So I find this blog, c/o a link in my feed reader. And I take a quick look and I start laughing and laughing and can’t stop reading it (and laughing).
Snacks and Shit is a blog that basically notes the absurdity of rap lyrics by pulling out some random lines and asking, in essence, WTF?!
I actually read all the way back to the first entry. Then I added it to my RSS.
And now I’m sharing.
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I read the whole thing too, that’s some funny stuff. Had tears in my eyes.
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honestly? i’m so put off by the homophobia of the bloggers that i have a difficult time enjoying their humour.
i mean, speaking of “wtf?”… those lyrics are ridiculous enough on their own without the bloggers adding in some hate against us queers as a way of dissing the rappers. it’d be one thing if they were pointing out the contradiction of rap’s simultaneous homoerotic undertones and fierce homophobia, as a way of underlining the absurdity of the songs… but they’re not. they’re just being hateful, and that’s not funny.
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I was going to delete the post but then I realized that if I did, no one would be able to read your comment! :)
I didn’t view the commentary as particularly offensive – but I think that’s because the “so gay” comments made were significantly fewer than the “you’re an asshole” comments and “that makes no sense at all” comments and, as a result, my mind didn’t start shrieking the appropriate alarm.
Which is not to say that I think it’s right, or okay, or reasonable/acceptable to promote anything remotely homophobic.
It’s a reflection on me that I rolled my eyes at a “You’re gay” comment (meant as an insult, I mean, rather than a statement of fact!) and considered it just to be a childish remark instead of looking at it otherwise.
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And, on re-reading this comment, I realize I haven’t quite said what I wanted to say, but I have a migraine so I’m going to try that again later. :)
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Ok, well, point taken. In my defense, like Violet, I just rolled my eyes at the “gay” comments. I didn’t think of it then as hateful or homophobic, and honestly, I’m not sure I do now. Or maybe I just glossed over it and moved on to the next one that I DID find funny. Either way, it’s just a silly web site, and the lyrics of rap and hip hop songs are way more offensive than the web site.
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if you’re interested in understanding more about why “you’re gay” is not acceptable as an insult, especially from a child, i think you might want to read this excellent piece about the sorts of things heterosexuals can take for granted in their daily lives, because it makes it clear that homophobia exists in our society on all sorts of levels.
i’m going to leave this conversation now, because i don’t have the energy for it.
however, before i go, i do feel a need to point out sylvain’s faulty logic, in implying that the homophobia of the bloggers isn’t so bad because it’s not as homophobic as the lyrics they’re writing about:
the evidence of a “more offensive” oppression doesn’t validate any other oppression.
i don’t believe homophobia and racism to be analogous, but a parallel example can be useful as a way of illustrating oppression… so: the comparatively worse racial segregation of south africa under apartheid does not validate the disenfranchisement of african americans under jim crow laws during that same era. it’s all oppression, period.
the same thing goes here: bloggers dissing rappers by calling them gay is not made any less oppressive by the rappers themselves being homophobic. it’s all oppression, period.
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Apparently being a feral geographer makes you lose all perspective, and humour.
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OMG. Seriously?
Two things:
1. I don’t appreciate you putting words in my mouth. I didn’t say one makes the other less oppressive, or even imply it. I can’t help the way you choose to read things. What I meant was, rap and hip hop lyrics have a much larger audience than this tiny web site, and are so much more degrading on so many levels. Perhaps your energy would be better spent there.
2. I read the list at the link you attached. I am in a wheelchair. A lot of those statements apply to me too if you substitute “sexual orientation” with “disability” I get it. What makes you think I don’t? You don’t even know me.-
PS: lest there be a mis-understanding, when I said “this tiny web site” I meant Snacks and Shit, not this wonderful blog here, cause of course THIS site is HUGE!!
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I hate it when songs get stuck in my head as a result of reading something on the internet. I was going to share the song and my lyrical adaptations but it’s pretty trollish. Instead I’ll leave you with… PICKLE SUPRISE!
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Pickle Surprise now haunts me.
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Thanks for the link to this – hilarious! If only some of those artists knew how… odd (lol) their lyrics are… like there wasn’t much thought on what was being said/sung or how it would reflect on them.
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