Sunshine Noel
The Blue & White Flash / Staff Writer
TWERK. We have all heard the term, the majority of us know the meaning, and The City Girls turned that type of dancing into an entire fest in their newest video “Twerk” featuring Cardi B.
The song has made the Billboard Hot 100, as well as made many women want to channel into their inner “twerker,” but it has also rattled some feathers. 
In today’s society, social media is a place where many find out the good, the bad, and the ugly of people’s’ feelings.
Although a large number enjoyed the twerking festivities, it caught the eye of conservative political commentator, Stephanie Hamill.
Hamill took her thoughts to Twitter, voicing her opinion on the “Twerk” video on Jan. 21, prompting Cardi B to respond.
Hamill quoted the video asking, “In the era of #meToo, how exactly does this empower women? Leftists, @iamcardib, feel free to chime in. THX.”
Cardi B replied the following day. She said, “It says to women that I can wear and not wear what I want. Do whatever I want and that NO still means NO. So Stephanie, chime in. If I twerk half naked does that mean I deserve to get raped and molested? I want to know what a conservative woman like you thinks.”
Hamill did just that, responding shortly after to Cardi. “I agree, NO means NO, NO MATTER what! But this video, & others like this sexually objectify women… I think this hurts all women & the cause. We’re not sex objects! Clearly we see things differently, (maybe I’m just a hater because I can’t twerk) come on my show, debate me!”
Cardi chose not to respond, at least not yet.
Aside from catching the eye and critique of a Hamill, the video also sparked dancer Lexy Panterra to ask a question herself.
She posted a tweet on Twitter the same day of the video releasing, asking where the white girls were within the video.
Panterra also went on to explain that she felt as though there were white girls who also twerked as good as other girls but just were not picked. Again, Cardi B did not respond.
Asia Thompson, a freshman civil engineering major in from Chicago, Ill., thinks the video is for entertainment purposes and does not justify assaulting women.
She stated, “In my eyes, it’s just a video. It’s meant for entertainment. Like Cardi B said, either way there still isn’t any way to justify sexually assaulting a woman. We shouldn’t have to worry about the way we dance or dress. It’s our life.”
Kayla Birdlong, a freshman majoring in psychology from Shaw, Miss., shared a similar view because the women were encouraging each other.
“I don’t see the video in a negative way. If you notice, they were all females. Usually, when they have girls’ twerking, there are guys around, throwing money or doing more. It seems like they were having a good time, encouraging and hyping each other up as women,” said Birdlong.
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