(Full disclosure I still haven't looked up the song, I kept going to respond to this and then realizing I hadn't looked it up, whatever it's on a list)
God though, this makes me think of when Janelle Monae released Yoga and there was all kinds of ~discourse~ about how she'd totally sold out and was terrible for letting people sexualize her. Because women never like looking or feeling sexy. Also, that music video is definitely filled with sexy women, but the way people talked about it, you'd think the video was basically porn. :I
I'm really glad I wasn't really on tumblr for the release of Dirty Computer. Although I suppose the sexuality in Pynk is pretty fucking pastel, so maybe that let it get a pass.
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Date: 2019-01-08 01:47 am (UTC)God though, this makes me think of when Janelle Monae released Yoga and there was all kinds of ~discourse~ about how she'd totally sold out and was terrible for letting people sexualize her. Because women never like looking or feeling sexy. Also, that music video is definitely filled with sexy women, but the way people talked about it, you'd think the video was basically porn. :I
I'm really glad I wasn't really on tumblr for the release of Dirty Computer. Although I suppose the sexuality in Pynk is pretty fucking pastel, so maybe that let it get a pass.