The Jane & Scott Show

I got a summer-cold.  It feels absolutely ridiculous to be walking around in a haze of snot and headache in the middle of July.  Even the usual comforts of hot tea and wrapping up in a blanket are completely counterproductive.  But it has given me an excuse to spend more than my usual amount of time perusing the intertubes and watching the greatest hits of the Sotomayor hearings and reading the blogs.  I’m quite delighted by both Sotomayor and this awesome lady. Very exciting days for powerful women role models.

Of course, there’ve also been plenty of people with the opposite reaction. My favorite quote from the blogs thus far: “For some men, the only thing more intolerable than the sight of a powerful woman is the sight of a powerful woman they don’t want to sleep with.” – Paul Campos.

Anyway.  This little gem has been brewing in the back of my head since a round of interviews last year, and it finally came together.  Usual disclaimer, may or may not be a song, yada yada.  Oh – Disclaimer #2:  I am fully aware that men are also occasionally objectified and lose opportunities because of it, particularly the LGBT community, but after trying to write and trashing several verses, I gave up on trying to illustrate something I have no personal experience with.  I did try.  I just sucked. sorry.

Looks Like

Billie shows up to a job interview
The guy can’t make eye contact
It’s nothing new
She can’t have the job but he asks for a drink
And as she’s walking away
She can’t help but think

CHOR:

Are you looking for my brain
Because it’s not in there
It’s not the size of my ass
Or how I do my hair
See those confusing signals in the costumes I wear
Ask me what I’m thinking
I’m usually clear

Katie forgets to go home and change
Wears her suit to the bar
Comes off looking strange
The cuties she smiles at
They all look away
Cuz they can’t see her tatts
And her hair’s too straight

and she thinks

CHOR

BRIDGE: One’s got a boss calls her ‘doll’
One can’t get hired cuz she’s ugly
The first one’s illegal (the second one’s not)
What do you mean
When you say that you want me
Have you even checked into what exactly you’ve got?

Lizzie went naked to a meet and greet
Nobody thought it was funny but me
She wore her hair down her back just flying free
And a sign on her chest said “representing me”

CHOR