This shit is bananas. (Sorry, Honey.)
What we have here is a line-by-line analysis of the lyrics to Gwen Stefani's "Hollaback Girl." I like this song a lot, and it's lack of evident meaning doesn't bother me at all. Usually, this stuff does bother me a lot, but sometimes nonsense is okay. Anyway, an excerpt:
Oooh, this my shit, this my shit [repeated four times]Who doesn't love a thorough and insightful analysis of nonsense? Lewis Carroll, are ya feelin' me yet?
By calling her exercise routines “shit,” Gwen is showing us that for all her bravado, the character in this song secretly suffers from profound self-esteem issues. She is a complex antiheroine for an age of changing gender attitudes and expectations.
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