Booty Beauty

I shut my trap when 'Partition' was released as a single and aired on daytime TV worldwide. I bit my tongue when 'Anaconda' broke Vevo records. However, I refuse to pipe down at the soft porn masked as 'pop music' that has infiltrated my screen in the shape of JLo's desperate climb back up the charts in her remix video with Iggy Azaelea for the Booty Remix. I watched her ENews interview, where she championed the rise of the 'booty' in the media, and prided herself for instilling confidence in women with that body shape. I don't knock that, neither will I commend that.
Dress & Turban : Ankara Tie-Dye BIY | Wedges : Primark
You see, women are brought up to pit themselves against each other (post coming soon), so with the rise of the booty comes the ridicule of those (like myself) who lack sufficient junk in the trunk. This is not a woe-is-me article, but dearie me am I sick to death of women's derrières blinding me as I innocently scroll down my social media feeds! I've raved and ranted about the patriarchal society being to blame for female objectification in the media. However, I control my social media account and the content I share on it. The women plastering their bare bottoms for the world to see are also autonomously choosing to do so. There's no PA snapping and sharing. There's no PR Agent sneakily leaking. So why are we, as women, succumbing to this meagre means of upward social mobility?
African Fashion Week, London (Kensington Olympia)
85% of music videos now feature some form of nudity. It should be shocking, but we're all so jaded that this seems like the norm; sex sells. I once remember closing my eyes whenever Bad Intentions came up on MTV Base (looking back, that was probably one of many clues that I'd grow up as a feminist, but I digress), badgering on about how it was unfair that the women were barely clothed, yet the men were decked out in Timberlands and triple layered Tee's. Now, I'm forced to question who is truly to blame? The male directors and artists who want to objectify women as sex objects? Or the women themselves for choosing to use their bodies as means of access into the world of fame and fortune?
Watch : Guess
I am not saying every woman should depend on their intellect to progress in life, because that creates a double standard as there are reputable male models who have done the same. Alas, these male models do not prance around set in schlong socks (a la TOWIE's Bobby Norris), but are cast as the male love interest dressed in fine wears. The closest we have gotten to seeing such, are artistically portrayed as alternative images like the pyramid in Brandy's 'What About Us?' back in the early Noughties. To conclude, the post and this blog has woken up. I no longer point the finger just at men for pedestalising this unrealistic body type and forcing women to endanger themselves undergoing unhealthy surgical procedures to enhance their lacklustre badunks. I also blame the women for choosing to base their slef-worth in their aesthetic appeal alone, and turning their backs (pun intended) on their true potential. 
The booty is beautiful, but so is the mind that crafted the garments to cover it. BLEURGH!!

8 comments

  1. Here Here! Well said! Women need to wise-up and consciously make informed choices on how they choose to dress. Once we hit puberty the female body has a God given power that needs to be both celebrated and protected, not cheapened.

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    1. Yes!! I recently watched a youtube flogger's 9-5 cookbook, and read their comments afterwards.
      I found her outfits far too provocative for a typical working environment, and observed that many others felt the same.
      That's not to say we should not embrace our curves and assets, and flaunt what our Momma gave us...but perhaps (like you so rightly said), lets not 'cheapen' it. Otherwise we can't get mad at men for catcalling or basing our worth on these same assets...

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  2. I love this post,and hey u write so well

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    1. Awww thankyou! I'm so thrilled when I see my readership take the time out to actually read my pieces.
      Humbled! :)

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  3. Nice pic and outfit.
    Once again a very timely post. So many things these days have you questioning if this change is a good thing. Though I have to admit some 80s/90s music videos need to have a triple X rating with some of the suggestive shots.

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    1. Thankyou! I guess I couldn't pipe down after that video, and after one too many rants with my friends I thought it better to share my thoughts on here. I agree, 90's music was pretty raunchy but at least it was the strippers behind the scenes, not the talent themselves. Not sure if that is justification, but in my eyes, once the artist themselves tried to sell the message that women's value was based on their looks and aesthetic appeal? Women were screwed!

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  4. Really love this post! It's so honest, the media presents women as sexual objects that intern influence how young women and women in general shape their place in society. Being in the music industry I respect women that don't succumb to those pressures, but its hard when the most successful are barely dressed. But I do love your outfit very much, I need that dress and the head rap! haha

    www.yolantarosetta.blogspot.co.uk

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  5. This is just the gospel. It has become a norm for guys to look dapper and girls to be in thongs prancing around in bumshorts and thongs. Yes I'm totally for flaunting what you have but definitely don't look cheap, be decent... People now have the mentality that being sexy is being naked.
    Divadiari.blogspot.com

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