This probably means I am not a mature adult but...
I am really happily listening to Eminem's new cd and loving it. He is a poetic voice for my generation. I will never forget the line in that song "..but man these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers." I had friends growing up (starting when I was 15) who couldn't keep their kids in diapers for that very reason - welfare paid the rent and little else. WIC and foodstamps bought food and formula but you can't use them for diapers. So I know a lot of people have a problem with him, but he does speak of a reality that I have lived and know. He's violent, disrespectful to women? He's just a reflection of and product of a society that I have lived in. And the man can rhyme!!!!!
I am really happily listening to Eminem's new cd and loving it. He is a poetic voice for my generation. I will never forget the line in that song "..but man these goddamn food stamps don't buy diapers." I had friends growing up (starting when I was 15) who couldn't keep their kids in diapers for that very reason - welfare paid the rent and little else. WIC and foodstamps bought food and formula but you can't use them for diapers. So I know a lot of people have a problem with him, but he does speak of a reality that I have lived and know. He's violent, disrespectful to women? He's just a reflection of and product of a society that I have lived in. And the man can rhyme!!!!!
posted by KatyM @ 10:28 PM
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At 1:35 PM,
KatyM said…
I have a feeling you get more than your share of funny looks. Somehow I don't think either one of us fit the public's general stereotype of what an Eminem fan would look like. And MPR should play him. Racism, that's what it is.
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