OK Karens

Before we really get into things I want to include this conversation I had with my brother today. I think everyone will agree that it is literally the dumbest conversation of all time.

Me: "I like Lemonade Mouth."
Colby: "Let It Shine was the best."
Me: "What is Let It Shine? I've never heard of that."
Colby: "What?! You haven't heard of Let It Shine?! It's so good. It has Coco Jones."
Me: "Who is Coco Jones?"
Colby: "YOU DON'T KNOW WHO COCO JONES IS?!"
Me: "No...who is she?"
Colby: "OMG, Coco Jones is so good. I can't believe you don't know who Coco Jones is."
Me: "What is she in?"
Colby: "She's in Let It Shine."
*Picture me looking into the camera with a blank stare.*


Okay now that that's over...let's talk about sports baby.

More specifically...the Super Bowl Halftime show.

I thought it was dope.

J. Lo and Shakira looked amazing as usual. Defying the laws of age and gravity and kinesiology. But a lot of Karens out there did not think it was dope. You know who you are.

I have seen so many articles about women calling the halftime show inappropriate and perverse. I have also seen tweets defending the duo. Honestly when I first saw on the news (aka Buzzfeed) that people were upset about the show I was surprised. What could they be upset about? There were no nipples and the Patriots didn't win. In football that's known as a perfect game.

But apparently a lot of women - and some men too - felt that it was too sexual, provocative and inappropriate for the audience watching. Here's the thing...if your child has a smart phone it is completely asinine for you to be concerned about the halftime show. Kids these days are walking around with the internet in their pockets. And have been for years 'cause y'all been buying 'em freakin' iPhones since they were in 5th grade.

Your parental TV locks? Yeah those mean nothing if the kid has a smartphone or a laptop or an iPod. My mom still has parental locks on her TV at home but that's not because she's trying to monitor my teenage brother's every move. She made them a long time ago and now she doesn't know how to take them off. Bless her heart.

And have y'all been to a beach? 'Cause I don't think you're ready to hear about bikinis.

I teach Sports Marketing. So today in class I wanted to have a debate about it. But we couldn't. I gave them each 2 articles...one berating the halftime show and the other defending it. After they read both articles I asked them to pick a side. Was the halftime show perfectly fine or inappropriate? And every single one of them thought it was fine and didn't get what all the fuss was about. Because my teenagers are more reasonable than midwestern moms.

One point that is being brought up a lot is that no one complained last year when Adam Levine took his shirt off. I COMPLAINED! That man does not look good with his shirt off. No one asked for that sir. And his tattoos do not look good. I love tattoos. But not those.

That is a valid point though. His topless gyrations didn't result in a ton of indecency accusations. If I remember correctly...Shakira and J. Lo were not shirtless. That was a different Super Bowl. So what's the problem? That they're women? That they're mothers? Pretty much all the hottest people are.

So before you post about how inappropriate the halftime show was, maybe you should see what your tweens are watching on skinemax after you finish your recorded episodes of Castle.


And before you post something ignorant about coronavirus, vaccinate your damn kids. That's unrelated but needed to be said.