Kanye West
has done it again. Earlier this week the rapper, who already has a rep for speaking
before he thinks, announced that he and Kim K are expecting a baby in 2013. But
of course, he did it in true Kanye fashion – he interrupted his own song to ask
the crowd to “make some noise for his baby mama”.
Of course the
online world promptly exploded in talk about Kim and Kanye’s baby. The
Kardashian family and other celebrities tweeted their congratulations and the
twittersvere erupted into a conversation about what will happen if this baby
hooks up with Blue Ivy in the future. Blogs and celebrity news sites picked up
the story and in the span of only 2 days everyone has heard the news and it
seems everyone has an opinion.
The couple
seems genuinely excited and happy so I wish them (and their child) all the best.
But I want to know what you think about Kanye’s use of the term baby mama to
describe Kim. The words have stuck and are being used in headlines such as “Kim
Kardashian: From Divorce drama to baby mama” and “Kim Kardashian goes from
Kanye’s ‘Perfect Bitch’ to his ‘Baby Mama’” ( a reference to the song that he
wrote about Kim earlier this year).
And of
course many people couldn’t help but notice the irony in his describing Kim as
his baby mama given that he used the term in his song Gold-digger to describe a
woman who uses her kids to get money from her ex. Those lyrics of course have
been dug up and are being thrown back in his face now.
Usually
when someone refers to their baby mama/daddy it’s someone who they are no
longer involved with, where no other term seems appropriate. Kim and Kanye are
in a relationship so he definitely could have reworded his announcement. But
the term baby mama is a controversial one regardless of who is using it and
there has been a lot of discussion about when, if ever, it is appropriate to
use it.
Do you have
a problem with the term or do you think it makes sense to use it? Would you
refer to yourself or the other parent(s) of your child as a baby mama or baby
daddy? I’d love to hear what you think so meet me in the comments section and
let me know what you think about Kanye’s announcement. If you haven’t seen it
yet, here’s a clip of the video:
1 comment:
I'm hoping he doesn't understand the origins and the nuances of the term.
Sometimes people feign ignorance....
Fox News referred to Michelle Obama as Barack Obama's Baby Mama in 2008.
http://www.salon.com/2008/06/12/fox_obama/
In the Fox News case, I believe they were deliberately trying to be derogatory though.
Kanye West either doesn't understand the meaning of "Baby Mama" or maybe we can read more into the relationship he has with the mother of his child.
Maybe he's expecting some 'baby mama drama'?
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