From Katy Perry’s ‘I Kissed A Girl’ to Rebecca Black’s ‘Friday’, it only takes a few hours for a music video to go viral and an internet sensation is made. We’ve seen it time and time again, where iconic videos take the spotlight and quickly find themselves in the headlines, whether it be for good or bad reasons. This time round it’s 20-year-old Meghan Trainor’s turn with her bubble-gum pop, sugar coated single ‘All About That Bass’.
The single in question is said to reinforce ‘body acceptance’, with Trainor claiming she’s ‘bringing booty back.’ When in reality she’s doing anything but. In the video, the popstar is seen dancing along to synth-y sounds with a group of backing dancers. Alongside the upbeat moves and Nicki Minaj-esque outfits, Trainor appears to be getting her ‘body acceptance’ through degrading women who are thin or as she says ‘skinny bitches’.
We’ve put together an open letter to Meghan about why the lyrics of All About That Bass are far more degrading than she thinks. Click the gallery to read more.
Source: Screencap“Yeah, it’s pretty clear, I ain’t no size two. But I can shake it, shake it.”
Dear Meghan, that’s so nice of you saying women of a smaller size can’t shake it? Just for future reference – after all, there could be a ‘All About That Bass 2’ in the works – Beyoncé reportedly weights 59kg, which equates to 9 stone 2 pounds. She has a height of 1.69m, that’s 5 ft 6″, and a healthy BMI of 20.6. That being said Miss Bey can’t ‘shake it’? Sorry Meghan but we find that very hard to believe.
Source: Screencap“Yeah, my mama she told me don’t worry about your size. She says boys like a little more booty to hold at night.”
Moving on from that point not only can’t women of a smaller size ‘shake it’, but according to you they lack the ability of scoring a man. Or should we say ‘boy’? Meg, if you’re really promoting body acceptance, surely romance doesn’t depend on size? After all, girls who are a size 0 have just as much chance at finding love as girls who are size 20. Oprah Winfrey v.s. Kate Moss, they’re all winners in our book. Oh and on another note, most women want a man, not a boy.
Source: Screencap“I’m bringing booty back, go ahead and tell them skinny bitches that. No I’m just playing I know you think you’re fat.“
Now the claws really begin to come out. Meghan, a female dog is a bitch not a woman. We know you’re supposedly joking with that line, but it doesn’t matter what size she is, what race she is or what nationality she is, calling a woman a bitch is a degrading thing to do. Even if it’s a joke and especially when you’re trying to promote ‘acceptance.’
Source: Screencap“You know I won’t be no stick figure silicone Barbie doll.”
So far in the song, you’ve told us that women of a smaller size can’t ‘shake it’, are hopeless at finding a man and apparently victim of a – hilarious – joke where we’re a bitch. Now you’re telling us, we’re a ‘silicone Barbie doll’. Well thank you. Doesn’t this song just keep getting more and more ‘accepting’? That was sarcasm, by the way, and yes Meghan us smaller girls do whack on the fake fan, false eyelashes and short mini skirts. Wait, what’s that? A platinum bottle of hair dye on the side? Wow who knew we could fit into such a stereotype!
Source: Screencap“But I’m here to tell ya, every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top.”
Well you’re not. Rather than claim to promote ‘acceptance’ try re-hiring someone to write the song, so it can be a little more ‘accepting’. Yours sincerely. From the smaller size girls – or should I say barbie’s? – who are skinny bitches and will probably end up single for the rest of our lives as we’ll never find a ‘boy’.
