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Volunteering with @jumpstartkids1 this morning as part@of @firstrepublic #CRA giving back to the community #teamfirstrepublic and other great corporations participating. #readfortherecord #readfortherecord2018 @maybesomethingbeautiful #maybesomethingbeautiful https://www.instagram.com/p/BpVT6plFgAj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mpf0p5kdysjk

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This Toddler Tales is a special program as we participate in the 13th Annual Read for the Record! This year's book is "Maybe Something Beautiful" by F. Isabel Campoy and Theresa Howell and illustrated by Rafael Lopez. Join Mrs. Garcia as she conducts this special Storytime! #escolibrary #escondidoca #maybesomethingbeautiful #toddlertales #fisabelcampoy #theresahowell #rafaellopez #childrenslibrary https://www.instagram.com/p/BpSuxEmAzlf/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gmwvnrh8kvv9

[cisphobicsignless]

hey

hello?

[threesideddream]

the rapper! it's in the images of him and just screaming at my face when i saw it.

also i think him putting lady was not suppose be something that's better than being a women but his idea of behavior. like telling men to be gentlemen. Wither his message is good one is something else. I just want to say what i felt watching it without stating that i think lupe does not have the skill to deal with topic that are bigger than him sometimes. I also want to write more (they don't give u much space). last thing i promise:) i think it's difference in understanding the history of the cause of problems of today and understanding how to combat parts of it now. we can see path of our culture but the fights starts with here and now. I think a lot of small battles must be fights like tv to when wars. You know i'm not sure if i'm even address what u said or more what i thought hearing the song my first time. anyway i like the post and might check your blog out when i get home

The rapper is blamed, but his effect is shown as indirect -- the little girls emulate the video girl, the little boy isn't emulating the rapper (which is what actually happens in real life). If the little boy had grown up to be like  the rapper, I woulda been more inclined to see the whole thing as a critique of rap, rather than a critique of the way women behave. 

"lady" and "gentleman" are words that have historically been used to exclude Black people in a very tongue-in-cheek way. I don't feel like getting into the whole thing, 'cause I just got off work and I'm tired. anyhow, "lady" purports that the woman in question has to align her behavior and language with the will of the societal standards around them, in this case, dressing a certain covered up way and not expressing any sort of sexuality publicly. he's reinforcing a hierarchy that people believe anyway -- if you're a bitch, you're not good enough to be treated like a woman and a lady is a special breed of woman who should be treated even better. none of that is up to Lupe or any man. women should decide for themselves how to conduct themselves.

lastly, i think Lupe is too entrenched in patriarchy to really address a lot of this. my analysis was really because i was tired of people applauding it like it was was the best shit to ever come out of a rapper's mouth about women. i think he was trying to talk about rap, but ended up fucking shit up with the way he told the story. and i agree with you, you have to understand where shit is coming from to help fix it. that was why the song made me upset, there was misplaced blame. it's like being in the basement and blaming water leaking through your ceiling on the first floor when it's dripping all the way down from the 7th floor. yeah, the first floor coulda stopped it and it's technically part of the problem, but it's not the original source of your issue. 

anyway, i've talked too much, but yeah, it was cool sharing thoughts with you ^__^