"I'm A Motherf****** Woman, Baby" by https://padlet.com/kabradfo/1wm7hqzrme6vd05x Kaitlyn Bradford en-us 2021-04-02 01:06:31 UTC 2025-11-20 12:12:27 UTC hello@padlet.com ""I'm A Motherf****** Woman, Baby" kabradfo https://padlet.com/kabradfo/1wm7hqzrme6vd05x/wish/1377136669 Through the years, women have slowly gained more and more independence. Although there are still extremely unrealistic ideals and expectations, women are starting to be seen as independent or they are expressing that they are independent and are in no need of a man. Many men and artists still portray women as having this need to be with a man or they showcase them as sex objects and Kesha’s song “Woman” goes against all of those statements and unrealistic standards and expectations. Meredith Levande noticed that, “Nowhere is this situation more evident than with women in popular music whose images have become increasingly hyper-sexualized.” (Meredith Levande, Women, Pop Music, And Pornography, ProQuest). Women not only have been thought of as needy, sex objects by the performers, but the industry has made them out to be this way as well. Women have been cast as this and forced to act or dress a certain way for the excitement of viewers and listeners and Kesha Went against this in her song “Woman.” She writes in her song, “I buy my own things, I pay my own bills, These diamond rings, my automobiles, Everything I got, I bought it.” In these lyrics, she is obviously stating that she does not need a man to buy her these things. She is fully capable and independent, and she can get them on her own. It is also noticed in the music video that she is not portrayed as a sex object or as a needy being, she is portrayed as a woman in charge. She drives her own car that she bought, she is wearing her own rings that she bought, she is singing and performing in a place that she earned to sing and perform at. The video and lyrics as a whole all come together to go against these standards. When this song was released, there were not yet many other songs like it, and truthfully, there still are not. We are, however, seeing a rise in music and lyrics like these. It is starting to become more of a norm and a standard for woman to be in charge and in power in their music and careers. And these types of songs and videos are actually quite popular for women as well. In an article from business insider, Kesha states, “I have always been a feminist, but for much of my life I felt like a little girl trying to figure things out. In the past few years, I have felt like a woman more than ever. I just feel the strength and awesomeness and power of being female. We hold the key to humanity. We decide if we populate the Earth, and if so, with whom. We could just decide not to have any more kids and the human race would be over. That is power. I just really f---king love being a woman and I wanted an anthem for anyone else who wants to yell about being self-sufficient and strong. (Yes, men, this song can be for you too.)” (Amanda Luz Henning Santiago, Kesha Explained How Her New Expletive-Filled Song, “Woman” Is All About Female Empowerment, Business Insider). Kesha explains that woman can be strong, and they should feel strong and not like these objects that they are portrayed to be. This song is a major break-through point in our time and more songs like this would be extremely beneficial to the improvement and empowerment of women in the industry.

Levande, Meredith. “Women, Pop Music, and Pornography.” PopQuest, 2008, www-proquest-com.umiss.idm.oclc.org/docview/196904770?accountid=14588. 
Santiago, Amanda Luz Henning. “Kesha Explained How Her New Expletive-Filled Song 'Woman' Is All about Female Empowerment.” Business Insider, Business Insider, 13 July 2017, www.businessinsider.com/keshas-song-woman-is-all-about-female-empowerment-2017-7. 


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