Sunday, November 29, 2009  Sexxxy violence (by Suzie)  Because I
live on a small outer planet, I just heard about the controversy
over Adam Lambert kissing a man on the American Music Awards.
Feminists have decried the homophobia of his critics. An example
is Jos at Feministing.  Bitch Magazine comments on an earlier
Details article in which he’s photographed with a naked woman as
a prop. Carla C. at Blonder and Thinner takes him to task for
his comments to Out magazine.  But I wish more people were
talking about the lyrics to the song he performed. In “For Your
Entertainment,” he tells someone that she misread him. He asks
if she knows what she got herself into. He says it’s going to
get rough for her. He’s going to hurt her. He’s in control, and
there’s no escape. He’s going to hold her down, make her scream,
force her to take the pain and the pleasure.  Why did I choose
female pronouns when Lambert says he’s gay? Because in the video
he released, women predominate. (His debut album is selling
well.) Maybe