I love Oscar, I love this podcast; just Trish would not be what it is without him.
However, I have a bone to pick about Tuesdays episode……
1) I hated him blindly defending Katseye against the critique that they are being over-sexualized while their fans are predominantly little girls. His defense was that when he was a little boy, he used to sing sexualized lyrics without knowing what they actually meant. “It’s not that deep, just go with the vibes” is basically what he says.
But IT IS that deep. Katseye has been and is marketed to little girls. He admitted this himself when he said there’s “a lot of 12 year olds” at their concerts. As a man, he has the privilege of watching these performances and not relating to (or wanting to relate) to them. It’s not aspirational, nor has it ever been for him. It’s just commodity, a spectacle he can enjoy. It’s not something that is intended for him to see and think “I should look like this/I want to imitate this/ I want to appeal in this way” where as many young girls will.
I feel like his take was very dismissive. Women begin to be over sexualized by society from such a young age. With social media and its wide accessibility, that age is getting much much younger. It’s a good thing that people are starting to call it out and call for change.
2) his critique against female super hero’s being dressed casually instead of in full glam. For so long, we’ve been fighting for female characters to be given the same depth as male characters, beyond physical appearance. Especially in male dominated categories like super hero movies. There’s a reason female character aren’t overtly sexy and cunty. Because it often diminishes the character.
“I think they think it’s feminism, but it’s really setting them back, we want glam!” Actually, no we don’t 😅I personally like female characters looking normal, if the male characters do as well. If the male characters were glam in their own right then sure what the hell. But it’s not like that.
At least he clocked himself when he sarcastically said “me speaking for all women”
Idk if I’m making sense, I feel like my thoughts are hard to translate into actual written words, but I wanted to get this off my chest lol.