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Neoma

(10,039 posts) Thu Mar 29, 2012, 01:12 PM Mar 2012

Katy Perry's "Part of Me" Music Video Slammed as Marines "Propaganda" by Feminist Writer

Katy Perry's "Part of Me" music video seemed pretty pro-woman to us, but feminist writer Naomi Wolf sure doesn't think so.

"Have you all seen the Katy Perry Marines video?" the author posted on her Facebook page Sunday. "It is a total piece of propaganda for the Marines…. I really want to find out if she was paid by them for making it…It is truly shameful."

Wolf even asks fans of the singer to do something drastic…

Quit buying her music!

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Katy Perry's "Part of Me" Music Video Slammed as Marines "Propaganda" by Feminist Writer (Original Post) Neoma Mar 2012 OP

Feminists turn on each other like no other group I know of ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #1

You truly think the E! online folks are feminists? Neoma Mar 2012 #2

It was a general expression and its not the first time Wolf has gone after other women ProgressiveProfessor Mar 2012 #3

Yes, the video is pro-Marines. And this is a problem...why? Johnny Rico Mar 2012 #4

It's easier to stay on message, you get all the vehicles and men a lot cheaper. jakeXT Apr 2012 #5

Katy who? Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #6

Well, she was married to the Booky Wook guy. Neoma Apr 2012 #7

Oh yeah, that guy. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #8

I gave that book to goodwill. Neoma Apr 2012 #9

I'm still trying to read Infinite Jest. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #10

I've been hopping from book to book lately. Neoma Apr 2012 #11

I don't normally read much fiction, but "game of thrones" got me into the George R.R. Martin books. Warren DeMontague Apr 2012 #12

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

1. Feminists turn on each other like no other group I know of

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 02:51 PM

Mar 2012

Truly unfortunate...and never productive.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

2. You truly think the E! online folks are feminists?

Reply to ProgressiveProfessor (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:05 PM

Mar 2012

ProgressiveProfessor

(22,144 posts)

3. It was a general expression and its not the first time Wolf has gone after other women

Reply to Neoma (Reply #2)

Thu Mar 29, 2012, 03:13 PM

Mar 2012

Johnny Rico

(1,438 posts)

4. Yes, the video is pro-Marines. And this is a problem...why?

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Sat Mar 31, 2012, 11:29 AM

Mar 2012

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

5. It's easier to stay on message, you get all the vehicles and men a lot cheaper.

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 06:29 PM

Apr 2012

Such stories are a no, no

Rape in the US military: America's dirty little secret
A female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be attacked by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/dec/09/rape-us-military

'Act Of Valor' And The Military's Long Hollywood Mission
...
As David Sirota recounted in his book "Back To Our Future," John McTiernan, director of famously Pentagon-rejected film "The Hunt for Red October," says studios began telling screenwriters and directors to be sure that they could "get cooperation from the military, or forget about making the picture."
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/17/act-of-valor-military-hollywood_n_1284338.html

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

6. Katy who?

Reply to Neoma (Original post)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 09:39 PM

Apr 2012

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

7. Well, she was married to the Booky Wook guy.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #6)

Wed Apr 4, 2012, 10:43 PM

Apr 2012

Pop/rock/gospel singer. As annoying as Justin Bieber. Dresses like Lady Gaga sometimes.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

8. Oh yeah, that guy.

Reply to Neoma (Reply #7)

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 05:04 AM

Apr 2012

He's kind of funny, sometimes. At least he was funny for about 15 minutes.

Actually, I'm lying. I do know who Katy Perry is, although I've probably heard one song of hers in my life, and it sucked.

I'm a little more towards the Jerry Garcia end of the spectrum than the Katy Perry side, myself.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

9. I gave that book to goodwill.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #8)

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 09:56 AM

Apr 2012

I don't usually get rid of books either. I still have that scientology book and the Morman bible around somewhere. A few tarot card books, and few bullshit books on the Masons. (We know one of the leaders, he did a Newt Gingrich marriage wise, and worshipped Satan...) All for entertainment value really.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

10. I'm still trying to read Infinite Jest.

Reply to Neoma (Reply #9)

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 05:00 PM

Apr 2012

That's my excuse for not reading anything else, indefinitely.

Neoma

(10,039 posts)

11. I've been hopping from book to book lately.

Reply to Warren DeMontague (Reply #10)

Thu Apr 5, 2012, 05:13 PM

Apr 2012

Read 100 pages here, read 150 pages there, read 50 pages somewhere or another. It's annoying, my brain can't sit still right now. Somehow I skipped from Female serial killers, to the wars between the British and French, to a Biography of Cancer, to Indian Reservations. (I always choose cheery subjects.)

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)

12. I don't normally read much fiction, but "game of thrones" got me into the George R.R. Martin books.