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After finally managing not to vomit, I decided I should post about Rhianna & Emenim's (yeah, I can't fucking spell it) new song, "Love the Way You Lie," a shocking little ode to domestic violence.

The song should come with a HEAVY trigger warning, as it explicitly discusses physical, emotional, and mental violence, including TYING A WOMAN TO A BED AND SETTING HER ON FIRE.

Now, due to Rhianna's past, I'm sure the song is meant to be taken as some sort of anti-violence message. The lyrics, "I like the way it hurts" could never be misconstrued be horny teens turned on by our culture of violence.

Also totally not confusing? The fact that it is a duet between domestically abused Rhianna and domestic abuser Eminem. WHAT. THE. FUCK.

Here is a link to the video, which I have not watched. I assume it is full of fuckery, as the song itself made me nearly pass out in the car.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/08/06/watch-megan-fox-abused-in_n_673283.html

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Side note: The song reminds me of True Blood, and how the show is passing off an incredibly fucked up couple (with huge dashes of abuse per episode) as the 'soulmates' and OTP of the series. Talk about media fuckery. Where are the songs--the HEALTHY voices--telling our youth, or anyone uneducated that this sort of thing is WRONG? That we shouldn't be turned on by rape. That hitting your woman is NEVER OKAY.

America makes me tired.
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