Are these Selena fans like closet lessies?

[AmsterdamAssassin]

Case in point... That second article linked

Selena Gomez – “Good for You” Rant

Part of me can’t even believe that I’m wasting my time writing a blog about Selena Gomez. But every time I hear her track “Good for You,” I feel a certain level of disgust.…

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She writes: "By dressing in order to impress men, you’ll never find the gentlemen most ladies desire."

She doesn't understand the lyrics, which are primarily a submissive woman wanting to look desirable to her man. She's not looking to impress men, but impressing her man.

Stripping seductively for your spouse doesn't mean you want to work in a strip club.

 

[BaronOfHair]

She writes: "By dressing in order to impress men, you’ll never find the gentlemen most ladies desire."

She doesn't understand the lyrics....

Especially the part where SG mentions the clothes coming off, and still looking scrumptious for her man

 

[BaronOfHair]

I prefer Lana, though.

She's especially potent, when paired with Tommy Shelby

 

[BaronOfHair]

I remember from decades ago how a woman who just wanted to be a housewife was lambasted by a group of feminists about wanting to 'sit at home and take care of the kids' was not what they (the feminists) had fought for.

One shudders to imagine the meltdown that would occur today, if an up and coming pop princess released a song like

Even though this is clearly NOT a celebration of domestic violence

 

[BaronOfHair]

She writes: "By dressing in order to impress men, you’ll never find the gentlemen most ladies desire."

She doesn't understand the lyrics...

Or reality, for that matter... Those who devote minimal-no effort towards their appearance won't be attracting anything, except whatever is lurking at the bottom of the barrel. That saying as much* ("Your chances of not just finding a high-quality mate but being treated with respect and dignity by the world at large, increase dramatically, when you're well-kempt") out loud has now become a stoning offense shows how far upside down our society has turned since the late 2000s-15

The world we inhabit today might as well be a separate dimension from the one in which series like Mad Men and Gossip Girl were feted, and the lifestyles depicted therein were considered what was most desirable


*Though as stated prior, women taking pains to look and be sexy for their men, and "showing everyone how proud she is to be his" isn't especially stigmatized among Hispanics, the tribe from which Gomez happens to hail

Hell, as a child of recent-ish immigrants to The US myself, I've noticed: It's mostly upper class Whites who find this particular talking point("Be conscious of your appearance. Only animals walk around looking bedraggled") controversial. Among every other demographic in America, this is largely considered self-evident

 

[BaronOfHair]

I prefer Lana, though.

Though a cover

That one won me over

 

[Travel memoir21]

Potentially, but only if you like the Layer Cake on your face

Great movie

I wonder whose next to take on The Bond Mantle

 

[AmsterdamAssassin]

Even though this is clearly NOT a celebration of domestic violence

because she cheated on him?

 

[BaronOfHair]

because she cheated on him?

The lyrics

https://genius.com/The-crystals-he-hit-me-it-felt-like-a-kiss-lyrics

Are drenched in pitch black, ironic humor, with the narrator's rationalization of her own degradation going beyond the point of even caricature. This is clearly lampooning the lengths we all go often go to, in our efforts to NOT see what's right in front of us

 

[BaronOfHair]

I wonder whose next to take on The Bond Mantle

This dude

Clearly has an affinity for attracting the most achingly scrumptious ladies. Dunno how well he'd acquit himself in the action sequences though

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

This dude

Clearly has an affinity for attracting the most achingly scrumptious ladies. Dunno how well he'd acquit himself in the action sequences though

Notice how quickly they get away from him at the end

I reckon sometimes you're just screwed from the get go

But if he pretended to be a millionaire, with a camera crew following him around...

Changed the frame

 

[Vending Machine Veteran]

I wonder whose next to take on The Bond Mantle

That role got him bond

The next will probably be forgettable, if i had to guess

 

[BaronOfHair]

"I remember from decades ago how a woman who just wanted to be a housewife was lambasted by a group of feminists about wanting to 'sit at home and take care of the kids' was not what they (the feminists) had fought for"

In '93, it wasn't a capital offense for gals themselves to provide fellas with counsel such as 32:40-35:00

Today, that'd get a reception similar to the lyrics for Good For You, perhaps even induce screeches of "They're infected with Internalized Misogyny, which is leading them to instill in this guy the ideals of Rape Culture"