BONUS #13

I chose the music video “Get Some” by Lykke Li because I feel like it is a good video that represents women’s empowerment to do what they want for themselves. It discusses the first wave of feminism by showing the quantity of rights the women have. They don’t have many because in the background women being actively oppressed by the male dominant (at :53-1:02). The men are tying the woman up so she is not in control. Later at (2:34-2:46) there is a man and girl fight scene where the male gets very physical with her, making him more dominant and her oppressed. But at (1:11) a stream of “amazon” like women come out on their way to hunt the men who are controlling them, which can be seen as them trying to fix society where men and more dominant than women. Which leads me into the second wave of feminism which is qualitative. Equal recognition, the things we critique, the image and social role of women, and the sexualized woman. Lykke Li, the singer, is sexualized by the way she looks at the camera and moves her hands down her body. Her whole video is focused on women’s rights to themselves and society, as you will see when you watch the background images in her video. Her image is a woman in control, that doesn’t want to be oppressed in society like the first wave. Her social role is to be eye candy for a man, like the male gaze...but literal. Which leads me into the last wave of feminism, the third, which is all about taking back the power of women. Lykke touches herself and says, “I’m your prostitute/you gonna get some.” which is basically a sexual remark, maybe even considered agency, where a woman is given a choice. Example, Li being a prostitute for a man and being fine with it. She feels empowered by her lyrics because she is in control of any man that wants her (at 1:38) there is a scene where the girls in the background are catching and tying up a man to take advantage of him. The third wave is like the first wave, but if Li wants to be called a prostitute then it is ok, in her eyes and societies eyes.