Nicki Minaj

[Blunt 0]

lol your adorbs

mess at me shading and praising gaga in the same sentence

[Edu 3,797]

Imagine DWUW views

[Lana Del Shade 78]

Imagine DWUW views

Dont let me think about that because, everytime i do, i get really fourius, i will throw the persons who made it impossible from the tallest building and then run

[OBEY 57,109]

I can't imagine how much the DWUW video could have done...

[MahoganySnitch 67]

I just roll my eyes because people have been saying the same thing for decades. Do you not get that? Like seriously. At one point women weren't supposed to show their ankles. When that became popular, don't you think people said that this was going to negatively influence kids and is a source of corruption?

Willy, posts like these give me air (feat. Chris Brown). 

 

I remember the 1934 movie "It Happened One Night" and how it tip-toed the line between safe and risque of the time, and it was well-done. One scene of the movie that comes to mind is:

 

Mind you, to many this was seen as too s-xualized and posed a danger to youth everywhere...for some reason. 

[Germadonf 0]

This video is so dumb ... 

[_Lam 597]

I'm calling Payola too. No one was here for Nicki comeback and nobody was aware of this song, there was no hype for the video.

Explain me how you can break a 24 hours record, a record based of expectations and hype ?

Something is not right.

[Haroon 49,685]

I don't think it implies anything that we didn't know yet I think it's the job of the parents to restrict what the children do/watch YouTube and cinemas and all that can only do so much by putting an age rating I think that the parents who are complaining about it should take the necessary steps to shield their children from it if they don't want their children to see it

[Neal 768]

It's just a record. :koons:

[StrawberryBlond 14,123]

Hmm… Nicki's not a nanny. She doesn't target herself towards children, and it's not her fault if kids watch or listen to her content. If you're worried about kids being exposed to s-x too early, then I think that's kind of just an issue for parents to deal with, not Hollywood.

 

It'd be different if it were like a Kids Bop song to that video, but it's Nicki Minaj. It's not her job to shield children from her content.

 

Up until this point, her image has been very much targeted to kids. The coloured wigs, the wacky outfits, the cartoon-like appearance. Songs like Super Bass are very child-like until you actually pay attention to the lyrics. That's why that song had a massive following of teen girls and children covering it online. Those two little girls who appeared on Ellen twice after a clip of them singing Super Bass online became popular? Don't you think it's kinda weird for pre-school children to be into Nicki Minaj? You don't see kids of that age being into other rappers. And that's because Nicki's image has been aimed at the young from the very beginning. Her Roman Reloaded era further extended her kid fanbase because it had singles like Starships and Pound The Alarm, which sound like songs you'd hear at kids parties, minus the inappropriate content. But now it's like she's completely forgotten about the influence she has on young children and is making music that is completely inappropriate and isn't even covering it up with a cute pop image anymore. Are all those kids who became her fans to just stop listening to her now? Of course not. And she's far from the only one who does this. It's an old marketing trick: start your career out appealling to young people in order to get a large fanbase (the youth are the biggest music buyers) and then slowly become more adult and allow the complete transformation to take place by the third album.

 

Now, obviously, this is a justifiable concern for parents. It's really creepy when you think about it - marketing an artist to appeal to children but cover the songs with innuendo and let the material get more and more adult over time (and pop stars don't wait years between albums). You have to wonder - what are the industry looking to gain from sending such inappropriate messages to these young fanbases? Whatever the reason, it's understandably concerning parents. And I don't hold with this notion of "not my kids, not my problem." I don't want kids growing up with warped views of the world regardless of whether they're mine or not. It's our job as the adults in charge to protect children from negative influences and put systems in place to protect them. And I definitely don't believe in "it's up to the parents to control what their kids watch." This is 2014, not 1994. Every kid uses a computer at some point during the day in some form. It doesn't matter if they don't have a computer or a smartphone of their own. They'll just go round to a friend's house and use theirs or watch clips on someone's computer at school. You've heard stories before about intimate pictures taken between students that are sent round the whole school on phones, right? How can a parent protect their child from that? They have no responsibility over what they do or see in school. In order to protect a child from every negative influence, a parent would have to never send their child to school and lock them in a room with no electronic devices. As that can't be done, how can a parent control everything their child experiences? It's unrealistic. Sure, parents have the responsibility to research what music their kid wants to buy and what concert they want to see and decide whether to proceed or not, but control everything that the child hears and sees? That's impossible.

 

I notice how all these attitudes always come from people who don't have kids and/or are not interested in having kids. There's nothing wrong with that, but at least try to empathise with those who are parents. The world is full of inappropriate media being thrown at you from every direction and you can't shield your child from everything. Just try to imagine what that's like.

 

 

Willy, posts like these give me air (feat. Chris Brown). 

 

I remember the 1934 movie "It Happened One Night" and how it tip-toed the line between safe and risque of the time, and it was well-done. One scene of the movie that comes to mind is:

 

Mind you, to many this was seen as too s-xualized and posed a danger to youth everywhere...for some reason. 

 

We're not saying that women need to cover themselves from head to toe. Just wear clothes. As much clothes as men are wearing. Men don't feel the need to flash the flesh, this is an expectation that's come to be expected of women and so many of us conform without thinking. There's no point saying that it was once scandalous for a woman to show her ankles. We got rid of that idea pretty quick because we realised that there's nothing inherently s-xual about ankles. But there is something inherently s-xual about breasts, asses and gentials. That's why we keep them covered. Is that really an idea we want changed? People walking about indecently exposing themselves to everyone?

[Scarlet Witch 1,067]

I don't think she deserves it but oh well s-x sells I guess.

Congrats.

[Jeff Kunst 0]

All this "think of the children" stuff is ridiculous. No, young people shouldn't be taking the messages or values of Anaconda seriously. But instead of making futile attempts to shield them parents can educate them about media literacy.

[Jeff Kunst 0]

I'm calling Payola too. No one was here for Nicki comeback and nobody was aware of this song, there was no hype for the video.

Explain me how you can break a 24 hours record, a record based of expectations and hype ?

Something is not right.

There was all the click-bait "controversy" about the single cover.

[StrawberryBlond 14,123]

All this "think of the children" stuff is ridiculous. No, young people shouldn't be taking the messages or values of Anaconda seriously. But instead of making futile attempts to shield them parents can educate them about media literacy.

 

Problem is, will they listen and follow these teachings? This is the ultimate challenge I give to those who say that it's up to parents to control everything their child does. The question is, did YOU do everything your parents told you? I'm guessing the answer to that would be NO. No one of any age likes being told what to do. Kids have always done stuff that they were told not to do purely for the thrill of being bad and to see what they're missing out on. So, if your parents teachings didn't make you completely obedient, what makes you think the same teachings are going to work on other kids? You can't teach a kid about the intelluctual nature of "media literacy." Kids see something on tv and they copy it, it's just how they're designed. It's part of our biological make-up and of our development into an adult - copy what you see adults doing to make you more grown up. You can't just tell them not to participate in this very natural part of growing up. As a parent, you just have to educate and hope for the best. Even the best of parents wind up with delinquent kids, not because they were a bad parent, but because the child takes the notion of free will very seriously.

[Jeff Kunst 0]

No, kids do not always do what their parents tell them. Parents just have to take that into account.

What does that have to do with Anaconda, though? Kids don't always follow music videos either.