Sexploitation: Women & The Hip Hop Video
Every day I’m sharing quotes from my books to initiate dialogue on the issues that can help us, hurt us, or make us think about life as we know it. Some days it may be an affirmation for living, other days it might be a statement about the stark reality of society, music, culture, etc. Today is a quote from my book, Exclusive. The main character, a journalist, talks about how she sees hip hop videos.
“Guys walk around in the music videos in sweatshirts, baggy jeans, and Timberland boots. The background could be a scene in Alaska, but every girl in the video is wearing a bikini top, butt-cheek shorts, or skirts so high you can see her panties. Women, sex and their bodies are being exploited in every hip hop video.”
Thought of the day: How women are portrayed should matter to everyone, not just women.
Tags: Exclusive: A Novel, hip hop culture, sexploitation, women
About the Author
Yasmin Shiraz is the President of Still Eye Rise Films, an independent production company which films educational and thought provoking documentaries that chronicle the lives, traumas and experiences of youth. Her first production, Can She Be Saved?, a documentary that examines violence among middle school girls, was an official selection of the 2009 Roxbury Film Festival and recently won a 2009 Indie Award of Merit from IndieFest.
Yasmin Shiraz is the Award winning Author of Retaliation a novel about a community’s response to youth violence. In 2009, it was selected as one of the top Ten Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers by the American Library Association. She is the author of The Blueprint for My Girls: How To Build A Life Full of Courage, Determination & Self Love (Simon and Schuster) and five other books. Her best selling “Blueprint” empowerment series is utilized as a self esteem, motivational, and educational tool at middle and high schools, after school programs, non-profit youth centers, as well as Boys and Girls Clubs throughout the country. 
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