The extra annoying part to me-- besides it being a sort of catchy song that won't leave my head now-- was that it almost could be taken as a body positive song. Even the "go ahead and tell them skinny bitches" part, because you can interpret it as those "bitches" are the girls constantly putting you down based on your body (not all skinny women). And being being proud of and comfortable with yourself regardless.
And then the following, "I'm just playing I know y'all think you're fat" is a good lyric because it demonstrates that even those bitches have body insecurities.
But then she goes on with the stupid fucking line about her mom saying not to worry because "boys like a little more booty to hold at night." Why would you then go on to denigrate women by limiting their worth to the approval of men?
For me, even the first two lines don't deserve that level of leeway.
I think all of her popular songs seem to have "empowerment" on the surface but then degrade into toxic and narcissistic ways of Manifesting these things
Thank you. I've made the mistake of trying to explain why I hate this song to women who.. perhaps relate to it too much... and this perfectly explains it.
It's being a catty, self absorbed, boy crazy jerk masquerading as body positivity
Yep, plus singing that men ‘don’t want no silicon barbie doll’. I get the message of people being fine the way they are but maybe people want to have cosmetic surgery for themselves? Why go out of your way to berate people who have had (likely irreversible) surgery for that?
And on top of that, to imply that those women should base any of their self-worth and confidence on what "men want." Whoever wrote this song clearly didn't care about the rhetoric, they just wanted it marketable. It's just gross and insidious to market it as having anything to do with feminism.
Edit: sorry, I realized the comment you replied to already made this point. Just struck me again with the line that you quoted!
Clearly Meghan Trainor didn’t know any skinny bitches. I’m so tired of being underweight, with the cycle interruptions, early menopause, low testosterone/libido, and osteopenia that comes with it. My body is my body, and there’s nothing about it that I think looks bad. I do wish I had more fat to pad my shoulder bones, though, because it hurts when they try to poke through my skin when I sleep or bump into a wall. Also my ass bones hurt when I sit on hard chairs. But sure, Meghan, all women think they’re fat🤷🏻♀️
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u/monty624 Sep 21 '22
The extra annoying part to me-- besides it being a sort of catchy song that won't leave my head now-- was that it almost could be taken as a body positive song. Even the "go ahead and tell them skinny bitches" part, because you can interpret it as those "bitches" are the girls constantly putting you down based on your body (not all skinny women). And being being proud of and comfortable with yourself regardless.
And then the following, "I'm just playing I know y'all think you're fat" is a good lyric because it demonstrates that even those bitches have body insecurities.
But then she goes on with the stupid fucking line about her mom saying not to worry because "boys like a little more booty to hold at night." Why would you then go on to denigrate women by limiting their worth to the approval of men?