Lyrics Literally from the Mouths of Rapists

Ponder this: Song, pop media furthering rape culture and what response it stirs

Further evidence is found to back the assertion that Robin Thicke's song Blurred Lines is promoting rape culture. 

Read this warning beforehand then take a look at this photography project.

"Trigger warning: Graphic descriptions of sexual assault.  Note: The opinions expressed in [these] post[s] belong to Sezin Koehler alone and should not be attributed to anyone involved with Project Unbreakable."

http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2013/09/17/from-the-mouths-of-rapists-the-lyrics-of-robin-thickes-blurred-lines-and-real-life-rape/

This is the work of Sezin Koehler for a photography project with Project Unbreakable. 

Many, many lines from Robin Thicke's song are word-for-word or paraphrased versions of the words rapists have literally said to their victims. This photography project portrays a reclaiming of power by people holding up signs with rapists' words spewed across them. These words already play on repeat in the heads of victims but curtesy of Robin Thicke's song they now have a beat to accompany them. 

Food for Thought:

What do you think society's reaction should be of these pictures?
What messages do you want to hear more of in your local art? 

What would it take to make that happen and how long?

 

Defined Lines

Ponder This: Blurred Lines messages stir more responses, parody refocuses issues within song.

 

Defined Lines by Law Revue Girls is a parody of Robin Thicke's song Blurred Lines. Law Revue Girls want to define those supposedly "blurred lines" Robin Thicke's is referring to here. Take a look.

http://youtu.be/AwHLJnLvBSQ

#everybigotstandup #undermine # are just a few of the hashtags used by Law Revue Girls to drive their points home with the audience. Their sending a message back to society that the messages in the song they parody are not in congruence with any of theirs nor should they be. Society's tolerance, or acceptance allows Blurred Lines and many other songs like it to gain and grow in popularity keeping things at what seem like a stand shrill

If you managed to miss the spark behind Law Revue Girls' video here is the original music video of Robin Thick's song. If you can believe it there's even an unrated version of this video on Vevo... As if he needed any more help furthering a bad message about rape culture, the same actresses appear topless in nude thongs except for the one woman whom is not of explicitly Caucasian decent. Though she appears topless still for most of the video she is in a black thong not just the same nude ones the other women are wearing. 

 

http://youtu.be/yyDUC1LUXSU

Food for Thought/Extras:

What other song(s) should Law Revue Girls create a parody of to reditrect the focus of its message?Why?
 

There are many more parodys on the internet of this song. A quick YouTube search and you can browse until your heart's content.