To Booty or not to Booty?

I could delve deep enough to try to understand who’s digging what and whether or not the plight of the modern day party girl is now superbly weighed-up with the necessity of a bountiful booty. Yet just a quick look at the surface tells a rich enough story begging to be shared. I draw comparisons between genre base and look at what sort of dance movements are offered up for the opposing videos.

Hip Hop videos complete with liquor endorsement, rented cars and smoke sees your biracial femmy – all out butt injected 40 inch booty slow-motion moving along with what I have come to call, the jiggle gyrate. Enough to make you turn your head around, look back at yours and go huh? Flipping over a few channels to Dancehall ensembles we have none other than Jamaican tan bodies in pum-pum shorts. Pushing limits of some of the most muscle and limb flexibility tests of groove movements possibly ever tried by any chick.

I’m surfing video channels and scrolling what’s on offer on You-Tube; checking out the array of music videos us party girls copy/inherit/ re-invent our moves from and September’s “You’ll never see me again” pops up.

All out black pleather leotard donned Kylie Minogue inspired army dancer style video. Two-moves – that’s a half circular motion on both sides with her tiny little hips and a lot of arm swaying that holds little to no interpretation of the fact that he is never gonna see her again.

With reference to the Hip Hop 40 inch generosity, September’s 20 inches don’t even come close to banging as much. A for effort though, because she seems to be giving it her all, what with the random ass grab POV shot every now and then. So Kudos.

The truth now in modern trends, very realistically speaking is that most dance movements revolve around how good you are shaking that ass. The curvier the better, but alas – and I’m sure all home boys, DJs, MC’s, b-boys and lead singers will agree – plenty points go to the lady who knows how to work with what she has been blessed with.

Feminists need not stay guarded. The celebration of the female form in it’s most natural state is all that’s being displayed here. You can decide, personally for yourself just how much you are going to let the size of your behind define you.

So, if you see me on the floor and you are willing, please come over and teach me a new move or two!

I thought I would slip in this music video, you know… just for effect. For the most part I found it unbelievably hysterical.

WORDS: Mary Honeychild