And it may be because I am so sick, I cannot do any thing but sleep and watch TV, but I have had it with this.
This Chris Brown and Rihanna thing is getting on my nerves. Right now, there is a show on MTV dedicated to the whole issue.
The host made a comment that we might forgive Chris Brown for beating up some random chic, but not Rihanna.
WTF? It is the same ridiculous bullshit no matter who he beat up on. Comments like that suggest that there are some women who deserve better treatment than others, or should be more protected from bad behavior than others. Is this really the message that we should be putting forth on this topic? Not at my house, it ain't.
That really pisses me off. No woman deserves to be beat on, even if she is a homeless prostitute, instead of a superstar like Rihanna. None of them.
When is someone going to call these people in the public eye (commentators, hosts, magazines, etc) on this crap? They are perpetuating a very dangerous way of thinking with this position.
One of the first things I thought when this story broke, was what an example Rihanna could be to other women--she could show that it can happen to anyone, it is not a matter of shame, and that NO one deserves it. Maybe this story could give some girl the nerve to admit it is happening to her, and put a stop to it. Instead of working from that angle, the media is turning it around to squash women, instead of empowering them.
Monday, February 23, 2009
This is really pissing me off
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I watched some of that special. I'm not glad it happened at all, but it seems that Hollywood tends to sweep this kind of thing under the rug, and I hope it will at least bring awareness to the issue.
The host actually said that?! Good lord. I hope Chris Brown's career goes down the tubes. Who wants to see him on TV? Definitely not me.
I hope they have some page somewhere to comment on this and it gets overwhelmed with comments about such a medieval way of thinking. I'm off to look now!
I do believe it was Alicia Quarles, Senior Producer/General Entertainment ,New York who made that comment and I cannot figure out how to contact her to tell her what a rotten thing that was to say.
I have not seen that, but agree- that comment was awful! I heard that Terrence Howard defended him in the beginning and it was discovered that he had a domestic abuse charge on his record- just awful!
This is nothing new - remember Whitney Houston?
No comment!
Not my thing!
How are the horse gals?
Enjoy Carol
Hehehe
WOW. I hope MTV is getting some serious backlash for those comments. I'm glad I didn't hear that. How pathetic.
Do you read Maggie, Dammit? She started a new blog about domestic violence called violence unsilenced. I bet she would be interested in this.
I agree! I haven't seen the show. I have only heard the news coverage. I heard she plans to go back to him? Pardon? People are ignorant.
I hope you get better soon. This bug is making its rounds.
That sort of commentary should piss you off, it does me also.
I don't think anyone should be beat up, male or female. To me it's issue of violence.
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