Katy Perry: Difference between revisions

Perry's songs, particularly "[[Ur So Gay]]" and "[[I Kissed a Girl]]", have generated controversies upon their release. The songs have received reactions from religious and gay sectors.<ref name="VenaRumors">{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1593166/20080820/katy_perry.jhtml|title=Katy Perry Responds To Rumors Of Parents' Criticism: 'They Love And Support Me'|last=Vena|first=Jocelyn|date=2008-08-20|publisher=MTV|accessdate=2009-02-16}}</ref> The songs have been respectively labeled as [[homophobia|homophobic]] and promoting [[homosexuality]], as well as for being "lezploitational[[lesbian|lez]][[exploitation|ploitational]]".<ref name="GraffBold"/> LGBTMTV groupsmentioned havecritcism suggestedsuggesting that Perry is using "bi-curiosity" as a way to sell records.<ref name="VenaRumors"/> Perry responded to the controversy surrounding "Ur So Gay": "It's not a negative connotation. It's not, 'you're so gay,' like, 'you're so lame,' but the fact of the matter is that this boy should've been gay. I totally understand how it could be misconstrued or whatever&nbsp;... I wasn't [[stereotype|stereotyping]] anyone in particular, I was talking about ex-boyfriends."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewgay.net/2008/06/katy-perry-new-gay-interview.html|title=Katy Perry: The New Gay Interview|date=2008-06-10|publisher=TheNewGay.net|accessdate=2009-02-15}}</ref>

In June 2008, a publicity photo emerged that showed Perry posing with a [[switchblade]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1840017.ece|title=As teen dies star poses with a knife|last=France|first=Anthony|coauthors=Patrick, Guy|date=2008-10-22|work=[[The Sun]]|accessdate=2008-12-05}}</ref> Anti-knifeTabloid campaigners[[The criticizedSun]] reported criticised the photo as an attempt atto glamorizingglamorize knives.<ref name="Times">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article4990823.ece|title=Pop star Katy Perry under fire for posing with a knife|date=2008-10-22|work=[[The Times]]|accessdate=2008-12-05}}</ref> The picture was defended as only an effort to give Perry a "sexy, harder edge".<ref name="Times"/>