Thanks to the recent facebook trend of “30 songs in 30 days” people have to pick their least favorite song. I was at a party and a majority of the room all picked “Hollaback Girl” by Gwen Stefani. I hate this song more than than any other song of all time. Its suckiness is beyond my grasp of the English language. I began a short tirade by telling the room that the reason I hate that song, is that it is geared purely towards 13 year old girls, but was released as a legitimate recording. I then said, “Look at other awful songs, like “Barbie Girl” by Aqua. That song sucks, but at least it was released as a moronic dance song, meant purely for short term entertainment and stupid fun. It is as advertised.” Sitting to my immediate left was a girl I had never met before. She then told me she traveled the world as a writer and lecturer on the topic of post-modern feminism. Or something like that, I wasn’t listening b/c she’s a woman, right? (Sexism!) She then went on her own diatribe about how that song was so degrading towards women for about a minute, mentioning also that she had actually given speeches referencing that song. Now I was in the unenviable position of defending “Barbie Girl” to the group. I told her she put way too much thought into the very dumb song, but she was adamant that this song, which has made several “Worst song ever” lists in Rolling Stone and several TV shows. This went on for five minutes and I felt my soul leaving my body. Stonings in the Middle East? Nah. Differences in pay for women? Not so much. “Barbie Girl” by Aqua? BURN OUR BRAS! HELL NO, WE WON’T GO! God, I will never understand feminism.