Entertainment Weekly posted an article on March 14 about J.Lo's new video called "I Luh Ya Papi." In the article they praise Lopez for Turing the tables on the classic rap video. The video itself portrays numerous chiseled men in minimal clothing such as underwear and speedos oiled on dripping with water. The article even asks "sick of all the underdressed ladies that rappers like to have decorating their sets like lawn ornaments?" And boasts that this is what Lopez does in her video.
This reminds me of the medias influence on how we view things. With so much talk about sex and power structure in politics, it seems that women are truly trying to flip that on its head. Women are now pushing forward to bring light to the fact that in so many places there is still large inequality in gender. My question is, are videos like this going to make any difference in the way men and women see the videos they view?
Interesting! We might talk about this in class on Wednesday! I'm going to find the video and show it. Be ready to discuss! :)
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