Alisa Berman

You see the problem with all us bitches is that we expect to get Maseratis and look hot in bikinis without having to work. Oh baby baby, the video for Britney’s new single “Work B**ch” she reminds us that she earned her stripes at the height of raunch culture, to be sexy without being sexual is her forte. At first look the video is your typical shock value, hypersexual pop music video- what’s worth talking about? A lot.

BDSM has become the pop princess go-to for instant shock value in the 2010’s.  From Gaga’s Alejandro to Rihanna’s S&M, and now Britney wants in on the action. BDSM is a legitimate sexual preference and practice for those who desire it- and I’ll leave it to the BDSM community to address if they love the nod or the possible misrepresentation and appropriation that’s happening here. For me, Britney’s performance took on a different twist the moment that she distanced herself from the practices in the video and implied that she was pressured to do it, and pushed too far.

After releasing the video Britney called in to a Boston radio station saying,”Like, I cut out half the video because I am a mother and because, you know, I have children, and it’s just hard to play sexy mom while you’re being a pop star as well. I just have to be true to myself and feel it out when I do stuff….sometimes I would like to ...