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By lillyjay • 16 years ago

Highly Offensive Song

My family happily listens to XM radio in the car and at home. Well, I used to listen happily. But after Ben Taylor’s Wicked Way played on my favorite station (Channel 51-Coffehouse) , I have been too offended to continue supporting XM radio. In Wicked Way, Taylor sings about wanting to get a girl drunk so he can have his wicked way with her. He goes on to say that he has no interest in getting to know her and tells her "So don’t you fight it cause I know you’re gonna like it." 

Listening to this song literally gives me chills. The music itself sounds like a lovesong but the lyrics are distasteful and disturbing. One might argue that this is just a song about casual sex, but it is only his pleasure that is considered. The female in this song is merely an outlet for his sexuality. And after "three hours or more" she is no longer useful to him. And we wonder why girls invest all of their self-worth in their sexuality?

This song glamorizes sexual aggression yet it is being played over and over again. Is this the kind of song we want people to be humming at work or on the way to school? Please contact XM radio at listenercare@xmradio.com and tell them to stop playing such offensive songs!

Thank you,

Lilly

P.S.- If anyone has any suggestions about how to most effectivly stop XM radio (and all radio stations) from playing this ...
By lillyjay • 16 years ago

AOL

As I went to check my AOL account tonight I was caught off guard by a blog AOL featured in their "specials" section. It is a link to a history lesson of sexist vintage ads. I have to say, I am impressed with AOL.

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As I went to check my AOL account tonight I was caught off guard by a blog AOL featured in their "specials" section. It is a link to a history lesson of sexist vintage ads. I have ...
By lillyjay • 16 years ago

A Real Teenager’s Response to The Secret Life of an American Teen

I met Lilly the other week and we got to talking about The Secret Life of an American Teenager, a show I’ve never seen, and I urged her to write a post on it. Check out her totally savvy analysis.
-Courtney

ABC Family’s new show, The Secret Life of an American Teen, demeans girls for being sexual and reinforces the good girl stereotype of quiet girls defined by their boyfriends.

The show begins when “band-geek” Amy discovers that, after a one night tryst at band camp, she is pregnant. The father is Ricky, the school’s resident player. Ricky is compelled to deflower girls and ruin their innocence just as his was taken from him; we later discover that Ricky, who is now ...

I met Lilly the other week and we got to talking about The Secret Life of an American Teenager, a show I’ve never seen, and I urged her to write a post on it. Check out her ...