Comments on: Do you remember the time http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:14:04 +0000 hourly 1 By: Mary http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-248120 Mary Sun, 28 Jun 2009 12:08:09 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-248120 <i>I feel a little differently about it. I hate that the music I enjoy gave his father the power to abuse him so horribly. I hate that the music I enjoyed financed his access to children and the ability to avoid prosecution/conviction. I hate that his celebrity means that people ignore or dismiss the voices of victims. I hate that even after everything became public he was still planning a come back tour, and that people would pay money to see a man who had at the very least sexually inappropriate relationships with children. That his music somehow wiped the slate clean. It is the worst part of our society and the whole thing makes me nauseous.</i> THANK YOU. I want to vomit every time I hear euphemisms like "troubled" or "eccentric." There is no other person on earth who would get such a pass for having inappropriate relationships with children. He admitted on camera to Martin Bashir that he still had slumber parties with young boys, even after Bashir gave him several opportunities to clarify or backtrack. By the way, if Michael Jackson really was pure of heart and only cared about the children, <b>where were the girls?</b> There is no pop hook catchy enough to justify any of this. I feel a little differently about it. I hate that the music I enjoy gave his father the power to abuse him so horribly. I hate that the music I enjoyed financed his access to children and the ability to avoid prosecution/conviction. I hate that his celebrity means that people ignore or dismiss the voices of victims. I hate that even after everything became public he was still planning a come back tour, and that people would pay money to see a man who had at the very least sexually inappropriate relationships with children. That his music somehow wiped the slate clean. It is the worst part of our society and the whole thing makes me nauseous.

THANK YOU.

I want to vomit every time I hear euphemisms like “troubled” or “eccentric.” There is no other person on earth who would get such a pass for having inappropriate relationships with children. He admitted on camera to Martin Bashir that he still had slumber parties with young boys, even after Bashir gave him several opportunities to clarify or backtrack.

By the way, if Michael Jackson really was pure of heart and only cared about the children, where were the girls?

There is no pop hook catchy enough to justify any of this.

]]> By: Kristin http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-247973 Kristin Sat, 27 Jun 2009 21:29:27 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-247973 What Kristen J said. What Kristen J said.

]]> By: Mud and Michael « Natalia Antonova http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-247944 Mud and Michael « Natalia Antonova Sat, 27 Jun 2009 20:14:57 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-247944 [...] don’t have much else to say about Michael that hasn’t already been said. He was a hero, pariah, scaly monster, ugly punchline and fiery, pulsating star all [...] [...] don’t have much else to say about Michael that hasn’t already been said. He was a hero, pariah, scaly monster, ugly punchline and fiery, pulsating star all [...]

]]> By: groovybroad http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-247891 groovybroad Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:06:24 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-247891 wow, how did those post when i didnt hit submit? i was still editing. sorry y'all. wow, how did those post when i didnt hit submit?
i was still editing.
sorry y’all.

]]> By: groovybroad http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-247889 groovybroad Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:04:23 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-247889 kristen: i completely agree with you. 100% kristen:

i completely agree with you.
100%

]]> By: groovybroad http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-247888 groovybroad Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:04:07 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-247888 kristen: i acompletely agree with you. 100% kristen:

i acompletely agree with you.
100%

]]> By: groovybroad http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-247887 groovybroad Sat, 27 Jun 2009 15:03:46 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-247887 kristen: i acompletely agrere with you. 100% kristen:

i acompletely agrere with you.
100%

]]> By: exholt http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-247817 exholt Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:19:49 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-247817 <blockquote>I was born in 1979, and I must admit that his death doesn’t hit me nearly as much as it does you. I associate his greatest hits-Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It, etc. as being part of my elder siblings generation-the youngest of which is 8 years older than me. By the time I was reasonably old enough to really *get* pop culture, (not that I really do now) his greatest hits, not to mention the 80s, were sorta old.</blockquote> Though I am a little older, I felt the same way about MJ's music. It was something the older kids listened to when I was beginning my elementary school career. By the time I was in 5th grade...he was already the punchline of elementary school jokes and became supplanted in my area by Beastie Boys, Whitney Houston, and Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam. As I didn't really get into music until college...finding college classmates, especially many Mainland Chinese students who were fans of him was a weird experience as I saw that as music for older kids and part of "80s" oldies. This was furthered by hearing about a rash of high school classmates who ended up receiving MJ albums as "gag gifts" in the same spirit as a buddy dumped a Vanilla Ice CD on me on Christmas during my last year of high school. In retrospect....I'd much rather have MJ over Vanilla Ice anyday....

I was born in 1979, and I must admit that his death doesn’t hit me nearly as much as it does you. I associate his greatest hits-Thriller, Billie Jean, Beat It, etc. as being part of my elder siblings generation-the youngest of which is 8 years older than me. By the time I was reasonably old enough to really *get* pop culture, (not that I really do now) his greatest hits, not to mention the 80s, were sorta old.

Though I am a little older, I felt the same way about MJ’s music. It was something the older kids listened to when I was beginning my elementary school career. By the time I was in 5th grade…he was already the punchline of elementary school jokes and became supplanted in my area by Beastie Boys, Whitney Houston, and Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam.

As I didn’t really get into music until college…finding college classmates, especially many Mainland Chinese students who were fans of him was a weird experience as I saw that as music for older kids and part of “80s” oldies.

This was furthered by hearing about a rash of high school classmates who ended up receiving MJ albums as “gag gifts” in the same spirit as a buddy dumped a Vanilla Ice CD on me on Christmas during my last year of high school. In retrospect….I’d much rather have MJ over Vanilla Ice anyday….

]]> By: Lisa http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-247780 Lisa Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:16:47 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-247780 re: "For me, today’s acknowledgement of MJ is a silent one… I’m wearing a black latex glove on my right hand, with the fingers cut off." What?!?!?! Did you seriously wear that all day? Or, even for part of the day? re: “For me, today’s acknowledgement of MJ is a silent one… I’m wearing a black latex glove on my right hand, with the fingers cut off.”

What?!?!?! Did you seriously wear that all day? Or, even for part of the day?

]]> By: Kristen J. http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/06/26/cmon-and-groove-and-let-the-madness-in-the-music-get-to-you/#comment-247738 Kristen J. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:46:53 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=14101#comment-247738 I feel a little differently about it. I hate that the music I enjoy gave his father the power to abuse him so horribly. I hate that the music I enjoyed financed his access to children and the ability to avoid prosecution/conviction. I hate that his celebrity means that people ignore or dismiss the voices of victims. I hate that even after everything became public he was still planning a come back tour, and that people would pay money to see a man who had at the very least sexually inappropriate relationships with children. That his music somehow wiped the slate clean. It is the worst part of our society and the whole thing makes me nauseous. I feel a little differently about it. I hate that the music I enjoy gave his father the power to abuse him so horribly. I hate that the music I enjoyed financed his access to children and the ability to avoid prosecution/conviction. I hate that his celebrity means that people ignore or dismiss the voices of victims. I hate that even after everything became public he was still planning a come back tour, and that people would pay money to see a man who had at the very least sexually inappropriate relationships with children. That his music somehow wiped the slate clean. It is the worst part of our society and the whole thing makes me nauseous.

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