tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post6608844528621910281..comments2023-05-14T03:03:09.451-05:00Comments on Female Impersonator: Rape Culture and Christmas SongsAmeliahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-14874616568840246862009-12-21T16:15:51.499-06:002009-12-21T16:15:51.499-06:00I was in the supermarket the other day when this s...I was in the supermarket the other day when this song came on and I had the exact same realization. What irks me even more is for the song to not be about blatant coercion, the woman singing has to play it as if no means yes. F that.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03839998377843909696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-61684337134295949682009-12-17T06:32:10.392-06:002009-12-17T06:32:10.392-06:00I feel so freaking lucky I went to the high school...I feel so freaking lucky I went to the high school I did. It was a long time ago, but even then...when we were given this song in choir, everybody (we're talking about 16 and 17 year old kids here) immediately called out the fact that it's about rape, and we all protested having to sing it. It didn't hit me until recently how rare that must be among kids that age.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12874792076331648983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-34189214371380399272009-12-15T18:36:08.837-06:002009-12-15T18:36:08.837-06:00When I was moderating comments I accidentally reje...<i>When I was moderating comments I accidentally rejected the following comment posted by <b>Emily,</b>. I will copy/paste the comment verbatim from my e-mail. My apologies:</i><br /><br />I was thinking just this on Friday as I was driving home listening to the Tom Jones & Cerys Matthews version of this song. It's truly scary how rape culture can so easily sidle innocuously into our parts of our lives as innocent as a Christmas song!<br /><br />What's even more indefensible is that the 1999 version I was listening to hasn't been changed at all... In other words, rape culture in a Christmas song is as acceptable in 1999 as it was in 1949 when this song was first written!Ameliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10884754298018500343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-77459347758672159412009-12-14T21:57:02.388-06:002009-12-14T21:57:02.388-06:00re. Tasha: I am Christian and I also love Christma...re. Tasha: I am Christian and I also love Christmas songs, but you are right - some of the lyrics in them are disturbing - and we never think about what the lyrics mean when we sing them. We were singing some at my church the other day, and then we got to discussing what "Noel" meant (in 'The First Noel'), and what "Round yon Virgin" meant. Some us had been singing Christmas songs in church for 40-odd years, and still had no idea what we were singing ;)Miahttp://www.barcodesaustralia.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-38623621234659247982009-12-14T15:12:12.392-06:002009-12-14T15:12:12.392-06:00Some friends performed this at a Christmas party a...Some friends performed this at a Christmas party a few years ago and described it as the date rape anthem.Carinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13859567470814286102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-24305312998892362052009-12-13T15:59:20.692-06:002009-12-13T15:59:20.692-06:00Ohmygod, I posted this EXACT same thing on my Face...Ohmygod, I posted this EXACT same thing on my Facebook fan page a few weeks ago, and pretty much nobody responded - as if to indicate that I was the only nutbag that looks that hard at things.<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/pages/The-Feminist-Breeder/185813897726TheFeministBreederhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10870473200937110378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6730657139931062421.post-4176600685266297422009-12-13T12:30:00.868-06:002009-12-13T12:30:00.868-06:00I'm not Christian at all.
But I really like C...I'm not Christian at all. <br />But I really like Christmas and Christmas songs, but some of them are just wholly (holy) disturbing.Tashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18003212484944965101noreply@blogger.com