Comments on: Window Seat: To What Exactly? http://www.momnoir.com/etc/window-seat-to-what-exactly 100% Beauty. 100% Style 100% Color..All Motherhood Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: ciciwryter http://www.momnoir.com/etc/window-seat-to-what-exactly#comment-174 ciciwryter Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:07:33 +0000 http://www.momnoir.com/?p=534#comment-174 I agree w/ShannonRenee that the historical spot was chosen to speak about assassination...for Badu, I think the nakedness represents her willingness to be vulnerable as an artist and person and the attacks she and others have suffered for being outside of the 'norm' and even how we judge ourselves to try and 'belong'...I also think the nakedness represented a Black female body that wasn't voiceless and deliberately displayed for the sexual/comercial pleasure of someone else...I specifically remember the online comments that were vicious verbal assassinations of Badu's character, last year or so, because she wasn't married to the father's of any of her children and she tweeted about consulting her family before making the video and whether they agreed, understood or not, they still said they supported her...I think what Kahlil Gibran says is true for all parents to remember 'your children are not your children..they come through you but not from you...you may house their bodies but not their souls' and yes there was an element of stunt to this because of the commercial aspect of having a product to sell...but I don't think that discredits what she was attempting to say. I agree w/ShannonRenee that the historical spot was chosen to speak about assassination…for Badu, I think the nakedness represents her willingness to be vulnerable as an artist and person and the attacks she and others have suffered for being outside of the 'norm' and even how we judge ourselves to try and 'belong'…I also think the nakedness represented a Black female body that wasn't voiceless and deliberately displayed for the sexual/comercial pleasure of someone else…I specifically remember the online comments that were vicious verbal assassinations of Badu's character, last year or so, because she wasn't married to the father's of any of her children and she tweeted about consulting her family before making the video and whether they agreed, understood or not, they still said they supported her…I think what Kahlil Gibran says is true for all parents to remember 'your children are not your children..they come through you but not from you…you may house their bodies but not their souls' and yes there was an element of stunt to this because of the commercial aspect of having a product to sell…but I don't think that discredits what she was attempting to say.

]]> By: ShannonRenee http://www.momnoir.com/etc/window-seat-to-what-exactly#comment-172 ShannonRenee Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:37:30 +0000 http://www.momnoir.com/?p=534#comment-172 Sista Badu made an interesting video, not that she took her clothes off...naked sista, really. It is interesting because of where the video is shot...on the infamous grassy knoll in Dallas. The video shot all that area, showing the book depository, the "X" where Kennedy was shot and the jail where Oswald was held and killed. Having been to the museum, stood on the "X" and sat in the grassy knoll, it is a moving, almost sacred, space.<br><br>For me, Sista Badu attempted to make a bold video, making history relevant. It is her commentary at the end of the video that brings it all together. However, and sadly, people will focus on her disrobing and not the message. Sista Badu made an interesting video, not that she took her clothes off…naked sista, really. It is interesting because of where the video is shot…on the infamous grassy knoll in Dallas. The video shot all that area, showing the book depository, the “X” where Kennedy was shot and the jail where Oswald was held and killed. Having been to the museum, stood on the “X” and sat in the grassy knoll, it is a moving, almost sacred, space.

For me, Sista Badu attempted to make a bold video, making history relevant. It is her commentary at the end of the video that brings it all together. However, and sadly, people will focus on her disrobing and not the message.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.momnoir.com/etc/window-seat-to-what-exactly#comment-171 Brandon Tue, 30 Mar 2010 20:34:13 +0000 http://www.momnoir.com/?p=534#comment-171 Well at least the booty's lookin good :P Well at least the booty's lookin good :P

]]> By: Gingerlatte http://www.momnoir.com/etc/window-seat-to-what-exactly#comment-169 Gingerlatte Tue, 30 Mar 2010 18:49:42 +0000 http://www.momnoir.com/?p=534#comment-169 I didnt get it either *shrug* Sounds more like foolishness being paraded as artistic awesomeness.... ill pass lol I didnt get it either *shrug* Sounds more like foolishness being paraded as artistic awesomeness…. ill pass lol

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