Treatment of Women on Country Radio

This little meme/graphic is currently going around on Tumblr.

Awwww, ain't that sweet???

Let's take a look at the roles of females in country music's current top 10 songs (not counting Miranda Lambert's "Automatic" and a couple of others). They are treated as if only expected to:

ride shotgun like it ain't no thang

sing with the radio

be pretty and give him a flirty look

move like that

wear daisy dukes

shake that moneymaker

wear tight jeans

be desirable

smile at the guy who "wants some of that"

be "fresh"

ride shotgun and give him kisses with great frequency

give him the impression that he might get some tonight

look good climbing in his Chevy

whisper to him your preferred destination

steal his ball cap and let your hair blow out the window

sway to the backbeat

Now, I'm no feminist, and I do this kind of stuff more for trolling than for social justice/artistic balance... 

but that just seems a bit skewed from reality and basic dignity, don't you think? 

Where art thou, country gentleman?

Country TwitterWIN: May '14

ACMs 2014: Snarky Twitter Wrap-up

2014 ACMs in a nutshell: Justin Moore won an award he wasn't eligible for, Merle Haggard was honored, Florida-Georgia Line bro-ed it up and won Best Duo, King George won Entertainer of the Year, few females performed. Also, there were lots of great comments on Twitter:

Monday Morning Memes: FGL, Strait, Justin Moore, etc.

Supposedly from Strait's official Twitter account...

2014 Country Radio Bingo!

Turn on your local Clearchannel country station and play along!

It's not a drinking game because I don't want anyone to die of alcohol poisoning.

It Was So Cold in Nashville Yesterday...

John Rich had to stay home and get plastered

158 hotties wearing cut-offs died of exposure

Luke Bryan had to pull out the skinny long-johns

Gary Levox had to have a gravy boat frozen to his tongue removed by the fire department

Wynonna turned bluish orange

Dallas Davidson wrote a song called "Ho on My Snowmobile"

Taylor Swift had to break up with boyfriends by text message

Brantley Gilbert fans had to warm themselves with meth lab burners

Justin Moore was lost in a 4" snow drift

Jamey Johnson slipped and shattered his beard