“A Girl in a Country Song” “Womanifesto” “Mercy, Mercy Me” “Same Love” Multicultural Women’s and Gender Studies Reading Multicultural & Gender Identity Assertions in Popular Music Lyrics & Videos Dr. Patricia Ann Stukes Womanism Gender Equality Ecofeminism LGBTIQ Rights Clearly I am not a fat a$$ I am active brain And lip smacking peach deep Sometimes too aggressive in its honesty And heart sweet That loves wholly and completely Whom it may choose Whom ever it may choose --Jill Scott Bein' the girl in a country song How in the world did it go so wrong? Like all we're good for is lookin' good for You and your friends on the weekend, nothin' more We used to get a little respect Now we're lucky if we even get To climb up in your truck, keep our mouth shut and ride along And be the girl in a country song --Maddie & Tae Whoa, ah, mercy, mercy me Oh things ain't what they used to be, no no Where did all the blue skies go? Poison is the wind that blows from the north and south and east Oil wasted on the oceans and upon our seas, fish full of mercury Radiation under ground and in the sky Animals and birds who live nearby are dying --Marvin Gaye A bunch of stereotypes all in my head I remember doing the math like "Yeah, I'm good a little league" A pre-conceived idea of what it all meant For those who like the same sex had the characteristics The right-wing conservatives think its a decision And you can be cured with some treatment and religion Man-made, rewiring of a pre-disposition. Playing God Ahh nah, here we go America the brave Still fears what we don't know And God loves all his children it's somehow forgotten But we paraphrase a book written 3, 500 hundred years ago I don't know --Macklemore, Ryan Lewis & Mary Lambert “A Girl in a Country Song” “Womanifesto” “Mercy, Mercy Me” “Same Love”