Since I couldn’t find Mos Def’s “Sex, Love & Money” for my [MySpace] profile I decided to look up the video the other day and add it to my favorites. Apparently, there is a “dirty” and a “clean” version, which I did not know until after I added it and watched it. After watching the “dirty” version I’m not even sure I like the song anymore. I then added the White Stripe’s “I just don’t know what to do” video because I really like the way the video was shot, but I don’t care too much about the song.
Anyway, after watching them both, I couldn’t help but be struck by the juxtaposing depictions of women. There are many scenes in “Sex, Love & Money” where the women are down on all fours and the men are throwing money at them, much like people throw food at the zoo. “I just don’t know what to do” seems like a celebration of femininity in comparison. However, in “Sex, Love & Money” the women are physically strong and exhibit an athletic prowess, whereas Kate Moss, in contrast, looks like she can barely pick herself up off the floor.
Even though rock stars have been known to objectify women now and again, at least they’re up front about it, which is more than I can say for the gurus of the enlightenment set. It’s funny how their sexual aptitude seems to be beside the point when you read about gurus like David Koresh and Jim Jones. These men laid a pretty new ingenue practically every night! And let’s not forget Jesus and Mary Magdalene!! I wonder if I could dig up a few skeletons on Buddha? Anyway, maybe they’re all just frustrated musicians or, maybe men just like power, no matter what the context. And maybe women such as Monica Lewinsky and Mary Magdalene like powerful men because it makes them feel powerful by association. Or, maybe we keep giving other people power over us because it’s so much easier that way. (I know Ron Paul supporters would agree with that last statement.)
Well, if anyone wants to give their power away, I’ll take it. Hell, maybe I’ll become a guru-esse… I know stuff. For the record, I will only be accepting disciple applications from good looking men that are also packing heat. The rest of you will just have to buy the book or, watch the ten o’clock news when I get blown up for being a polygamous, man-hating bitch.
Filed under: Music, Politics | Tagged: gurus, sexual politics
