Whatever, I guess "I Kissed a Girl" isn't completely annoying, and, in a weird way, is doing more good than bad. In an almost perverse way, I feel like the LGBT community can only benefit from a top-40 single that encourages experimentation -- ultimately normalizing such interactions.
True, most aren't exactly thinking about social progression when they're listening to this song at their local watering hole. Still, I'd argue that singing along to lyrics that proclaims "I kissed a girl and I liked it," coupled with recent speculation that Lindsay Lohan is dating DJ Samantha Ronson, and, yes, even the MTV's vile show, "A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila," can only aid in Middle-America's acceptance of lesbians.
Yes, there was Jill Sobule's minor radio-hit of the same title ("I Kissed a Girl") in 1995, and Ellen DeGeneres admitted that, yep, she's gay on the cover of TIME magazine in 1997, but that almost seems like, well, a whole generation ago.
So, where are today's young lesbians in the media? And the irony of it all, especially in a time when gay/lesbian men and women have more options than they did in the mid/late-nineties?
OK, so maybe I am giving the song too much credit. But, as it trivial as the aforementioned examples may seem, if they help generate conversation, then that's one more step toward in eliminating ignorance in this country.
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