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Pharrell Williams

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CailinDana · 28/05/2014 15:54

What's his deal? He sang that utter excrement "Blurred Lines" and yet was on BBC Breakfast this morning sounding like he'd swallowed "Our Blood."
He spoke about how women are not treated fairly, how men can read up on it but never understand it, how he would support Hilary Clinton as President etc.
When the presenter (rightly) asked him about his tendency to write misogynistic turd spew he spouted some tripe about it being about "good girls" having "bad thoughts" and the "blurred lines" that exist around that. I think the man deserves the highest level of bullshit award for that one.
I found myself agreeing with his sentiments around women but how can any feminist take him seriously when his public face openly sneers at women?

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IdrisElbaIsMyHusband · 28/05/2014 16:08

He's 41 so hardly young

fuckinglondonballs · 28/05/2014 16:08

He sounds like a fairly normal person - has contradictory views, developing his thoughts as he goes, not articulating himself that well, being a bit of a hypocrite.

Maybe the Blurred Lines backlash gave him something to think about.

I do like to give people the benefit of the doubt though and would rather encourage them to keep thinking and developing their views than should 'Shitty mysoginistic twat!' at every opportunity.

Reminds me of this article. Ignore it's about Beyonce and just replace her name with 'a lot of people' m.essence.com/2013/12/17/beyonces-unconventional-and-flawed-feminism/

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CailinDana · 28/05/2014 16:06

On the one hand I'm pleased to see a young man with a "cool" image and strong public voice speaking sensibly about feminism in a way that might actually reach people, but I think unless he openly disowns Blurred Lines it all rings a bit false - is that too harsh?

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CailinDana · 28/05/2014 16:05

What I'm wondering is if he made Blurred Lines without really thinking, or just thinking of the money and now he feels bad/it's damaged his reputation and he's trying to backtrack, or if he genuinely holds what appears to me to be two opposing views - that women matter but that treating them like sex toys and talking about shit like "good girls" and "bad thoughts" is ok.

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TaraKnowles · 28/05/2014 16:02

I agree, I wish he had said 'normal' women having 'normal' thoughts. The interviewer could have questioned him further on why he thought that more female leaders would make such a difference and how.

I think he had been through a pr machine to minimise blurred lines. I didn't really buy it.