Ashley Judd Responds to Hip-Hop Backlash By Throwing Her Book Editors Under the Bus
Here's a lesson for all future actresses considering penning explosive memoirs about their childhood sexual abuse and philanthropic work: If you blame rap and hip-hop artists for creating the "the contemporary soundtrack of misogyny," you will be called out en masse by rap and hip-hop fans. Take Ashley Judd, whose two paragraph tangent in All That Is Bitter & Sweet about how Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy have fostered a "rape culture" left fans furious. To mend her ever-important relationship with the hip-hop community, Judd posted a 1,200 word apology on Russell Simmons's website on Monday in which she took the high road... and blamed her editors.
After trying desperately to relate to rap fans as "an Appalachian" who would be really bummed out if anyone made "negative generalizations about [her culture's mountain music and bluegrass]," Judd broke her thoughts on the Twitter war that her memoir incited into easily digestible "Thumbs Up" and Thumbs Down" bullet points. In the "Thumbs Up" category, Judd name-dropped her favorite feminist teachers (Bell Hooks and Gloria Steinem), mentioned that she enjoys herself some India.Arie and thanked fans for teaching her that rap and hip-hop are two different things, again, just like mountain music and bluegrass. The "Thumbs Down" category was saved for her editors.
Thumbs Down: I take full responsibility for the book. It is my text. However, it was read by scores of people, none of whom gave me feedback that I might be inadvertently offensive. How was this missed? Why wasn't it mentioned until it was too late? Thumbs down to all of us for not having the sensitivity and acuity to catch the paragraphs might be hurtful.
So there you have it, folks. That is where Judd's heart is on the matter of hip-hop, rap and her editors' inability to appropriately edit her memoir.
· All That Is Bitter & Sweet: My Hip-Hop Remarks [GlobalGrind]
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And telling the truth about rap and it's treatment of women get's a hillbilly in trouble. Nice!
I am so tired of uppity celebrities like Ashton Judd being offended by rap artists calling them bitches and hos. Heck, next thing you know, women will want to be treated with respect! What is this world coming to?
Her remarks about hip hop illustrate absolutely nothing other than the fact she has no idea what she's actually talking about. She couldn't come across as more insulated and out of touch if she fucking tried.
Snoop Dogg: "Hoes, Money, and Clout"
P. Diddy: "Bitches and Hoes Suck on My Cock"
Yes, she has absolutely no idea what she's talking about.
QUOTE: Take Ashley Judd, whose two paragraph tangent in All That Is Bitter & Sweet about how Snoop Dogg and P. Diddy have fostered a “rape culture” left fans furious.
Interesting when someone criticizes a particular culture for their angry, hateful, violent, or exploitative texts, only to have members who support that culture react with "fury".
Kinda sounds like what any fundamentalist group does when "infidels" and non-believers criticize their narrow-minded, regressive, fear-mongering, and/or oppressive dogma.
Hiding behind the veil of "art" is no better than hiding behind the veil of "religion."
She's right you know. Put one "e" after rap and you got rape. and that pretty much sums it all up. Rap AND Hip Hop seem to draw on a lot of s&m misogynistic, border line sodomising sex. i mean sex is great but "i gonna probe ya" and shit is fucking quier lol. not to mention a personally offense to the reverse discrimination in the music's subtexts. "Dont trust whitie kids, the white devil enslaved me and took away my 22s". fucking pathetic
How can one be " inadvertently offensive?" Just because you listen to a certain type of music doesn't mean you're a bad person. Relax and enjoy the beat!