905-05:00altho things R still far from equal, women R much ...altho things R still far from equal, women R much more able 2 laff @ ourselves than in the past---& we can all thank roseanne barr 4 thatUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03332951106972691083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-6741046894187436702012-03-09T19:19:35.395-06:002012-03-09T19:19:35.395-06:00I knew this LMFAO video was feminist but I didn...I knew this LMFAO video was feminist but I didn't know why. Thanks for deconstructing it and validating my opinion. :-)Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-51921234382430371442012-01-11T17:54:47.195-06:002012-01-11T17:54:47.195-06:00hahahahaha wow.... relaxhahahahaha wow.... relaxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-7346535805099286942012-01-09T09:45:36.156-06:002012-01-09T09:45:36.156-06:00Yeah. . . I didn't really know what to do with...Yeah. . . I didn't really know what to do with Ron Jeremy. I do think it's interesting that--when we first see him--he's the only man that doesn't seem threatened and therefore confrontational to the group. When they first rip off their pants, the rest of the men are staring or glaring, but Jeremy is on the sidelines dancing along with them, which seems to exude a certain level of confidence and acceptance. Of course, Jeremy (while certainly part of an industry that objectifies women, and I really don't know how to fit that into this analysis) has also been objectified and identified primarily through the size of his penis, so maybe he sympathizes with the objectification of our speaker.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-62402792253487413642012-01-09T07:54:25.601-06:002012-01-09T07:54:25.601-06:00Hey - came to this piece via Feministe. I saw the ...Hey - came to this piece via Feministe. I saw the video for the first time last week having heard of the infamous 'wiggle' and my first thought was that the video was actually quite... refreshing? Great points! But what are your thoughts on the inclusion of Ron Jeremy in the video?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-38289562273919501852012-01-05T19:05:07.736-06:002012-01-05T19:05:07.736-06:00I like your point about how the conceited/confiden...I like your point about how the conceited/confident line is determined by the audience, and I definitely agree that sexiness is mostly confidence, so the two are intertwined. The problem with that can be that audience is always changing in ways you can't predict or control. If you tie your identity up in your confidence, and the audience shifts (either because you're around new people or because the people you've always been around have switched perspectives for some reason), you risk losing a large part of your identity.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-2804952280629258882012-01-05T13:05:28.125-06:002012-01-05T13:05:28.125-06:00One more thing that just occurred to me, and I thi...One more thing that just occurred to me, and I think you touched on this point in your post.<br /><br />About 90% of sexiness (in my highly scientific opinion) is confidence, is *knowing* that you are sexy and acting like it. But if you are confident in yourself, then you don't need external validation...and for some reason that upsets people. "What do you mean, you don't require my opinion???"Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508302421134951238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-16583031654578748302012-01-05T13:00:43.469-06:002012-01-05T13:00:43.469-06:00Good question!
I'm not an expert on anything,...Good question!<br /><br />I'm not an expert on anything, but it seems to me that in our society we are all expected to downplay our qualities. For example, look how I just started that sentence. ;-D I don't know where it comes from: Puritan foundations, post-modern irony, or what, but I think that whenever we have someone - a celebrity or fictional character - who thinks too highly of him or herself, even if they are *right*, they set themselves up for mockery. I'm just writing off the cuff here, but it seems to me like there's a fine line in our culture between healthy self-esteem, which is pushed on everyone, and being conceited - and the judgement of which is which falls to the audience, not the person in question. But no one is ever punished for putting themselves down, and that makes it easy. Better to wait for others to confirm your sexiness/brilliance/kindness than to claim it yourself and risk being mocked.Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508302421134951238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-66902883230002376552012-01-05T12:34:30.137-06:002012-01-05T12:34:30.137-06:00Great point, Meredith--especially the Melissa McCa...Great point, Meredith--especially the Melissa McCarthy example. While certainly a comedic element for viewers, it seemed to me that her character was sincere in her claim to sexiness--that she wasn't laughing at herself, even if other people may have been laughing at her. I'm not sure where I'm going with that, but it's got me thinking, so thanks!<br /><br />I wonder if women and men are equally able to participate in self-deprecating humor when it comes to body image (as it seems men are much more able to claim fart jokes, jokes about their genitalia, etc. than women can)? Can men use that humor (even if its self deprecating) to shield themselves from some of the judgment? Or does it all amount to the same thing?Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801229525416203656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5827968588643415787.post-87453264381063689302012-01-05T10:12:29.122-06:002012-01-05T10:12:29.122-06:00Wonderful article. I honestly would never have loo...Wonderful article. I honestly would never have looked at anything done by LMFAO in a serious way, but you bring up many, many good points.<br /><br />One thing I'd like to add, though, is that I do think that our culture turns "women who claim to be sexy" into humor a lot. I think that only when white, heteronormative, conventionally "sexy" women own their sexiness are they made to feel shameful about it. But with fat women or older women or "frumpy" women, it's a joke. See Melissa McCarthy's character in "Bridesmaids," or any number of jokes based on an older or even elderly woman winking at a much younger man. Even on the show "Big Bang Theory," the character of Amy - who does not dress sexy and is not in any other way conventionally sexy - is a highly sexual being, whose desire for intimacy is a running gag on the show.<br /><br />Thank you for making me think with this piece. I never would have realized all that I just said without it!Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08508302421134951238noreply@blogger.com