Pink's Stupid Girl Essay
Pink’s music video stupid girl encapsulates many ideologies that seem to contrast with each other. The dominant reading of this text is feminism which is explicitly shown through the mise-en-scene. We see that in the initial 10 seconds, a young girl has to choose between the stereotypical female which is portrayed as the devil or a non-stereotypical female which is portrayed as an angel. The binary opposites clearly capture the producer's meanings and highlight that to be women you cannot possess stereotypical traits. This is evident in the entire video, despite being a dominant feminist reading, portrays the stereotypical women in a negative light. Throughout the video, Pink herself takes on the role of several stereotypes of Caucasian women in American society and uses them as a mouthpiece to convey her message. The fact that they are portrayed negatively suggests that although it may be a feminist reading, it contradicts several values and beliefs of other waves of feminism.