Echo 327 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 by omission. Her entire career is based on her s-x appeal, it's totally unfair to criticize other artists for it. But whats been left out? She even admitted herself she uses s-x appeal. Or did no one read it? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pink sushi 4,351 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 SHE HAS A GOOD POINT. Pop stars today can really go overboard with the nudity and s-x appeal..... Practically every music video out there has a half naked women in it these days. She's just saying that you don't always have to be half naked all the time to get noticed and be successful in the pop music world. I don't know if she's one to talk since she's half naked like 80% of the time. She was freakin naked on her last album cover. But she clearly states that she has gotten naked several times so at least she's not in denial or judging anyone. You know who doesn't get half naked all the time? MARINA. She's ALWAYS so cute and classy!!! Never has she once done a provocative half naked photoshoot! She even has said that shes flat out turned down magazine because they wanted to dress too revealing. She has to body of a p0rn star and doesn't go around flaunting it for attention. Not to say that she uses absolutely no s-x appeal and dresses like a granny, because that's definitely not true. But she never goes overboard and always comes across as a gorgeous, classy, goddess. :legend: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaprincess 23 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 But Katy weren't you just half naked in Roar MV? I cant even take u serious.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahoganySnitch 67 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 THIS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MahoganySnitch 67 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Katy gets on my nerves a lot. But I agree with her statement, isolated from the person who's saying it. Put it the **** away. I'm so tired of seeing everyone's naked body all the time. Not because it's somehow inherently wrong, it's just tired now. Half of the ones doing it are attention-obsessed, self-absorbed a-holes who think that everyone wants to look at their flesh constantly because they're the center of the universe. Yes, I'm venting. Katy is just trying to stand out by being more conservative, and being a bit hypocritical in the process, but she never said she hasn't done it too, so at least she's being honest. I feel like if everyone was dressing up she might dress down. We, the audience, look to these people, and because of our demand for more, this kind of thing continues. The fact is, mostly everyone DOES look at exposed flesh, especially when it's packaged with certain contexts. We make them the center of the universe, y'know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tristessa 0 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 We, the audience, look to these people, and because of our demand for more, this kind of thing continues. The fact is, mostly everyone DOES look at exposed flesh, especially when it's packaged with certain contexts. We make them the center of the universe, y'know? Yes. Which is, essentially, getting to my point. I, and I'm sure many others, aren't here for it, or at the very least certain kinds of it. Yet, we are still subject to it (this includes more than just nudity) because of a culture that continues to feed into this kind of self-indulgent exhibitionism. I don't want to point names, but the absurd media craze that followed the Miley VMA debacle is a prime example. Call it a personal problem, if you want. But I digress. :shrug: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
StrawberryBlond 14,922 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Katy really is quite the hypocrite. Remember when Sinead O'Connor wrote that letter to Miley and one of the things she said was that record labels will convince you to go along with their plans to s-xualise you and then cleverly brainwash you into thinking that this is what you wanted? That's Katy all over. She started out as a good Christian girl singing acoustic gospel music on an indie label until she realised she wanted to become much more famous and started going more pop rock. Eventually, she got signed to Capitol and followed all their demands to make her mainstream (One Of The Boys) and then uber-mainstream (Teenage Dream). From singing about kissing girls, drinking, threesomes and male genitalia, to wearing low cut outfits with embellishments to make her assets more obvious, Katy is so far removed from who she once was. All her most successful songs are her s-xual ones. Her s-xual image is 50% of the reason why she is so famous (the other half is her pure pop sound). The only halfway successful ballads she's ever had are The One That Got Away and Wide Awake (but that's only because they were coming at the tail end of a successful era). Her first ballad, Thinking Of You was one of the biggest flops of her career and Unconditionally doesn't appear to be taking off despite the massive success of Roar. Despite the US being her most successful market, she has yet to have a ballad go to #1 there. What's quite laughable is that right now, just because she's written a ballad heavy album, Katy seems to think she's the first pop star who's ever taken the mature, artistic approach. Madonna had Ray Of Light. Britney had In The Zone. Christina had Stripped and Back To Basics. Rihanna had Rated R. Gaga had Born This Way. They are all s-xual pop stars but even they knew when it was time to be more serious, make more thought-provoking material, create an "artist's album." Katy is just one of many who's trying out this style. She's seen it work for Adele and Taylor Swift. Katy goes with whatever's hot at the moment and at the moment, female artists being deep is the way to go. But it's hard to take her recent statements about modesty and real artistry seriously when you consider that she has... Sung a song about kissing girls at parties for attention. Posed naked on an album cover. Wears low cut outfits with push bras when she has the chance. Has held cans of whipped cream to her breasts and created the sensation of them squirting in her music video. Has worn rotating lollipops on the breast plates of her outfits. Has worn nipple tassels over outfits. Has posed in underwear and topless for magazine covers. Sung a song involving the least subtle metaphor for male genitalia. Sung a song involving having her topless pictures on Facebook, skinny dipping, streaking and having a threesome. Has an unreleased song that includes the chorus "milk, milk, lemonade, round the back's where chocolate's made." Katy Perry has to be one of the biggest sell outs in history. If she starts dressing like a nun and making folk music with her next album, no one would give a toss about her anymore and she knows it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miel 15,009 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I... don't know. I guess she makes kind of a good point, imo? I personally don't mind nudity and s-xuality among female pop artists (or just females+anybody in general), as long as it is their choice to do so, to express themselves s-xually and personally. I think it's fairly obvious when an individual does nudity and "skin-showing" just for the sake of doing so (either because it catches attention and they're thirsty for it, they think it is their obligation, etc). Though I'm not a big fan of the latter, I'm in no place to judge. Which is why I'm dubious on Katy's statement. I mean, on one hand I kind of agree (KIND OF, I do believe if a woman wants to show skin, let her). On the other hand, I feel like it's such a conservative, traditional, "standard" thing to say. And you know what, if that's her opinion, that's perfectly fine. But, it still jars me the wrong way. I don't like the whole "good girl, conservative, dressed up" vibe that's coming off the excerpt in the OP. 3 points in and ready for more Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willy Wonka 4 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 SHE HAS A GOOD POINT. Pop stars today can really go overboard with the nudity and s-x appeal..... Practically every music video out there has a half naked women in it these days. She's just saying that you don't always have to be half naked all the time to get noticed and be successful in the pop music world. I don't know if she's one to talk since she's half naked like 80% of the time. She was freakin naked on her last album cover. But she clearly states that she has gotten naked several times so at least she's not in denial or judging anyone. You know who doesn't get half naked all the time? MARINA. She's ALWAYS so cute and classy!!! Never has she once done a provocative half naked photoshoot! She even has said that shes flat out turned down magazine because they wanted to dress too revealing. She has to body of a p0rn star and doesn't go around flaunting it for attention. Not to say that she uses absolutely no s-x appeal and dresses like a granny, because that's definitely not true. But she never goes overboard and always comes across as a gorgeous, classy, goddess. But she did base a whole music video on 99% hot naked guys in a shower. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
socotra 3,341 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I'm afraid shes getting more like her parents as she grows up. She's talked a lot about her "return to Saturn" and feeling older and more mature, after the trauma of her divorce. After starting off more controversial than Gaga (IKAG), she's morphing into a Kelly Clarkson MOR type. Don't think she's being hypocritical or shady, she'd just changed into a more soccer mom mentality. MOR? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DIVA 666 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 But, I've never seen her not rely on her body. We're all Stronger Together! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voodoo4YouBitch 0 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 you wanna talk playing cards miss katy discount+rent-a-rapper perry? J&D says hi Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlasticHo 735 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 But whats been left out? She even admitted herself she uses s-x appeal. Or did no one read it? She can't say.. I know i'm a skank, but everyone needs to stop being such skanks! Her opinion is just erased when she does that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venus de Artpop 0 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 You tell em katy gurl :hor: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo 327 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 She can't say.. I know i'm a skank, but everyone needs to stop being such skanks! Her opinion is just erased when she does that. You're right, if she'd say that then everyone would be up her ass. No it's not. It's a valid opinion, I share the same one with her. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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