To be a woman who loves hip hop at times is to be in love with your abuser. Because the music was and is that. And yet the culture is ours.
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@AVAETC No matter how many agree with you, your sentiment is twisted. I don't identify with abuse in any form. #Ihatehiphop
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@AVAETC Always been tough for me to see how y'all could be down with some of that -- but love/hate is more of life than most want to admit.
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@AVAETC Isn't that something?!
I find myself singing along with lyrics I, in my daily life, would rail against. Then I scold myself.
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@AVAETC We can also love the art generally without cosigning abusive lyrics, music, or other misogynistic aspects of the culture.
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@AVAETC it can't be said any clearer than that! Thanks!
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