Girls Just Want To Have Fun Analysis
The Evolution of Civil Rights and Feminism in the United states from 1960-2014
The paper is an essay that will make a critical analysis to the “Feminist music video”. The paper will further address the Feminist movement from the point of view of the presentation made in Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to have Fun,” and Indigo girls’ “Hummer and Nail,” and analyze how feminist movement has evolved since the year 1960 to the year 2014.
From the lyrics, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” Cyndi makes it clear that the feminist movement had graduated from demanding for just political freedom to demanding total autonomy of their individual decision making. In the last stanza, Cyndi says, “When the working day is done, girls-they just want to have fun”. …show more content…
Bonnie Raitt’s “I will not be broken,” advances the evolution of civil rights and feminism. Specifically, Bonnie seems to be making the point that women’s civil rights are inherently given to them, and even though the injustices of the world may deny them some of the liberties, nothing can hold what is inside (Chap 12, p.27). She says, “Take me down, you can hold me but you can’t hold what’s within me”. Bonnie concurs with third wave of feminism that women were different from men and that is ok. However, that difference should in no way be interpreted to mean weakness.
Watching the video evokes emotions and empathy towards the woman presented by Bonnie in the video. The feelings are enhanced by the instrumental work which is in tandem with the tone of the song. It is as much a song of strength as much as it is about a woman who is physically helpless against the main. Her only strength is in the spirit. This resonates with the view of the third wave of feminism that political and economic freedom is insufficient without social freedom (Chap 12,
The paper is an essay that will make a critical analysis to the “Feminist music video”. The paper will further address the Feminist movement from the point of view of the presentation made in Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to have Fun,” and Indigo girls’ “Hummer and Nail,” and analyze how feminist movement has evolved since the year 1960 to the year 2014.
From the lyrics, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun,” Cyndi makes it clear that the feminist movement had graduated from demanding for just political freedom to demanding total autonomy of their individual decision making. In the last stanza, Cyndi says, “When the working day is done, girls-they just want to have fun”. …show more content…
Bonnie Raitt’s “I will not be broken,” advances the evolution of civil rights and feminism. Specifically, Bonnie seems to be making the point that women’s civil rights are inherently given to them, and even though the injustices of the world may deny them some of the liberties, nothing can hold what is inside (Chap 12, p.27). She says, “Take me down, you can hold me but you can’t hold what’s within me”. Bonnie concurs with third wave of feminism that women were different from men and that is ok. However, that difference should in no way be interpreted to mean weakness.
Watching the video evokes emotions and empathy towards the woman presented by Bonnie in the video. The feelings are enhanced by the instrumental work which is in tandem with the tone of the song. It is as much a song of strength as much as it is about a woman who is physically helpless against the main. Her only strength is in the spirit. This resonates with the view of the third wave of feminism that political and economic freedom is insufficient without social freedom (Chap 12,