Twerking Craze (I Blame Pop Culture)

 

I am not a hypocrite because I Am a hypocrite. I am (Not *was* because my Heart is still there) a Teenager of the 90’s. So, of course in 1993, I was twerking when DJ Jubilee told us to on his song “Jubilee All”. But then I had been Booty Bouncing, Shake My Butt, Backing My Thang Up, and Humping With It for years. I still do. I can’t Drop It Like It Hot, Warm or Cold anymore but I still shake it sometimes. Now I said 1993, I was twerking. So why is there a “Twerking Craze” now? I will not throw down the race card but I blame one thing is fuels, Pop Culture.

My mom called it the Funky WahTuSi back when she was younger in the 1960’s. I came home from school and she was teaching my younger cousins and I swear her legs haven’t been right since (Yes, that is a joke). Now all of a sudden there are all these “How To Twerk” video popping up. Everywhere you go random people are asking “Is this how you twerk?”.  Miley Cyrus, The Golden Sisters (I love them. I truly do.), and other of these pop stars are Not doing anything New. What do you think “Shake, Shake! Shake, Shake! Shake your Booty”, looked like on the dance floor? Yet, somebody trendy in the entertainment world does a dance and calls in a name people don’t recognize and there is a media storm. Pop Culture Media, let me tell you and maybe you’ll get the word out “Twerking it Not New”. The world listens to you.

I am Not sorry to pop Pop Culture’s bubble about this new dance called twerking. Pop Culture knew twerking was not new. It just didn’t want to let the masses know. The funny part is the masses already knew. We just let Pop Culture look foolish. I bet Dollars to Donut, everyone reading this blog is saying “D’uh” and agreeing with me. Hopefully they are also telling the few out here asking “What is Twerking” the same things I am saying in this blog. If you are reading this and you did not know that, now you do. Now go tell a friend.

 Oh and hat's off to the Microsoft dictionaries that don't recognize "twerk" as a word. Now, I’m off to swing my upside down teardrop shape tail to some 90’s Southern Bass Music & Hip Hop. Yeah a lot of it is riddle with misogyny and sex but “Tootsie Roll” & “Get It Ready, Ready” never get old. They get me going. I told y’all, I’m not a hypocrite because I Am a Hypocrite..

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While I was Away...

Hey! Did you miss me? I know! I know! I had desktop problems. I fixed them and now I am back. If you didn’t miss me then you must follow me on Twitter and gotten twearful with my opinions on all kinds of stuff.  LoL My mind was exploding so I had to get them out. Well this blog will be catch you on my opinions.

 

The World Track & Field Championships

                David Oliver is the 100m Hurdle Champion! Yes, a member of Team Eye Candy is a Track & Field Champion.  The World Championship was weird to watch this year. After Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell, & Veronica Campbell-Brown ended up on the Banned Substances List and could not compete, the track had some New names and faces on it. It was rather annoying because those who were well seasoned athletes that knew better. *sigh* Also the whole Russia will jail Gay athlete talk was getting tiresome. By time for the Winter Olympics, I will want to scream. Looks like Russia picked the wrong time to pass such laws. Oh well they won’t be getting any World Events for quite some time.  But it was fun the see Mo Farrah repeat his performances in the long distance runs like he did in the Olympics. Brittany Reese is again long jump Champion.  And of course Usain Bolt won the 100m & 200m. Allison Felix got hurt and couldn’t compete. All and it was a good showdown. Now let me learn these new names storming up the track & wearing down the field. Oh, did I tell you a member of Team Eye Candy is a World Champion? LoL Yay, David Oliver!!!

Twerk is in the Oxford Dictionary

                I would love to tell you I was shocked but, I am not. I told you all in previous blog, when Webster’s added “conversate” dictionaries were going downhill from there. People blame Miley Cyrus, who, I think has over twerked. I just blame dummies that want stupidity to be hip. I will remiss if I didn’t give Kudos to the dictionary connected to Microsoft Word for correcting twerk & conversate. Now that is a dictionary a Diva can have faith in.

 

A Twerking Scholarship.

                *sigh* Yes the rapper Juicy J tweeted that he would give a $50,000 Scholarship to best twerker out there.  As a College Graduate with a student loan debt that looks like someone’s annual entry level salary I've decided not to be totally outraged about Juicy J's $50,000 Twerking Scholarship BUT... The $50,000 Twerking Scholarship should ONLY be offered to Strippers working their way through College. Hey "Diamond" can get off the pole because of it BUT "Average Jane" don't have practice the pole because of it. It was a win, win. Well Juicy J later rescinded his “scholarship” offer. So now “Diamond” has to stay on the pole to pay for American Lit & Chemistry this semester and my niece and any teenage girl won’t try to get on one in order to get a “free” ride to college.

 

Booty Bounce

                I don’t understand what the daggum craze about twerking is. I was a teenager in the 90’s so Miami bass music (Uncle Luke, Poison Clan 95 South & my favorites 69 Boyz) were popular sound. So we bounce our butts all the time. Who remembers the “South Dallas Drop”? I was pretty good. I could “drop” flat footed as well as in heels. Twerking is not new. DJ Jubilee (who began his career in the 90’s) started the word in his song “Stop Pause (Do the Jubilee All)”. He said, “Twerk Baby. Twerk Baby. Twerk, Twerk, Twerk”. Check out the Link!  I’m not one to play the race card but as soon as these little white girl started doing the dance… I’m tired of hearing about it. Make it stop.

 

Harriet Tubman Sex Tape

                Yes, Russell Simmons took it down. It was on YouTube. Here's an Article.  I don’t care I am boycotting all Russell Simmons’ products. Glad I don’t have a Rush Card because like all my R. Kelly Music (Yes I boycott him too. Except for Trapped In the Closet on IFC. I saw it before I saw the tape so I got invested) I would have destroyed it. How dare someone make such filth? Sex with a Slave for the most part was Rape. Then to make an important person in the fight freedom be a conniving minx duping someone made it worse. I hated it was ever made. I was subscriber to one of the actor in the video. Keyword: Was.

 

Ask a Slave

                I was very worried about this at first. It came out after the “Harriet Tubman Sex Tape”. A few of my favorite vloggers like it so, I checked it out. I Love It. It’s so tongue & cheek.  Check it out Here.

 

New Book Reviews

                Yes OutSpoken_Diva has been busy reading. My favorite author Pearl Cleage has done it again. “Just Want to Testify” is so good. Let’s just say she uses Vampires to explain the State of the Black Man and how he treats women. So look out for a full review very soon.

 

Okay I going to wrap things up. I forgot how tiring blogging could be. All the typing is wearing me out. Just kidding.

As Always, Talking to You in Adult Terms