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Originally Posted by Calico
And that's one of the reasons why I don't like her. Anybody who propagates the use of the phrase "that's gay" doesn't get any cool points in my book.
I wrote my own version of "I Kissed a Girl", but I can't post it here. *cough*
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Well I don't even think Yum's description of her use of the word was even correct. In Ur So Gay she
is saying that her boyfriend is so gay, as in homosexual, because he portrays all these gay stereotypes, yet isn't even gay himself. Despite being gay myself, I've never actually found it offensive because I found it humorous. I just think that people shouldn't take things like that so seriously. There are plenty of gay stereotypes that are widespread throughout the gay community and she uses those to her advantage in the song to pinpoint how her boyfriend does all these "gay" things but isn't even gay himself. I could see why someone would find it offensive but I just don't find myself bothered by it. Going into the whole stereotypes thing is always too controversial, at least for this board, so I don't want to touch the issue any further.
I Kissed a Girl, on the other hand, did sort of annoy me for a bit because of the lyrics. When she admitted that she never actually has kissed a girl in real life, it seems to discredit the lyrics of the song, but I grew to like the song and the lyrics. I can easily see why people would call Katy a poser for doing this and pretending to be that, but with the way the music industry is at the moment, it almost seems like you have to really go out there in order to get attention. Whether she's widely loved or not, her attention-seeking songs did get her plenty of fame.