KATY PERRY: The Ironic Feminist

Chapter 7: California Gurls: Sugary Sweet & Fake As Tits What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice and all that's nice. At leas that's what California Gurls are made of in Will Cotton and Katy Perry's dream world of Candyfornia. We watch player piece, Katy go through a Candyland like game; her goal, to defeat the evil Sugar Daddy, played by Snoop Dogg (of course) by completing tasks, including freeing his previous conquests. Katy Perry quite literally objectifies women, by turning her female characters into edible objects: caramel, cotton candy, jell-o, peppermints, ect. In her YouTube Interview, Katy claims that she's not talking about fake LA bitches with her song, she says she's talking about the cool, hip California girls that The Beach Boys sang about. Oh yeah? I knew that The Beach Boys were a bit objectify-y but even they didn't put it as dirty as Katy does,
Sex on the beach We don't mind sand in our Stilettos We freak in my Jeep Snoop Doggy Dogg on the stereo California girls, we're unforgettable Daisy Dukes, bikinis on top Sun-kissed skin So hot, we'll melt your Popsicle Oooooh oh oooooh
I wonder what those lyrics are alluding to? It's sex. Just in case you didn't get it and completely missed the theme of this post and my glob in general. Anyway... the climax (foreshadowing) of the game is concluded when the evil Snoop Dogg and his rogue army of gummy bears are blown away by Katy's phallic shaped, nipple ejaculate. You're not expecting my to take those Shake weight poses seriously are you? Come on Katy. What are you trying to get at? This whole nipple-whipped-cream-can-thingy (I don't even know what to call them) is clearly a symbol for a female dominating a man with the only thing he'll respond to aka, The Two Dicks Are Better Than One Method. AL-MOST THERE!

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  1. This is AWESOME. I’ve always thought of Katy Perry as not-your-typical-popstar, even if her songs are pop sound to the nth level. It’s not just because she reminds me of Zooey Deschanel. Just by looking at her, and how she does this sexy-sultry-sex siren image with so much enjoyment, I never even thought for a moment she’s one of those dumb popstars. And yeah, her lyrics speak volumes even with the bubblegummy dancey-tuney melodies.

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