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Katy Perry Kissed A Girl And Out Magazine Liked It, But I Didn't

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lalaland13
11/13/08

In reply to Katy Perry Kissed A Girl And Out Magazine Liked It, But I Didn't
I'd like to see a male artist cover the song ironically from the POV of a gay male who is hetero-curious. That, at least, would be vaguely interesting.

Or the song can just die die die. That works too.
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StonedAndDethroned
11/13/08

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I don't have time go through all the comments, but I hope someone's already pointed out that this girl used to be a fucking Christian singer. What do you expect? Ugh, she drives me nuts.

I'm going to Out 100 party tomorrow night and plan on punching her in the face if I see her. She can kiss my fist and fucking like it.
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hussein persepolis hussein
11/13/08

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Fuck you Out Magazine. You stopped being relevant around never.
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DonataBabali
11/13/08

@hussein persepolis hussein: Wow, what an insightful, considered critique of the Perry story and the state of gay magazines today, Hussein. What's up, did they stop your Out subscription?
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hussein persepolis hussein
11/16/08

@DonataBabali: Wow, what a pointless, uninspiring comment. Lord knows, Out magazine needs a lot of defense.
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Steverino Begins
11/12/08

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As my gay sister says, "Unless she's going down on this girl, I don't want to hear a song about it."
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veganrampage2
11/12/08

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"Fucking patriarchy ain't working for anyone", *grumbles to self, no one listens*
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ObtuseIntolerant
11/12/08

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Wonderful post, Richard. "Dykesploitation" needs to enter the lexicon at once.

I fear, in the wake of last weeks vote, that the song made a clear and accurate statement on where our society is in relationship to the gay community.

It's a condescending, wrinkled-nosed "tolerance", indeed.

Time for progress!
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EdenPavo
11/12/08

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I believe everyone should have the right to marriage and to build a life with their person of choice regardless of biological or socially constructed definitions. I agree that Katy Perry's song is ridiculous and harmful because it plays on the fantasy of straight "girls" kissing for the pleasure of boys because it does not recognize a female sexuality outside of heterosexual norms. But, I have a problem with equating the issue of gay marriage, a civil rights issue, quickly, and without any qualifications, with the struggles faced by people of African descent in referring to Proposition 8, click on the link, as the new Jim Crow Laws. Jim Crow Laws belong to a specific period in our history and refer to specific crimes committed against a racially defined group of people as a means to maintain them, in the eyes of the law, in inhuman conditions. Proposition 8 is an attack on humanity, but let's give it's own space. While reading this piece I recoiled at reading the words "new and fabulous Jim Crow Laws" because it lessens the historical importance of the struggle that is still taking place by people of African descent in this country (if you have doubts compare the number of black and Hispanic men/women incarcerated to their white counterparts; or the number of black and Hispanic women/men who finish high school to their white counterparts or have health insurance, attend college, own homes...you get the drift). It's like comparing the Jewish Holocaust with the African Holocaust (yes, there was such a thing, it lasted centuries and spanned the globe). That's a no win situation. It leads us to ask: who suffered the most? Was it the same type of suffering? It's a bad path to take. Let's not equate these atrocities. Let's historicize these events. It's the only way to avoid turning on each othe and lose sight of what is important: equality for all.
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ChuffedLittleMuffin
11/12/08

@EdenPavo: This is a great fucking comment. I haven't heard the Jim Crow thing before, but there's been a lot of civil unions are "separate but equal" talk on some blogs I've been reading (some authored by people of color). Which I guess is literally true, but the historical parallel being drawn by the allusion is... um.... no.
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HK_Guy
11/12/08

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It's a cute, catchy song and the message is cute, too. Jeez, lighten up!
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Richard Lawson
11/12/08

@HK_Guy: What is "cute" about "No, I don't even know your name, it doesn't matter. You're my experimental game"?
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ObtuseIntolerant
11/12/08

@fasthugger: I will buy her album before I ever buy Katy Perry's.
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ObtuseIntolerant
11/12/08

@ObtuseIntolerant sees lots of work to do.: Also, as a mom and despite all the smack-talk...this is why the Disney Channel (if not the private lives of denizens) exists. Parents who discourage their kids from it because it is "uncool" are doing them a greater disservice.
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Unfun
11/12/08

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Now you know how we feminists felt when that whole bullshit Spice Girls "Girl Power" bullshit was kicking us in the nads.

And Riot Grrrl? Puh-leeze. We Riot Grrrls had the intellectual chops to back our shit up. And good music. Oh yes, it was good.
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Unfun
11/12/08

@Unfun: It was bullshit squared.
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Zillionaire
11/12/08

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Thanks for all the misplaced whining, Richard. How about being glad there are 100 out gays to celebrate each year, rather than the one or two we had in years' past? And how about the idea that Katy Perry is the embodiment of the idea that you don't have to be so fucking precious and earnest about being gay. It's called PROGRESS. Don't piss on it.
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Richard Lawson
11/12/08

@Zillionaire: You're right. The more that homosexuality is treated as just a silly fling (hope the boyfriend doesn't get mad!!) the stronger the case for important things like marriage equality will be.
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Richard Lawson
11/12/08

@Zillionaire: But really, what's more important is that she's being feted with a magazine cover because she, what? Wrote a song about a straight girl drunkenly kissing another girl. That's it. In this world, at this time. It seems awfully... empty to me.
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Meg
11/12/08

@Zillionaire: I don't think there's anything progressive about singing about how naughty you are because you kissed a girl (that you didn't care about and that meant nothing to you, aside from a story you can tease your boyfriend with) and how "good girls" don't do that, but you were like, totally drunk, so it's all good and innocent. Tee hee.
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Zillionaire
11/12/08

@Richard: she's being feted for being a pop star. cheyenne is being feted for being a hot, out actor.
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Richard Lawson
11/12/08

@Zillionaire: Well, right. Cheyenne is a gay person. Katy Perry just likes to pretend she is at bars, apparently.
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Ms. Pants
11/12/08

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Katy's uber religious mom and Pastor dad aren't fans of the song either. And it's kinda in direct conflict with her first album as Katy Hudson--a Christian album.

There's one part in the song that really irks me more than anything else:

No, I don't even know your name, it doesn't matter. You're my experimental game, just human nature.

I don't know about you, but human nature to me doesn't include using someone for your own experimental jollies.

And holy mcfuckballs, someone needs to take over this girl's styling.
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PrincessKashmir
11/12/08

@Ms. Pants: But Euromullets are tres chic. Or at least that's what my last hairstylist tried telling me to stop the sobbing.
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extra!extra!owentookVAQUERO'sstar★
11/12/08

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the taste of her cherry chapstick

Give the girl a break. This happened when she was ten.
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ChuffedLittleMuffin
11/12/08

@vaquero: It makes so much more sense to me now.
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PrincessKashmir
11/12/08

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The only upside to this gold-plated, cubic zirconia version of a female singer is that her song "UR So Gay" is about Pete Wentz.

The video is fun.

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rocknrollunicorn
11/12/08

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Hopefully the young girls of today are savvy enough to realize that once a bad pop song has been released about an embarrassing drunken cultural trend, said trend is over.

What, you don't think so?
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happysquid
11/12/08

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Jill Sobule!

her song was 10x better. and plus she made THIS amazing song too:

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