I’m not going to talk about cultural appropriation in music today, but this is just for you to notice that as women, we are constantly objectified. ![]() This thing launched her last album, Bangerz, as well as the tour that went along with it. Twerking has been around for years, but it wasn’t until a girl named Miley Cyrus came along and did it on national television at last year’s VMAs that the whole “twerk” craze started, took off, and became a thing. NO SHE ISN’T A FEMALE ICON! SHE DOESN’T REPRESENT WOMEN!!! SHE’S SHAKING HER BUTT ON YOUTUBE!! From the fast verses, to the crazy accents on her songs, to fact that the best verse in Kanye West’s “ Monster” was hers, she should be considered a female icon for her achievements in an industry that is mostly made up of male artists, and she’s right at the top. ![]() It doesn’t matter if she twerked, it doesn’t matter that a couple of years ago she went to the VMAs wearing stuffed animals – she created an impression on you, and you, in return, remembered her. Now that you have some perspective, imagine what it is to be the single most influential woman in hip-hop and how difficult it must have been to get to that place.
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