Everyday she be givin' it up"
- Eminem (featuring Nate Dogg), Shake It (from the album Curtain Calls)
I used to hate being the kinda girl that I am. Loudmouthed, bossy, assertive. Straight-talking, cut-to-the-chase, doesn't take crap from people, tells-it-like-it-is. I wished and wished to be one of those sweet demure girls who are agreeable and polite and say "that's okay! don't worry!" to everything because they don't want to make anyone unhappy.
As of today, I am so damn glad I'm me. Hell, I hope all my daughters turn out like me. I don't care if they scare away boys - I'd rather them scare away boys than to end up with a scary boy.
I say this because I found out today that my dear, dear friend's in an abusive relationship. She's married to the creep, and now she's trapped. Like literally, he won't even let her eat dinner at her parent's house. She's not "allowed".
When I heard this I got so angry. Then I heard the Eminem song on the radio.
Screw you Eminem. How dare you rap about girls like they are nothing but an object to have sex with and "do whatever the fuck I say". How dare you demean women like that, and then have the audacity to broadcast this to the rest of the world and put the song on your little 'best of' album.
Screw you misogynists who debase your girlfriends and wives in order to boost your fledging little male ego, relieve your pathetic insecurity. How dare you high-five each other when one of you finds a submissive Jap chick who cooks and cleans and gets your slippers. How dare you not let your wife see her parents because you want her to stay home to have dinner ready for you when you get home.
How dare you.
posted by me. @ 10:29 PM
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