Katy Perry
had an interesting interview with Billboard magazine recently and she said some
things that bothered me.
I’m going
to start off by saying how much I love Katy Perry. Her devotion to her fans is
incredible. Her fight to be heard and maintain her creative vision makes her an
admirable role model. The fact that she makes fun, enjoyable music is validated
by her immense success.
I’ve
never been divorced but her marriage was so brief you knew something was wrong
at the start. Sometimes you’re so in love you don’t want to face the problems
that could end the relationship. Admitting this love may not work is hard and
it sucks. When you expect forever and it falls apart, it’s devastating.
Depression
is an isolating illness so that even if you know all of that stuff logically,
it doesn’t change how you feel. But wanting to end your life because the man
who was in it is gone? That’s really sad.
I’ve had issues
with depression and I could see my mind going there if I was going through a divorce.
But I would immediately. I would never give some man who threw away my heart
and feelings that sort of power over me.
Perry had
the successful career she fought for years to have. She had, and still does, a
team of people working for her continued success. She has a loving and
supportive family.
The fact
that Brand had that much power over her emotions, especially given what a
douche he became post-split, makes me think of the words ‘needy’ and ‘pathetic.’
I know that makes me sound like a huge bitch but she is a role model for young
girls. Yes, Perry did endure but if a divorce is the greatest trial she’ll ever
face and it made her contemplate ending her life, I don’t know if I’d want her
as an icon for my daughter.
My family
has been through a much harder trial so I’m biased but watching someone you
love die puts things like divorce and keeping up with the Jones into
perspective.
Perry isn’t
a feminist and wouldn’t say anything about control or male power and saying “Yeah,
screw that.” I don’t think she fully realizes the potential impact of that
message she’s sending. She spent part of the interview gushing about her
on-again boyfriend John Mayer.
I’m glad
she found love again. She deserves it. However Mayer has a past of burning through
celebrity women and being a jerk about it. He seems different with Perry and,
as always, I’m rooting for them. Perry may believe in the power of women but I
think she believes in the power of twitterpadtion more.
Music:
Suffragette by Nina Gordon
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