i am woman, hear me ponder.

i should point out that this is not a rant, it's just a personal and internal observation i had when the tv was on during my cleaning last night:

i don't think that any group should have ownership to a song really, but that didn't keep me from being put off by burger king's new commercial in which a bunch of dudes sing about "i am man, hear me roar" and how they wanted man food rather than "chick food." i'm not too much of a feminist, but the commercial actually made me stop what i was doing and ask, "what the hell were they thinking?"

i've heard from a few older women how helen's song meant a lot to them in the 70's and it was a pretty strong sentiment at the time. it seems kind of crass for men to be taking it back...and for something as trite as burgers. that's a bit of a slap in the face.

i've had a lot of conversations lately about race and the oppression that whites have pulled on blacks and hispanics and natives in this country, but i'm sorry. i belong to a minority that has been demeaned much longer throughout history, regardless of race or geography...and, for the most part, they still are. i don't ever really play that card, because i, as a person, do not concider myself oppressed, woman or not. but damn if that commercial didn't make me feel for once just a little tiny bit offended. there was actually a stirring of disgust in my gut--not a common emotion for me. but then again, that might have been all the meat and bad singing in the commercial.

i'm not really angry about it, only facinated and suprised by my own reaction.

*shrug*

meh. it just underlined why i shouldn't be watching tv and went to herd goats in the new zelda game instead. yee-haw! GOAT IN!!!!

is it just me?

wow. somebody do this:

go to google.

type in: citipages

tell me the first article that comes up.