Cat Face was named by Billboard as Woman of the Year.
No. Just no.
I’ve blogged a few times about Taylor, mostly about her songs. Let’s recap what her music is about: “You Belong With Me” is about the nerdy girl falling in love with a handsome boy and singing about how awful his girlfriend is and how she’s better. ”Speak Now” is about a girl who interrupts a former lover’s wedding because he’s getting married to an awful person and she’s better. Sound familiar?
Unrelated, but this video is fairly entertaining, in a I can’t understand if he’s being serious or not way.
Ok, so “Mean” is song with a decent message – I mean who out there who has been teased wouldn’t want to show their old bullies just how successful they turned out? At the same time though, there’s something not quite right…And I can’t put my finger on it. It’s like she’s flaunting the fact, like look at me look at me! Look how I turned out, and you’re just not as successful as me. Or maybe I’m just trying to find something to dislike about it? Who knows.
“Mine” is about getting married too hastily. And while of course there’s a shiny happy ending, life isn’t full of happy endings. ”The Story of Us” she doesn’t even look like herself, she looks airbrushed and not the curly haired country singer. She looks like any other generic pop singer. If there was something I always appreciated about Taylor was that she always looked very sweet, catlike, but sweet. If you watch “The Story of Us” she doesn’t even look like herself, she looks like Britney ala “…Baby One More Time.”
I mean, ok, congrats, Cat-Face. You got Woman of the Year, but if I’m going to be honest I don’t agree. I mean, honestly what did she do this year to deserve the title? And if she won based purely on the song “Mean” I can name a bunch of female musicans/actresses who have done more for women empowerment this year than Cat-Face. Adele put out one of the top CDs in 2011, Jessie J came out with the catchy hit “Price Tag” about how we shouldn’t put so much weight on money. And the obvious, Lady Gaga, who encourages everyone everywhere to be who they are and nobody else? I mean, come on, anyone but Cat-Face! Christina Aguilera co-hosted The Voice this past summer, she’d be a better choice than Cat-Face if you must choose an American blonde. Florence + the Machine burst onto the scene this past year and enjoyed good success. These are all just off the top of my head!
Cat-Face may have sold the “most albums of any other artist this past year,” according to USA Today but that doesn’t mean that the message most of her songs send is a good message to females. Just because a guy is dating an “awful girl” doesn’t give you the right to feel free to steal a fiance or boyfriend. That’s no excuse. And so many female artists are guilty of this – Avril Lavigne’s “Girlfriend” comes to mind. This is a terrible sentiment to echo. The fact of the matter is, even though the girl is horrible as the song says, the dude obviously sees something in her. And the fact that said girl is obsessed with getting with already taken boy is a bit disturbing.
It’s upsetting to me that many shows, artists and movies are going this route. It’s not okay. Just because someone is an “awful human being” doesn’t mean it’s okay that they end up hurt and broken in the end. And just because your boyfriend/girlfriend cheated on you doesn’t mean it’s automatically fine that you cheat. Nor should TV use the – “Girl meets Guy feels a connection with him, but then meets Charmer who gives Guy a run for his money, ends up with Charmer and they get engaged then Charmer cheats on Girl and Girl and Guy finally get together”scenario. I get that there needs to be hitches in Girl and Guy’s relationship, but do they have to add in Charmer? And if they add in Charmer, why does he always have to cheat? Couldn’t they just have Charmer die or something?
Anyway, I’m getting sidetracked, but still I think Cat-Face deserves congratulations, but that’s it. If she continues in the way of “Mean” she’ll be more than deserving of Woman of the Year. Until then, I continue to call her Cat-Face.
