Smarter than you

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!

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2. unicornsparklevomit reblogged this from nosex and added:

   I don’t like Justin Bieber or his music, but I do agree

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   love it. sooo true

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   It bothers me when people say this guy is gay or female, using those traits as insults. If you’re going to dislike...

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    Interesting take

11. mootpoint reblogged this from nosex and added:

    a good point! I’m not a huge fan...his music (but “Baby”

12. alex-h-mack said: werd
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    I don’t think hating Justin Bieber or obsessing over with him is very healthy. His music is terrible but he’s funny. He...

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    Bieber. Ahh, I don’t even know what to say, I just want to sit...think about it for

24. hoobastank said: omg love u
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    statement in general but I’m not sure...just because someone is ridiculed

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    completely right on. However, I’m still...his abhorrent views on abortion

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