Feminist Music

When I was little I used to love the Pussycat Dolls, mostly because they were so beautiful, and my little self wanted to grow up and look smoking hot like them. But today I was listening to some of their old tracks, and I realized how feminist they were.

This blog is not about feminism, but as one who was born and identify as female, I have to talk about it.

The girls from PDC usued to act in a very sexual way, and that's okay. Women are sexual beings, just like men. It's okay for them to dress like that, and act like that, because they feel confortable and beautiful, and sexy. There's nothing wrong with feeling sexy, there's nothing wrong with wanting to feel sexy. Women should be able to feel and look sexy without being called sluts, but that's a matter for another post.

Another reason why that group is so important is the lyrics of their songs. Believe it or not, and I know some of their songs could be repetitive, and seemed to lack good poetry in their lyrics, but PDC's songs had a message. For example, "Wait A Minute" featuring Timbaland. It's about a man who's flirting with a really sexy girl, buying her drinks and all, and she gives him her phone number. But when he calls, she refuses to engage in sexual acts with him. Nicole, the lead singer, says at one point "You can't buy this/So you can keep that". I don't know, I might be wrong, I no expert in this matter (or any matter, actually), but that's empowering.Detail: when a gentleman buys a lady a drink, there's not law that the said lady must suck his dick. Besides, it's not his obligation to buy her anything, he bought it because he wanted.

I would also like to point it out how "I Don't Need A Man" is so amazing. This song is about girls feeling confident without having a man in her life. It doesn't mean she hates men, and don't want men in her life; feminism is not about hating men. And neither is this song. They dance together, while getting their hair done, and singing how they are going to make it very clear the things they won't do, and how they are able to live without a man. They sing "I don't need a ring around my finger to make me feel complete", again I'm not expert in feminist matters, but this line is pretty awesome.

After listening to all these old songs, I remembered another great video, "How To Be A Heartbreaker", by Marina and the diamonds. Pointing out the obvious, it's full of half naked men. Which is by itself, pretty groundbreaking. And the song is telling girls how to act like a female version of a "player"; breaking others hearts to protect their own.

My whole point with all this was just finding good music to jam to this morning. I am tired of listening to the same old music, where it's all about sex. Sometimes I wanna listen to that, but today I wanted to listen to something more, something with a good message, something that made me feel like I could change something, even if all I do is write a blog.