March 10, 2011
nosex: got into an argument about justin bieber in my world literatures class today —- yelled at people. j. bieber embodies an alternative vision of masculinity which is threatening to the dominant culture; this is why it is so often the case that young men and boys deride him with homophobic slurs and accusations of femininity. this is why there is such a loud, vitriolic, and disproportionate hatred toward the young male pop star. this is why on imdb ‘never say never’ is, on average, rated a 1.1 out of 10 by male voters. this is why 85.7% of all voters on the film are indeed male, 83% of which are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine. this is by far the most predominate voting category, as well as the most negative. this should not be a surprise. of course, this is the demographic which is most at risk to lose privilege, power, identity, etc. to a social shift in the dominant masculine vision. the images of massive crowds of fourteen-year-old girls finding an icon in the androgyny of j. bieber is too much for manliness to handle. truly, i believe j. bieber to be a tremendously positive figure in our popular culture. and, i believe that what our society needs is more love for j. bieber; if only we could all be more like fourteen-year-old girls, i think we might be doing better for ourselves. instead, we have masculinity in crisis and i was like baby, baby, baby no! I think this is a good point! I’m not a huge fan of his music (but “Baby” is a validly good song and if the Kanye remix is anything to go by, so is “Runaway Love”). But I don’t really think the softly masculine teen idol is a new thing that J. Biebs is a pioneer of? Does no one remember the New Kids on the Block? Or like, Davy Jones? I mean, I do think things are different in that teen girls seem to be the only group who buy music en masse anymore, so Bieber’s taken on an increased dominance in the marketplace?

nosex:

got into an argument about justin bieber in my world literatures class today —- yelled at people.

j. bieber embodies an alternative vision of masculinity which is threatening to the dominant culture; this is why it is so often the case that young men and boys deride him with homophobic slurs and accusations of femininity. this is why there is such a loud, vitriolic, and disproportionate hatred toward the young male pop star. this is why on imdb ‘never say never’ is, on average, rated a 1.1 out of 10 by male voters. this is why 85.7% of all voters on the film are indeed male, 83% of which are between the ages of eighteen and twenty-nine. this is by far the most predominate voting category, as well as the most negative. this should not be a surprise. of course, this is the demographic which is most at risk to lose privilege, power, identity, etc. to a social shift in the dominant masculine vision. the images of massive crowds of fourteen-year-old girls finding an icon in the androgyny of j. bieber is too much for manliness to handle. truly, i believe j. bieber to be a tremendously positive figure in our popular culture. and, i believe that what our society needs is more love for j. bieber; if only we could all be more like fourteen-year-old girls, i think we might be doing better for ourselves. instead, we have masculinity in crisis and i was like baby, baby, baby no!

I think this is a good point! I’m not a huge fan of his music (but “Baby” is a validly good song and if the Kanye remix is anything to go by, so is “Runaway Love”). But I don’t really think the softly masculine teen idol is a new thing that J. Biebs is a pioneer of? Does no one remember the New Kids on the Block? Or like, Davy Jones?

I mean, I do think things are different in that teen girls seem to be the only group who buy music en masse anymore, so Bieber’s taken on an increased dominance in the marketplace?

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  1. unicornsparklevomit reblogged this from nosex and added:
    I don’t like Justin Bieber or his music, but I do agree
  2. cyborgromance reblogged this from girlslikethis
  3. masterofonions reblogged this from criticalculture and added:
    love it. sooo true
  4. walkingabortion reblogged this from loveandrage and added:
    It bothers me when people say this guy is gay or female, using those traits as insults. If you’re going to dislike...
  5. recessivetriangles reblogged this from nosex and added:
    Interesting take
  6. mootpoint reblogged this from nosex and added:
    a good point! I’m not a huge fan...his music (but “Baby”
  7. alex-h-mack said: werd
  8. realraven reblogged this from slothstyle and added:
    I don’t think hating Justin Bieber or obsessing over with him is very healthy. His music is terrible but he’s funny. He...
  9. girlslikethis reblogged this from smarterthanyou
  10. smarterthanyou reblogged this from criticalculture
  11. alexandra-ewing reblogged this from nosex and added:
    Bieber. Ahh, I don’t even know what to say, I just want to sit...think about it for
  12. hoobastank said: omg love u
  13. akahanne reblogged this from nosex
  14. foolproofcoffin reblogged this from nosex and added:
    statement in general but I’m not sure...just because someone is ridiculed
  15. loveandrage reblogged this from criticalculture
  16. slothstyle reblogged this from nosex and added:
    completely right on. However, I’m still...his abhorrent views on abortion
  17. canyon-lady reblogged this from and added:
    I like this too! Disregard whatever you think of Bieber’s music and think about this for a minute. It’s very insightful.
  18. criticalculture reblogged this from nosex
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  20. swampandreviews said: ah!