So a few weeks ago Amanda Palmer released the music video for Leeds United - I love the song, not huuge on the video but that's not the point - and it must be said that she is not fat. Not that it matters, but not in the video and not at all. I think she's a fucking babe. So one has to wonder why Roadrunner Records, on top of giving her shit about putting out a record that has "no commercial potential" amongst other things, wanted her to re-cut it so that shots of her belly wouldn't be included, basically telling her she looked to fat. She told them to fuck off! Woo!
So she blogged about it here and all her fans are full of righteous indignation, and they're starting a Belly Solidarity movement! From http://www.theshadowbox.net/forum/index.php?topic=6054.0, lads and lasses are sending in pics of their own big/small/hairy/smooth/stretch-marked/scarred/pierced/pregnant/WHATEVER bellies to make a statement about healthy body image for all and generally stick it to the man. You can email your own photos to doritojoe89@gmail.com, who is going to send them to Roadrunner HQ in protest.
Look at pictures of gigantic metal dudes on their label, eg Dino from Fear Factory, and ask yourself have THEY ever been censored? I could go on a huge rant here about the media & society's sexist double standards and unrealistic goals of "perfection", but I wouldn't want to insult your intelligence- if the hypocrisy and general awfulness of it all isn't plainly evident to y'all, someone needs a thinking cap and/or an independantly functioning brain. Long live the punk cabaret! Long live Amanda Fucking Palmer! Long live Rebellyon!!
P.S. For more on AP & The Belly, watch this. It's so cute!
2 comments:
maybe the roadrunner people just thought Dino was hot.
are you implying otherwise?
its funny because you can hardly see her belly in that video.
Awww! The bellies made me happy!
That little youtube vid is now my "i hate my body, its all gross and flabby, ew ew ew" remedy!
:D
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