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TopicIf you don't think baby it's Cold outside is rapey then listen to it with the
Person106
12/22/18 11:08:30 PM
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OhhhJa posted...
_AdjI_ posted...
TentacleDemon posted...
Not really. The intent of the person who wrote it is what matters. It was their song, their vision, their story. They decide what it actually means. Any other modern interpretation or twisting of it's meaning is irrelevant.


And that's why this dialog is important: Because it needs to be contextualized and not just taken at face value in a very different world. It's no longer okay to hear "no" and mentally append "change my mind" to it, so the way the song romanticizes that approach to consent is very much worth criticizing and analyzing through a modern lens. It's important to make the distinction between its original context and the modern world.

Also, the whole "author's opinion is the only thing that matters" attitude toward works of art is pretty questionable. There's often plenty of room for analysis and interpretation beyond what the author explicitly intended, especially with the benefit of hindsight into the historical context. That's a broader discussion than this topic, though, so I'll leave it at that.

People like you wanna write two paragraphs about this song that's not about rape and then ignore all the rap that's rapey because it's okay because a white guy didn't write it

https://imgur.com/a/2e6UGXd


Rap is only rape without the e, ok?
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