Bill O'Reilly: Beyoncé Doesn't Care About Teen Pregnancy
First; Fuck Bill O'Reilly
Second, I'm not much of a pop artist listener. When Beyoncé grew as a culture icon, a woman of influence and power, a black woman of influence and power, I started paying a little more attention; as well as being less dismissive of her because she chooses to display her sexuality. I'm from the Madonna generation, been there done that and objectifying oneself made one very rich, but it didn't work back then either to free women to own their sexuality. Not that I Listened to much Madonna- give me Metallica any day, but I was very aware of her, MTV was reaching it's heyday, or maybe was past--I don't remember.
But Madonna set the stage, for some of our overtly sexual female pop stars I think, much like Alice Cooper and Black Sabbath set the stage for future "Shock Rock" Rockers.
But you know, I'm getting the feeling that Beyoncé is a different kettle of fish entirely. Sure it's mostly marketing, but When she "flaunts" her sexuality, I get a definite "I own this" vibe from her. It's part of her marketing, she sells her music, her sexuality is intertwined with it, but it's not for sale, she is saying "this is me; this is mine, you don't own this, I do.
Claiming the feminist label even if she's not claiming it strong was a badass move on her part, given who her demographic is-- many young women who also are uncomfortable with the label-- well they've just been given permission TO claim it. Calling herself Mrs.Carter came right before that-- a big fuck you to people telling her what she must or must not do.
Anyway, a bit of musing on my part, because I didn't think it possible for a woman to succeed using a woman's sexuality without selling it. It's so ingrained, so expected, so much a part of patriarchy. Beyoncé is the closest I've seen.
Oh, back to to article- Did I mention that Bill O'Reilly can take a flying fuck off the space needle? Falafel's and all.
O'Reilly has been bitching about Bey since "Partition," when he fussed to Russell Simmons that, "She puts out a new album with a video that glorifies having sex in the back of a limousine. Teenage girls look up to Beyoncé, particularly girls of color." Because feuds with pop stars are good for ratings he's genuinely concerned about the young women of America, he trotted out the topic once more in the wake of her Time appearance. Via the Guardian:
"The 'empowering' stuff is just so much garbage," said O'Reilly. "Empowering what? She sings songs." In fact, the Fox news host thinks Beyoncé has a "negative influence" on young girls, "especially those who do not have parental supervision. [There are] cultural deficits … not only [in] black precincts, but in poor, white precincts and Hispanic precincts with unsupervised children … Beyoncé is part of that problem."
Never mind that Beyonce is almost certainly far, far more personally invested in the fates of young women, especially young black women, than Bill O'Reilly. Yes, it's definitely Beyonce who's the problem (via video on Slate):
"She knows, this woman knows that young girls getting pregnant in the African-American community now, it's about 70% out of wedlock. She knows, and doesn't seem to care... that's my problem with her." Heaven forbid anybody mention the existence of sex until teen pregnancy vanishes from the earth. If we all pull together and refuse to talk about sex, no teenager will ever get pregnant again.
http://jezebel.com/bill-oreilly-insists-beyonce-doesnt-care-about-teen-pre-1569184199
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Only as long as it took for him to complain about someone else!
bill only cares about he can abuse people for his self gratification. There is something seriously wrong with him.