When You Know a Celebrity is a Jackass: #NaBloPoMo

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Do you think knowledge is power?

http://gawker.com/heres-whats-missing-from-straight-outta-compton-me-and-1724735910

Absolutely! Knowledge is power.

My mom tells me all of the time, “When you know better, you do better.” Or was it Oprah?

Yesterday, I discovered information that I did not know. Part of the reason that I didn’t know what that it happened pre-Internet in 1991.At the time, my parents didn’t have cable either. I missed out on a lot of news back then.

I did not know that Dr. Dre was abusive towards women. He beat women. He beat women in public. He apologized two days ago. Two days. It took him 24 years to apologize.

When I found out I felt a little sick to my stomach. I felt like I had been slapped in the face. Here is someone that was so influential musically, while I was in high school and college and now I know that he is not as great as everyone thinks. It’s really disappointing.

On top of all that, since I had my first daughter in 2001, I have really been rethinking the attitude towards women in rap. There’s that idea that women are bitches and hos. It’s not a new idea. It’s still around though. The fact that the attitude hasn’t changed is also disappointing.

I haven’t bought a rap CD in a really long time. I don’t think I have to give money or my support as a fan to people that think women are bitches and hos.

I’m pretty sure I’m not going to buy Dr. Dre’s newest CD or see “Straight Outta Compton.” It’s not as if he’s really going to miss my $20. It’s all about principle. I don’t really want to be a fan of somebody that has to resort to violence to win the argument.

http://gawker.com/heres-whats-missing-from-straight-outta-compton-me-and-1724735910

holley4734

“Just a small town girl – living in a lonely world.” Concert tickets are practically essential. Musicals are the key to life. I like movies, music,books, and corny jokes.

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  1. JunkChuck – Westsylvania, PA, USA – Native, Militant Westsylvanian (the first last best place), laborer, gardener, and literary hobbyist (if by literary you mean "hack"). I've had a bunch of different blogs, probably four, due to a recurring compulsion to start over. This incarnation owes to a desire to dredge up the best entries of the worst little book of hand-scrawled poems I could ever dream of writing, salvageable excerpts from fiction both in progress and long-abandoned. and a smattering of whatever the hell seems to fit at any particular moment. At first blush, I was here just to focus on old, terrible verse, but I reserve the right to include...anything. Maybe everything, certainly my love of pulp novels, growing garlic, the Pittsburgh Steelers and howling at the moon--both figuratively and, on rare occasions, literally.
    JunkChuck says:

    Pretty disappointing, you’re right.

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    1. holley4734 – “Just a small town girl – living in a lonely world.” Concert tickets are practically essential. Musicals are the key to life. I like movies, music,books, and corny jokes.
      holley4734 says:

      Thanks for commenting. I’ll be over here trying to get over my disappointment. . .

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  2. windruffle – Santa Maria al Bagno, Salento – My name is Valentina, but I have been using the name windruffle for myself for some time now. I find it really conveys how affected by the wind I have always been. My birth chart (if you don't care for astrology, just skip to the next paragraph) is filled with air signs, and no earth at all. I am all thought and fire. I love to think, read, talk, understand and speculate. I have been reading cards since I was 16 and the time has come for me to put more energy into this passion of mine, which has accompanied me throughout my life.
    Billy says:

    I like to think there is great power in our choice NOT to be hypocrites and choose not to buy because we know something. If everyone applied this principle, a lot of people would get away with a lot less. Well done 🙂

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    1. holley4734 – “Just a small town girl – living in a lonely world.” Concert tickets are practically essential. Musicals are the key to life. I like movies, music,books, and corny jokes.
      holley4734 says:

      Thank you so much! 🙂

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    1. holley4734 – “Just a small town girl – living in a lonely world.” Concert tickets are practically essential. Musicals are the key to life. I like movies, music,books, and corny jokes.
      holley4734 says:

      I can’t believe I didn’t know. I read a lot. Thanks for visiting.

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