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mixedmedia · 03-29-2010, 06:15 PM

I think I just switched from liking this woman, to loving this woman.

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I should have included:

'hit the ankh at the top of the page'

FuglyStick · 03-29-2010, 06:56 PM

No offense, MM, but that was about as deep and profound as a first year film student's effort.

SecretMethod70 · 03-29-2010, 07:11 PM

The minute I read "Inspired by Matt and Kim," I knew I'd be watching the whole video

(if you don't know, Erykah's video is an homage this video from last year.)

LoganSnake · 03-29-2010, 08:12 PM

I think I liked Matt and Kim better.

mixedmedia · 03-30-2010, 03:31 AM

I like both of them

SecretMethod70 · 04-09-2010, 06:41 PM

This seemed worth sharing

A five-year-old reviews Erykah Badu’s “Window Seat” video | Love Isn't Enough - on raising a family in a colorstruck world

Quote:

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD REVIEWS ERYKAH BADU’S “WINDOW SEAT” VIDEO

After viewing the web release of Erykah Badu’s video for the song “Window Seat”, I wanted to sit down and write something an write something amazingly poignant, but could not. It was something I had to sit with for a bit, as the video and song directly addresses some things I am working with/on right now…freedom, self-love, authenticity, appropriation, etc. and prompted a visceral reaction, including tears. Besides, after reading this piece, this piece, and this piece, I no longer felt the need to say much of anything, that is until I begin reading my Twitter timeline.

Folks were tweeting and re-tweeting everything from comments about Badu’s posterior, to her co-opting a Matt and Kim video (who, by the way, she says the piece is inspired by and white folks naked bodies on public display have a whole different meaning than a black woman who shows her with intent and a message.)

What inspired this post was a tweet I read that went something like “how would you feel if her cooch was in your child’s face for art sake” or something close to that. So I sat down with my “assistant” TH, clicked on the ankh, watched and asked questions as we went along.

SH: What do you think of this?

TH: I like the music. Is it jazz? I like jazz.

SH: There are parts of it that have jazz.

TH: She was driving a big car.

SH: I know. What do you think of her, the lady walking?

TH: I think she is pretty. She is beautiful, perfect.

SH: Why do you think that?

TH: She just is. It’s sunny in the movie. It’s raining outside.

SH: Yes, I know it’s raining. What is she doing now?

TH: She’s walking down the street. Is that her singing?

SH: Yes, that is her singing.

TH: I like her voice. It is like mine.

SH: OK, yeah. She does have a nice voice. What’s happening now.

TH: She’s taking off er clothes. It’s probably hot.

SH: Hmm, well what do you think about that?

TH: I like it when it’s hot.

SH: What do you think about her taking off her clothes?

TH: It’s OK. Sometimes you need to take off your clothes. I like to take my clothes off.

SH: You do? How does it make you feel?

TH: I feel free. I like being naked.

SH: How do you think she feels?

TH: She feels naked and cool and free.

SH: But she is naked outside.

TH: That’s OK. It’s just her body. I have a body. Daddy has a body. You have a body and boobies.

SH: Yes, we all have bodies and mommy has boobies.

TH: That’s why it is OK. We all have one. We are all peoples (not a typo, she said “peoples”).

SH: Yes, we are all people.

TH: Mommy, she has boobies too.

SH: Yes, Erykah Badu has boobies too. So it is OK to show your boobies outside?

TH: Yes, but only if you want to because they are yours. Oh mommy, she fell down!

SH: Yes she did. She was shot.

TH: Why?

SH: Why do you think?

TH: Because she was naked and cool and free?

SH: Maybe.

mixedmedia · 04-10-2010, 04:52 AM

thank you, Smethy...I enjoyed reading the three articles cited in the piece and I largely agree with them.

I forgot to mention, also, that I love that song.

03-29-2010, 06:15 PM	#1 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	new erykah badu video. I think I just switched from liking this woman, to loving this woman. ---------- Post added at 10:15 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:06 PM ---------- I should have included: 'hit the ankh at the top of the page' __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

03-29-2010, 06:56 PM	#2 (permalink)
FuglyStick WHEEEE! Whee! Whee! WHEEEE! Location: Southern Illinois	No offense, MM, but that was about as deep and profound as a first year film student's effort. __________________ AZIZ! LIGHT!

03-29-2010, 07:11 PM	#3 (permalink)
SecretMethod70 Human Administrator Location: Chicago	The minute I read "Inspired by Matt and Kim," I knew I'd be watching the whole video (if you don't know, Erykah's video is an homage this video from last year.) __________________ Le temps détruit tout "Musicians are the carriers and communicators of spirit in the most immediate sense." - Kurt Elling Last edited by SecretMethod70; 03-29-2010 at 07:19 PM.. Reason: hadn't finished watching

03-29-2010, 08:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
LoganSnake We work alone Location: Cake Town	I think I liked Matt and Kim better. __________________ Maturity is knowing you were an idiot in the past. Wisdom is knowing that you'll be an idiot in the future. Common sense is knowing that you should try not to be an idiot now. - J. Jacques

03-30-2010, 03:31 AM	#5 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	I like both of them __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

04-10-2010, 04:52 AM	#7 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	thank you, Smethy...I enjoyed reading the three articles cited in the piece and I largely agree with them. I forgot to mention, also, that I love that song. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce