She thought she'd been watching the Super Bowl, she said, referring to the half-time entertainment show. But criticism of the military's odd choice of entertainment soon also spilled into shaming and sexualisation of the dancers, and the dance style. They specialise in dancehall, reggae, afrobeats, commercial jazz and hip hop - dance genres which at times have shocked mainstream white culture, but are now commonly found in modern dance.
The commercial group is more commonly hired for parties, hen nights and workshops. But Sydney newspaper The Daily Telegraph - a Murdoch-owned tabloid - blew up pictures of the dancers on their front page and in a double spread:.
Not cool, dailytelegraph. Several commentators online also projected opinions that the choreography was "degrading to women". Many conflated the event with a wider gender inequality debate currently dominating Australian politics. The original ABC article quoted another politician - unnamed - who said: "At a time when we are promoting the rights of women not to be objectified, there are other dance moves that would be fun and equally energetic.
But in supposedly speaking for the rights of women, very few asked the dancers what they themselves thought. On Thursday morning, chat about the "scandalous" video dominated breakfast radio and TV programmes.
Twerking - last a pop culture debate sparked by Miley Cyrus in - began trending on Australian Twitter again. But members of Doll Squadron said it was the media's amplification of the story in the first place that had been most harmful. In particular, they accused the ABC of "deceptive editing" to falsely include shots of military guests and dignitaries in the video which included "shooting from angles which could not be seen by the audience".
They said they had been subjected to trolling and attacks online. Others online also questioned whether the hysteria was really over the moves of the dancers, and the particular style of dance. Australian women's site Mamamia published a piece saying: "It's the Royal Australian Navy that made it bizarre.
It's the Royal Australian Navy that turned their art form into something to ridicule. Does twerking objectify or empower women? On top of this, the University she worked at began toying with the idea of firing her, simply for publicly dancing. This pattern is clearly not unique to these two instances. However, the young male laughed at her discomfort, exploiting her as a B lack woman, despite her dissociation with twerking to any extent.
When white women or men take part in twerking, their privilege masks the negative perception of the dance move, while B lack women are perceived as trashy, sexual objects. Additionally, another young B lack interviewee, Keke , explains that when she is dancing in public, such as a club, a guy will approach her differently based on if she is twerking or not.
Considering the recent ties between hypersexuality, B lack women, and twerking, pop culture has directly erased the liberation initially stemming from twerking within New Orleans. Yet, skinny white women, like Miley Cyrus, capitalize on B lack cultural oppression and end up thriving. Gillian Kirtzman subscriber. Comments Cancel reply You must login to post a comment. Need a ViaNolaVie account? Twerking has actually been around for much longer than it has been in the mainstream media.
The dance dates back centuries, having most likely originated somewhere in West Africa. The Mapouka dance focuses mainly on the buttocks; the resemblance to modern-day twerking is easy to see. According to the Western perspective, twerking is a highly sexualized and provocative gyration of the hips and buttocks. In many West African cultures, it was an expression of joy and celebration performed at family gatherings and weddings.
One blogger recalls seeing older women in her predominantly West African church go to the front of the church and twerk if a certain song of praise was sung.
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