Yo, it's Brooke Candy. The motherfuckin' freaky princess.
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When you think of feminist heroes, who comes to mind? Gloria Steinem, Gertrude Stein, Susan B. Anthony, Ke$ha? Well move over ladies, because there's a new HBIC, and she's a former stripper named Brooke Candy.
This stripper-turned-rapper from the suburbs of LA has been catching attention everywhere for the provocative video for her single, "Das Me". At first watch, it looks like an R. Kelly wet dream (minus the urine), what with video hoes writhing in baby oil being filmed in next-to-nothing from every pornographic angle. But upon further speculation it's clear that this is Ms. Candy's way of celebrating the female form and embracing the commodification of women's bodies as seen through the male rapper lens. She's taking the stereotype of her sex and turning it on it's head as a tongue-in-cheek view of how women are portrayed in the media. Also the last shot is of her walking a small child on a leash. So really what I'm trying to say is that this chick is all sorts of brilliant.
I'm sure many of my feminist colleges will take issue with this form of guerilla-feminism because it walks a very fine line. Brooke Candy flirts with misrepresenting her gender if the public doesn't understand that what she's doing is actually meticulously crafted satire. I'm not even quite convinced that Brooke Candy understands what she's doing is actually meticulously crafted satire, but I can't help but love her either way.
What do you think? Is there a place in feminism for a white, female, rapper who sings about what a slut she is while smoking a blunt and making out with hot girls? Is this the dawning of an entirely new intersectionality of feminist culture? Or is Brooke Candy just a shock artist with poor taste? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below.
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