MIA

TS: obnoxious but ineffectual and meaningless gesture vs. hyperexaggerated indignance

MIA and The American Television Viewing Family are like a dysfunctional couple that deserve each other.

in the end, the world will just become nothing but trolls trolling each other

oh this is gonna get good isn't it

bill oreilly about to reopen trufflefrygate investigation

why is this more controversial than the giants' incredibly-poor-sportsman-like last minute ass touchdown...america is terrible

ass touch what?

A$$ (Touchdown)

the action and the response seem to be matching up nicely in terms of stupidity

Waiting for gif of California cop pepper-spraying M.I.A.'s finger.

its not some grand act of rebellion, but it is imo kinda funny, jus a lil fu

like that the dancing in the background is perfectly acceptable to these people
https://i.minus.com/iDC5wPG3PVaEN.gif

she delivered it w/the right sort of zest, its more taunting than raging

Lol @ nza's post (unless its for real, in which case wtf)

oh is that what that horiz video fuzz-out was about?? i didn't notice this when it happened

Isn't there profanity in her verse, too? An "I don't give a shit?"

Anyway, I don't give a shit.

people love talking about this chick jesus

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why is this more controversial than the giants' incredibly-poor-sportsman-like last minute ass touchdown...america is terrible everywhere

― the arm (NZA), Monday, February 6, 2012 2:23 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah, its almost as if she might have done something recently to get people to talk about her again.

had no idea MIA was jesus

Yeah, its almost as if she might have done something recently to get people to talk about her again.

― Gonjasufjanstephen O'Malley (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, February 6, 2012 2:24 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah its almost as if its something completely stupid

Of course its stupid, thats what half the posts itt are saying!

the super bowl is the biggest musical event in the country, shocking that people would talk about it

deej is the guy that walked up to the water cooler at work this morning and was all, "idgi, why are you guys talking about commericals"?

eh I agree with deej, this is such a NON-CONTROVERSY it just feels like people are talking about it because they love to argue about & be offended by M.I.A. or whatever. it's so dumb.

idk i dont read threads i just pop shots

― The boyboy young jess (D-40), Monday, October 31, 2011 5:34 PM Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

like if she showed the world her penis I could understand talking about it.

If you guys took the time to read the thread, people have mostly been saying that the general public's reaction to this is stupid too. Its not like we've been sitting here all day saying, "OMG that transgressive Maya is soooo punk rock".

man, when M.I.A. flipped off the baby Jesus that was soooooooooooo punk rock

this is maybe projecting a little bit, but i think people in this thread are dreading the oncoming rush of establishment (and esp right-wing) media going through the news cycle on "who is MIA?" when ilxor-types are like, BDDT

The whole thing does kind of exemplify mainstream culture's completely batshit schizo relationship with *obscenity*. I mean ffs you have MADONNA and NICKI MINAJ up there and a bunch of dancers doing all kinds of crotch thrusts and whatnot (not to mention homoerotic spartans or w/e that was but at least that's probably too subtle for the kids to pick up on), yet a hand gesture known to the average first grader is what sets people off.

http://www.acronymgeek.com/BDDT

Building Debris Disposal Trench <- My fave

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This is America for you. Remember this is a culture that has absolutely no problem with hundreds of hours of crime-show television with graphic depictions of death and torture, but freaks the fuck out at the nearest suggestion of a female nipple.

It seems like kind of a juvenile stunt, but who knows, maybe it was some kind of commentary on the Super Bowl as an ur-text of American culture. Probably people outside of the US are in a better place to get the joke.

yeah, i kind of feel you guys, but on the other hand, why did she do it? it's a blatantly cynical sales maneuver

like, i'll be the first one to say that 'dont disturb the conservative americans over nothing' is a dumb position when it comes to, like, a nipple or homophobia, where a part of someone's either biological or self-determined identity is being called into question, but this was such a blatant & unnecessary trolljob from an artist it seemed like we'd finally agreed just to ignore

ha what are you smoking

giving the middle finger at a time and place when it's guaranteed to get a big reaction is really way too simple to dress up as a 'commentary' or even a 'joke'

trolling is intrinsic to her artistic persona

xp

hundreds of tumblr essays later about how gender and race and politics enter into a self-aggrandizing troll throwing up the finger, where we all agree fox news is dumb, and the cycle starts all over again blah blah

an artist it seemed like we'd finally agreed just to ignore

also sounds like a bunch of us all really liked her last record so what do you mean "we" white man etc

hey, if you're going to make an empty gesture futilely grasping at the concept of "rebellion," a madonna performance is the place to do it

i thought it was funny. don't see why so many itt are butthurt about the stupid.

if anyone is enacting a rote 'what i would say on any MIA thread' role here it's deej

im not complaining about specific ilx posts here al

i thought it was funny. don't see why so many itt are butthurt about the stupid.

― Little GTFO (contenderizer), Monday, February 6, 2012 2:54 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

i was going to say, 'we'll see how funny it is when your tumblr dashboard is overcome w/ people using this event as an excuse to write lazy essays abt ~what this means~ in terms of gender race culture economics & society' & then i realized who i was talking to

your first problem is that you have a tumblr dashboard

if you HAVE a tumblr dashboard to get offended about that's problem #1 really

lol xpost

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