When I first heard "Video Games," I kept thinking maybe the deadpan delivery of the lyrics was leading to an ironic comment on subservience. I hoped it wouldn't be too overstated, since that would make the song something people listened to once instead of soaking in the ambiguities. But then the song was over and I realized it was both obvious *and* unironic, which made me ill. There's a difference between third-wave feminism and waving feminism on completely, as if the need for it never even existed.
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When I first heard "Video Games," I kept thinking maybe the deadpan delivery of the lyrics was leading to an ironic comment on subservience. I hoped it wouldn't be too overstated, since that would make the song something people listened to once instead of soaking in the ambiguities. But then the song was over and I realized it was both obvious *and* unironic, which made me ill. There's a difference between third-wave feminism and waving feminism on completely, as if the need for it never even existed.