dressing to the 9

lmaooooooooooooooooooooooo
im getting conflicted bc little white lies
sounds rape-y af
and now im reading arguments for and against it
comparing it with blurred lines
and
hm.

sure sure sure arguments for lwl
might be desperate attempts to guard ur faves
no one direction can't possibly be meaning this no
what i see in the arguments (for lwl) rn are a lot lot lot of interpretation and reading-into-it
too much??
????
and im thinking if we do the same with blurred lines we'd likewise find valid points to defend it as well
which
that is a horrible thought i do not ever want to defend blurred lines.

no this is not making sense im sorry.
((im trying to say that if we go deep deep deep and read into blurred lines as much as we did with little white lies
we'd still find ways of going around the 'rape alert'
to make it sound less rape-y
which may not be true))

but the point is
at face value, little white lies does seem to me like a rape-y song
You say you’re a good girl
But I know you would girl
(it somewhat parallels bl's
you're a good girl
I know you want it)
lmao you don't know how much i hate the phrase "good girl"
as if a woman's promiscuity is what defines how "good" she is
aka a woman who likes sex is inherently bad and rebellious o k
anyway
"i know you would" might be a bit problematic imo
yes ok you can say that the use of "would" would mean there is a choice involved
fair enough
but then again the "i know"
may also point out an overly-confident, arrogant and wrong assumption of the girl's intentions?
it might mean a purposeful dismissal of her boundaries??

well
that's one aspect of it
i mean yeah
i'll concede to how they want this album to sound a little more adult, a little more edgy and provocative
but i'm not gonna lie
i'm a little disappointed they decided to go down the
i-know-you-want-it line
which to me just reeks of rape culture.
there are other ways to write and sing about sex
other ways that are less about mushing/interpreting intentions
and more about the experience itself idk
and
the fact that they're my faves
won't stop me from calling them out on things like these.

but all the same
little white lies is definitely not as despicable as blurred lines
i mean, it isn't the song accompanied with a completely
vile, degrading, absolutely misogynist mv, now, is it?

TBH I STILL DON'T THINK I'LL UN-ENJOY IT
I THINK THAT DESPITE IT BEING A DEBATABLE SONG THAT POSSIBLY PERPETUATES RAPE CULTURE
I WILL STILL END UP LETTING MYSELF ENJOY IT LIKE I DO WITH EVERY OTHER STUPID ONE DIRECTION SONG
I WILL STILL LOVE IT
EVEN THOUGH I HAVEN'T LISTENED TO IT YET
WHICH MAY BE A LITTLE HYPOCRITICAL OF ME BUT
UM.