Who in the hell would choose “Pimp” as a stage name?
I know, I know, you’re thinking, “Jesus H. Christ, Violet is so old and out of it she doesn’t know that ‘pimp’ and ‘ho’ have long since entered the mainstream as acceptable monikers for hip, happenin’ men and women!” Well, Mr. Rhetorical Device, it just so happens that I do know that, but since I strive mightily to keep as much distance between myself and popular culture as ghostily possible, it’s not something I usually have to think about.
But now some creep named “Pimp C” is dead (I know he was a creep because his stage name was “Pimp C,” for chrissake), and instead of bewailing the loss of a young life, as I ought to be doing, I just keep thinking about that goddamn name. Pimps are people who, by definition, exploit women. They exploit women, they beat them up, they rape them, sometimes they kill them. You might as well call yourself “Rapist.”
One Response to “Who in the hell would choose “Pimp” as a stage name?”
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Steve says:
I wish you came out of your hole more often Vi…….so fucking true.
Worse, we are supposed to celebrate this as authentic and organic cultural expression that enmerges from a specific social and historical context.
Exactly, it IS authentic. The context was barbaraic violence against women, rape, and sexual slavery.
All very authentic.
December 5th, 2007 at 1:19 pm EST
