Dear Mainstream Media,
I’m really tired of you reporting “twerk news”. I can’t even watch the news anymore or read the headlines on Google, without you splashing the word TWERK all over. “Twerking Teens Taking Over”, “Miley Cyrus Goes Twerk Beserk”, “Paula Patton Twerks with Al Roker”…it’s really overdone. So are the terrible attempts at tracing the history of twerking. Newsflash: I’ve been twerking, so have all my friends. I think I can remember dancing like this as early as second grade–that was like in 1999. However, I’m pretty sure that my mom and her friends were twerking (although, I’m not sure if they were calling it that) in the 80’s too. This is old news–like real old.
Yes, I understand the Miley Cyrus performed at the 2013 VMA’s and shocked America with her “provocative performance”. But chile, that was hardly twerking–just because you are bending over with your tongue sticking out does not mean you are twerking!! She needs to get some lessons from those girls that she has hanging around, if she really wants to learn how to twerk. I’m not condoning her performance nor am I slut-shaming her like you are, the girl did indeed look a hot a$$ mess! I just I think the entire VMA awards was the awards show version of the movie “Malibu’s Most Wanted“–except for less funny, more offensive, so Miley Cyrus’ twerking fiasco should not be the only thing we are still talking about.
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But that’s a another blog post–that I don’t feel like writing about today. I just want to be able to get on the internet or watch CNN without seeing Miley Cyrus’ tongue sticking out and TWERK in big bold red letters. This is too much attention being given to a dance!! Really, all this talk makes me not even want to dance anymore! Miley Cyrus, like other “twerkers”–including myself, dance like this for fun! This fun usually occurs at parties or nightclubs not on prime time TV. Poor Miley Cyrus is never going to live this down, thank God I’m smart enough to not to post videos of myself on YouTube. (I want to remain employable and I don’t want you people making a bigger deal out of it then what it is. )
Anti-twerking laws aren’t going to do much, people who want to twerk, will still do it. People will still be twerking 20 years from now! You may have just learned about twerking, but millions of people have known about it forever! So let’s move on, let’s report something that many people don’t know about–real news!! Talk about Syria, talk about Obamacare, talk about Food Stamps being cut—for the love of all things pretty–talk about ANYTHING, except for twerking.
#IveBeenDoingThis,
12 thoughts on “RANT: #IveBeenDoingThis, Can We Please Stop Talking About Twerking??”
YESSSSS!!!!!
Twitter: yummommies
I’m so over twerking. I logged on to Facebook today only find that twerking was trending because some girl has set a world record for holding a twerking marathon. Like really?! Can we get back to more important stuff like finding missing children and finding solutions to lower the unemployment levels?
Thank you! yes ma’am
Yes!! I’m so over her and this topic!!
Amen! Just say no. đ
Yes – I agree. Thank you for writing this!
Twitter: taylorbrione
Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks for highlighting the yucky cultural appropriation angle, I wish that had gotten more attention!
Twitter: taylorbrione
I’m glad someone caught else noticed!
Yes, please, it IS old news! Attention on her and her behavior needs to stop already. There’s gotta be something else to talk about, right?? đ
Twitter: taylorbrione
There is! Just when I think they are over it…it’s back in the news again!
I completely agree! I am 24 and have been twerking since I can remember but we just called it shaking the booty! So what it has a new name same movies been around for yrs!!!
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