Jason Dean is the bassist for alternative pop band Artist vs Poet. (Trivia tidbit: Joe Kirkland, the band’s lead vocalist, competed on season three of “The Voice.”)
On Monday, Dean caught wind of Beyoncé’s participation in the FLOTUS-approved campaign to ban the word “bossy.” Because, you know, nothing helps girls develop leadership skills like the asinine banning of words. “I’m not bossy, I’m the boss,” Beyoncé declares in her endorsement of #BanBossy.
Dean pointed out the laughable feminist hypocrisy in a series of tweets about Bey and her husband, Jay Z. Like a boss:
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443121177414729728
But that’s, like, empowerment or something. Nothing at all like uttering the word “bossy.”
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443122238305226752
Dean also retweeted these tweets.
@jasonavp That's pretty bossy of her.
— mandy ? (@littlemachine) March 10, 2014
http://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443123558021988353
One Twitter user tried to bansplain the news all Vox-style:
@jasonavp @inatahlee She’s not trying to legally ban it, just discourage its use. It’s similar to discouraging use of “gay” as a pejorative.
— Jake Lazaroff (@jlazaroff) March 10, 2014
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443125021393702913
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443125073801527296
https://twitter.com/AnnetteSings01/status/443125873533657089
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443126655884619776
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More empowerment:
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443132687784476672
https://twitter.com/iamChrisJohnson/status/443136212539154433
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443137378530516992
Full “Big Pimpin'” lyrics here.
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443157480592261120
Dean also noted what he called the “ASTOUNDING” irony of the #BanBossy movement.
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443157923447836672
https://twitter.com/jasonavp/status/443158735498645504
She’s not the boss of us, either.
RT if you're #proudtobebossy Don't ban it. Embrace it, ladies! http://t.co/MnyU2dYs9d
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) March 10, 2014
Own it, ladies!
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