Rant on Katy Perry
Ok, so I'm pretty sure everyone has heard at least one Katy Perry song in their life, especially if they're reading this blog right now. I'm not going to come out and say that Katy Perry is a terrible artist, because in all reality, she really isn't. In fact, she's kind of a brilliant genius, but what she does with her genius is what troubles me. Take her first big hit, "I Kissed A Girl". In this song, she admits to having a boyfriend and cheating on him ("I kissed a girl and I liked it/ Hope my boyfriend don't mind it"), doing so under the strong influence of alcohol ("I got so brave, drink in hand") and she also pretty much excuses her less-than-chaste behavior by calling it "human nature" and an "experimental game". Now, this is all well and good when you think about it. It's just a song, right? We're all adults, right? Wrong. Statistics show us that over 50% of the people listening to that song at...