Emilie Autumn – Thank God I'm Pretty

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  General Comment:where are the line breaks?

  Flag Matt Holckon September 18, 2012   Link

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  General Comment:SHE'S BEING SARCASTIC! I have her book and she basically says that when she was hit on (by a creepy DR) she went to the bathroom to look in the mirror to find what he found so attractive so that she could get rid of it. She wants people to value for her for something other than her physical beauty. All her makeup and costumes are because SHE IS A PERFORMER!

  Flag emilyWITHaYon November 03, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:Everyone that hates on this song, saying that it makes her sound narcissistic, or that you "find it hard to feel bad" for a pretty girl, as someone else said, is pushing a sad double standard. It actually solidifies part of what this song states -"Every ill that I must suffer merely brought on by myself". Yes, being an "ugly" girl can be a horrific experience, potentially destroying self esteem and views of personal worth. But it is quite unfair to say that a girl cannot have issues due to being pretty as well. I have had the experience of being on both sides of the fence. I was pretty fat once upon a time, and dealt with all those painful issues of being an "ugly girl". And then, after losing weight and really working on my appearance, I got to play the other side. I'm a "pretty girl" now, and it is not without it's terrors. I, too, have been raped, I do not get taken seriously in my work(pretty female scientist garner little respect), and am otherwise stereotyped by other women who see me as competition, or as someone to hate to make themselves feel better. Basically, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. As women, we should empower each other, not squabble over petty differences. Hell, the simple fact that whether we're "pretty" or not is such a big deal is something we should be fighting against in general, not arguing over whether "ugly" girls have the right to self esteem, or whether "pretty" girls have the right to have human problems.

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  General Comment:I also think that it is a bit of a commentary on our society. Something that is seen a lot right now in the media: movies, books, songs,... is this average girl trope who can't get the love of her life because some skank stole him away. There is this tendency to hate beautiful women and decide that because they look a certain way they are whores.
  The awful part is that women are pushed to wear make-up, diet, etc to make themselves look like society's version of pretty and then they find the few that actually manage it and degrade them for it.

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  General Comment:Whatever. I'd still rather be pretty.

  Flagged Aquarius121on March 10, 2011   Link

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  General Comment:I think it's stupid to view this song as narcissistic or as the singer being "full of herself." I don't think that was the point of the song, as any thinking person can see. The song is very sarcastic.
  However, what is the problem with believing oneself is pretty? If more girls thought they were pretty, maybe there would be a lower rate of dieting, eating disorders or plastic surgery. I believe that their is nothing wrong with saying "I'm gorgeous." Because really, everyone is to someone. Why ignore it?
  
  Anyway, this is one of my favorite songs by Emilie Autumn and I love the sarcasm and wit she put into the lyrics.

  Flag WickedGameon December 26, 2010   Link

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  General Comment:This is DEFINITELY one of my favourite of her songs :')
  At the start she's saying how it's good to be pretty because of all the admirers you gain and attention you receive. Later on though, she goes on to mention how as she may have once enjoyed the attention, but in the end, the way she acted ended up getting her raped.
  At first she's saying how it's great to be beautiful because you can get what you want, and towards the end she's saying how she wishes she wasn't god looking, because it's brought more pain than pleasure.
  This song is so sarcastic, it makes me smile :') "it's lucky I hate to be taken seriously", as an example of her sarcasm.

  Flag teapotasylum16on December 22, 2010   Link

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  My Interpretation:I don't know if the song is so much about beauty as it is about just crap women put up with and the silly arguments that claim women have "power" due to their sex appeal. She points out correctly that this "power" is really just the opposite, and the emphasis on it by the media undermines everything else in a woman's personality.
  After all, a lot of this crap women put up with regardless of how relatively "pretty" they are.
  "Pretty" is just usually the "compliment" given along with it, usually in a condescending manner.

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  General Comment:I have to agree with MelDaCat. This song gives me mixed feelings, too. It is very witty and put together well, and I laughed out loud at the dripping sarcasm when I first heard it. And Emilie's tone of voice is perfect when she's singing this song. Creatively speaking, it's well done.
  
  But as for what I think about the concept of what she's saying... I think it's a little difficult to feel too bad for this type of "pretty woman" she's talking about. This woman clearly chooses to go to places where she would be offered a drink, dealing with these types of men. She chooses to go out alone when it's dark, etc. And why does she need other people's opinions about her to validate herself? If her ego can stand men not slapping her ass, then surely her ego can stand these same seedy men's opinions about her skills. This is why it seems a bit off. That and the fact that Emilie dresses to impress, and she chose to be a performer, so she should accept that people will be interested in the way a performer visually presents themselves, whether they're female or male (maybe she isn't exactly talking about herself in the song, but I think it's pretty clear she sympathizes with this sort of woman).
  
  And honestly, does she think men would be more interested in her abilities and depth if she were ugly? If these men aren't bothering to see depth, it means they are only motivated to care about the surface. If she were ugly, they wouldn't even give her the time of day -- whether we're talking about her looks or her abilities. They would be jacking off to some other pretty face. She wouldn't be getting any attention from them -at all-.
  
  It seems arrogant, as well, for her to assume that she's getting these things because she's pretty, and not just simply because she's a woman. Unattractive and attractive women alike are sexually abused, occasionally get free drinks, admission to seedy little bars and invitations to a stranger's car. Actually, that's usually what unattractive women get, isn't it? Attractive women are usually offered better.
  
  More than that... as much as the overload of attention bothers her, at least it doesn't damage her self-esteem and cause her to lose confidence in herself. That's what happens to less attractive girls when no one pays attention to them. (Looks are so crucial to women's self-value, even if they don't want to think so.) Then they sometimes lose their self-esteem and fall into depression, not having the confidence to succeed in other aspects of their lives. True, being pretty might mean it could be difficult to tell if someone is just infatuated with your looks or actually likes you for who you are, but at least you are getting some attention and social interaction for the time. And even prettiness won't keep someone around you for long if they don't like what's inside you, so then you'll know. (Or they stick around because they're faux-friends who think a pretty person can open doors for them... but in that case, you choose to put up with those people and associate with them don't you?) An uglier woman might not get the dreaded slap on the ass, but she's probably not getting any other recognition from such people either -- good riddance, really, but sadly still damaging to the self-esteem.

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  Song Meaning:I'm thinking that.. this isn't Emilie just singing about herself, perhaps it is linked to things in her past such as being overlooked for her beauty, but I think she is putting herself in the shoes of a pretty girl forced to be a prostitute (or something like that)
  
  "I know my destiny's such, that I'm all stocking and curl"
  On one hand, this could be meant that the hooker has her life planned out for her, and that she must wear revealing clothes and curl her hair - basically she has to keep her image up for her job.
  On the other hand, Emilie wears stockings and curls, and this is sarcastically stating that people think she is just someone who constantly obsesses over her image.
  
  "Which only means that when I sing you're jerking off
  And when I'm gone you won't remember"
  With my other shoes idea, "when im gone you wont remember" is like, you just hire a good looking hooker for the night, they please you, you *enjoy*, and then when she leaves you just forget about it, she was never an influence on your life whatsoever.
  This means that however hard Emilie tries with her singing, men are not listening to her talent, and are just looking at her pretty face, and as if she is just a girl in a porn magazine - you see the girl, blah, and dont care who it is. Shes hot.
  
  
  I think thats enough now xD

  Flag childishfxckupon December 08, 2009   Link

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