Pink's "Stupid Girls" Hits Home...

Fellow educators who are sick of watching the embedded misogyny of the average teen, regardless of demographics (although I'd venture to say it's worse in educationally-deprived areas like mine, where there's not even one or two maverick feminists in an average class), this video is a refreshing change...



My favorite part is where she contrasts the girl being the next president with the one dancing in a video next to Fifty Cent-- although her spoof of Jessica Simpson falling of the truck she's cleaning is pretty hee-larious.

Pink, like George Clooney and Kanye, is the rare celebrity who speaks up on matters bigger than his or herself. Underground rappers and songwriters are political-- and maybe that's why they stay underground.
When I think about the incredible lack of real role models my students have, I wish more celebs would get the guts to be political. They have no obligation to do so, but the world of good they can do for the average media-worshipping teen alone is amazing. My students, as I did when I was a their age, are absolutely obsessed with pop culture, without the critical distance we mediaphiles get when we get older and more cynical. Come on, people! Speak up!