danb@mako.UUCP (Dan Ball) (01/13/85)
>Message-ID: <147@decwrl.UUCP> > _Ms._ magazine has named Cyndi Lauper as one of their women of the >year (1984). Are they serious, or what? > Feminist? Could somebody please tell me what's feminist about that >song? Most feminists I know are offended by the song. > The article concludes with this: >> If Helen Reddy's recording of "I Am Woman" was about anger and a newfound >> collective pride, "Girls Just Want To Have Fun" is about a newer, defiant >> joy and the celebration of our strength. > It is? All the song says is "girls just want to have fun" over and >over until you're sick. > What do you folks think? > <_Jym_> I agree to the Nth. Cyndi Lauper is not a feminist nor a normal female. Cyndi Lauper is a silly nincompoop who sings about silly things. Anyone who can go home at night, go to bed and say to herself "I think I should write a song about what I'm going to do with my privates while reading my *Blue Boy Magazine*" has got to be totally bubbled.