Feminism In Music: When Song Lyrics Are 'Not Feminist Enough'
by The Daily Eye Team October 6 2014, 12:11 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 40 secsMeghan Trainor’s Top 40 hit “All About That Bass” has been getting a lot of criticism lately. Besides allegations of plagiarism, the upbeat tune has also been slammed for its lyrics because although “All About That Bass” does promote body positivity and loving your curves, it also seems to diss skinny girls. In one verse, Trainor sings, “I’m bringing booty back / Go ahead and tell them skinny b—-hes that,” which many people have taken offense to. Defenders of the song say that the criticism is unfair because it’s coming from a position of privilege – skinny women are not stigmatized in the way that bigger women are and they are usually favored in today’s society.