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According to Perez Hilton , the MTV VMAs will feature a new category: Best Video With A Message. Here are the nominees:
P!nk – F****** Perfect - P!nk lets out a rally cry of reassurance for anyone who’s ever felt less than perfect.
Lady Gaga – Born This Way - Mother Monster gives birth to a world free from prejudice, judgment and self-doubt.
Katy Perry – Firework - The California Gurl celebrates the spark and originality in all of us.
Eminem feat. Rihanna – Love The Way You Lie - Em and Rih Rih illuminate the pain and peril of domestic violence.
Rise Against – Make it Stop (September’s Children) - Rise Against reminds LGBT teens pushed to the edge that “It Gets Better.”
Taylor Swift – Mean - Taylor Swift cautions negative naysayers that being mean gets you nowhere.
Okay, is it just me or are they stretching here? Let's go back in time and look at some of the videos that could have made it into this category had they only introduced this category a little earlier:
1989: Madonna- Like a Prayer-- Promoting prayer in schools! Also interracial dating... It doesn't matter if she's white and he's a wooden black Jesus if they love each other!
1992: Nirvana- Smells Like Teen Spirit-- Encouraging effective deodorant use in teens
1995: TLC- Waterfalls-- AIDS, drug-dealing in front of your mom, believing in yourself, erm... This song was a little all-over-the-place, but the takeaway is something like don't go after your dreams?
1998: Madonna- Ray of Light: Encouraging the use of solar power
2001: Britney Spears-- I'm a Slave for You-- Abolishing slavery
2004: Outkast- Hey Ya!-- Racial equality between Beyonces and Lucy Lius (and baby dolls)
2005: Green Day- Boulevard of Broken Dreams-- Cleaning up our nation's highways
2007: Rihanna- Umbrella-- Sharing is caring. Also acid rain.
2008: Katy Perry- I Kissed a Girl- Encouraging sexual exploration and polyamory among young girls
Who says the era of the protest song is over?
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