FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF 'LIKE A BAD GIRL SHOULD' BY THE CRAMPS

 Hello!

This is a bit of a departure from my usual post topics. However, I got the opportunity recently to write a critical media analysis of a music video from a band that I love, and I thought that it would be fun to share here. 

The Cramps, headed by married couple Lux Interior and Poison Ivy Rorschach, were a raunchy, rockabilly inspired band that were part of the early punk scene in New York City. Nearly every Cramps album cover pictures guitarist Poison Ivy posing suggestively and scantily clad. Having had experience working as a dominatrix, Poison Ivy had no problem falling into the role of the band’s powerful sex-symbol frontwoman. The Cramps’ music video for ‘Like a bad girl should’ uses elements of suggestive imagery subversively within its camerawork, imagery and lyrics to create a message of sexual control and empowerment.

STYLING A LITTLE BLACK DRESS!

 

Hello!

I put together a little video to show one way that I like to style a little black dress-- by adding vintage and gothic inspired accessories to give it more interest and glamour. 

The dress that I started with is from BooHoo (link). It has a square neckline, sleeves that puff at the shoulder, are tight mid-arm and then transition into a lantern sleeve towards the wrist, and an empire waist with a mid-length mid-volume skirt. This little black number has some interesting influences in its different parts. The empire waist, puff shoulders and square neckline almost remind me of a regency dress, like this example: