MissRepresentation

The Balf asked me what I'd say about the portrayal of women in the media, so here's that fury.

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Please stop telling me I'm pretty Please stop telling me I'm fat
Please stop telling me I'm crazy Just cause I love every cat
Please stop calling me a spinster Just cause I wont lie with you
I know you'd be calling me a whore If I went home with you

Don't tell me I need protecting Don't say I need to be saved
Don't tell me I'm PMSing If your mindless ignorance sends me into a rage.

If I'm a liberated equal Just as accomplished as a man
Just as worthwhile and smart and kind and good and rational Why won't you represent me as I am?

Please stop telling me I'm lonely Cause I've never found a man
Who doesn't kneel before me Or try to keep me down
Don't try to put my value In the value of my face
Standing with your dollybirds Will never be my place

Don't assume I have a special Bond with every other woman,
That I don't get what you're saying Or understand just what you're doing
Don't tell me it's fine Cause I can fall back on my looks
I'd rather leave my husband Than ever leave my books

If I'm a liberated equal Just as accomplished as a man
Just as worthwhile and smart and kind and good and rational Why won't you represent me as I am?

The awful thing about the media the thing that makes me really pissed
Is there are millions of real women out there But they're writing about dolls when they should focus more on us.

If I'm a liberated equal Just as accomplished as a man
Just as worthwhile and smart and kind and good and rational Why won't you represent me as I am?

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[tenminutetati]

Shameless plug: if you guys like what I do you can find my album, Graceless, on itunes by searching Ten Minutes with Tati Kalveks, or you can subscribe free to my weekly podcast there. MissRepresentation will feature on the second album which should come out in late 2012. Thank you all for the support X

[Megara]

Very good song about the misrepresentation of women in the media :-) 

[burglarbetty]

IGNORE DA H8RS, YOU GO GURL

[reempowerment]

it's been a month and a day that I catch myself humming/singing lines of this song at least once a day; - and still loving it. Beautiful piece. Brilliant lyrics. Thank you for your great work.

[grapefruitmonkey19]

This is amazing. True and so catchy.

[ThenWeSt00dStill]

You are not pretty, you are BEAUTIFUL.

[musicalpony]

This kicks so much ass. I love it.

[Joeduer93]

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[ImpowerYou]

Wonderful. Thank you for creating this song and sharing it. I am going to have it stuck in my head all night.

[eggyolksam]

i love this so much!

[MissNayNay]

This is great! You're very talented, but I love the message most of all! Thank you, Nineteen Percent, for posting this on your Tumblr!

[sighnomore94]

This is brilliant! Thank you for posting this!