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22 maart 2021

Chanmina will not put up with your sexist shit anymore

 

 

Last Christmas I discovered Japanese rapper Chanmina, who can not only put on a dazzling show, but dances ballet and plays the violin as wel.

This video, ‘Bijin‘, which means ‘beautiful woman’, blew me away. It’s not just an astonishing video and a catchy song, but a crushing feminist statement as well. It seems to be an autobiographical indictment against the sexism of the entertainment industry, which holds women against a virtually unattainable beauty standard. Women are crazy to let themselves be treated that way, Chanmina says. “I’m a fucking woman and I’m fucking beautiful”. She tells women to discover the goddesses in themselves in their bathrooms, paragons of eros and wisdom.

Powerful stuff and, may I say it, a thing of exceptional beauty. (PB)

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