Of course nobody notices Sinead said some pretty nasty stuff in her open letter as well. Slut shaming and whorephobia hooray! Concern trolling at it's finest

Concern trolling

oooohh I like that term

 

And I'm sure she didn't mind the free publicity, either.

[ame]www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0CazRHB0so[/ame]

 

lolol

 

lolol

 

Dear Lily Allen

 

Sinead O'Connor is my 2nd cousin. True story. :D

I get that she *tried* to make some sort of commentary on the state of the pop industry while making fun of Robin Thicke and Miley Cyrus with the song... and I do kinda like it

 

At the same time she has managed to do the exact same fucking thing Miley did with this video - reducing women of color to the background, to be scantily-clad while she dances at the forefront dressed more modestly... she basically shits on them with "Don't need to shake my ass for you, cause I've got a brain" and meanwhile they twerk furiously throughout the clip. Using them as a prop to objectify and this time also mock. Goddamnit.

 

Also note the implication that you can't be smart and express your sexuality for someone else without being 'dumb' or something.

okay i dig her now

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93CZ6oFR8Q0]Miley Cyrus covers Summertime Sadness in the Live Lounge - YouTube[/ame]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsr0azlFI3A]Greg James and ACTUAL Miley Cyrus on an ACTUAL Wrecking Ball - YouTube[/ame]

At the same time she has managed to do the exact same fucking thing Miley did with this video - reducing women of color to the background, to be scantily-clad while she dances at the forefront dressed more modestly... she basically shits on them with "Don't need to shake my ass for you, cause I've got a brain" and meanwhile they twerk furiously throughout the clip. Using them as a prop to objectify and this time also mock. Goddamnit.

 

 

Satire.

Satire.

 

Intent is irrelevant though, you don't need to participate in the shitting-on to make a point

You have a good point, but intent (and context) are certainly relevant. The fact that she/they end up scantily clad and shaking their asses was surely foreshadowed by that intentionally ironic lyric to illustrate the manipulation of the industry. Surely she doesn't actually mean to say that all the dancers in the video are brainless. #couldbewrong