This Is Not A Feminist Song - SNL

There's a lot that can go wrong when it comes to writing a feminist song. [Season 41, 2016]

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[sierraburton]

What if the feminist song is the friends we made along the way

[wintersunrisetowner]

"Where are the men in this feminist anthem"
"Excellent point now move along"

[samiprice]

My friends- so what's your favorite song?

Me- its complicated

[LonePineTree]

i just happened across this song again today and i can’t believe i didn’t remember the RBG too soon

[untitleddocument]

“We tried real hard but it took too long”
Me doing anything

[enternalmoonlight]

atleast SNL doesn't use celebs as clickbait by zooming in their face in the thumbnail and writing their name in caps lock even before the title of what the video is really about. It's just when i watch some videos i realise there are some damn famous celebs ft.

[saltykoffee]

When she said “see this old women’s hands” I felt that😔

[spaghedee]

"This is not a feminist song, we tried real hard but it took too long..."

Two years later:

"God is a Woman" Ariana Grande 🖤

[rovelynocana]

"This is not a feminist song, so technically it can't be wrong."

I'm dead😂😂😂

[rybr_eaded]

At 0:43, my aunt shows up...
I didn’t even know she was on this. And yes, this is my actual aunt.

[natalieo.]

For those of you who want to sing along:

The world it needs an anthem
For all of women kind
A song to fight, a song to right, the wrongs of all of time
So we put pen to paper
And wrote all through the night
A gorgeous ode to feminism well within our sights
But this is pretty nuanced stuff
And putting it all in one song was tough
And that’s why

This is not a feminist song
We tried real hard but it took too long
This is not a feminist song
Cause’ we were scared we would do it wrong
We know women need an anthem
A song to call their own
But we didn’t write that anthem we went home

Every woman has a struggle
And every struggles real
But just try to write a song that captures every women’s deal
So instead of writing lyrics
Here’s us running in the sand
And here’s a bunch of lens flares and an old woman’s hands
Not to call a woman old
Or judge a woman’s hands
We know a woman shouldn’t be reduced to just her hands
We stepped right into that trap
It’s so hard to navigate this crap
And that’s why

This is not a feminist song
So technically it can’t be wrong
This is not a feminist song
I feel like we’ve been singing so long
Our ancestors they fought for us so they deserve a song
But this is not that song so move along

Now here’s some powerful footage for a song we did not write
It’s Malala, Maya Angelou, and Madeline Albright
And RBG she taught me that women can be strong
And that women have the right to choose to bail on this whole song
yeah
And that’s why

This is not a feminist song
We’re just women singing a song
But doesn’t that make it a feminist song?
I guess this was feminist all along

This is a feminist song
Tweet and hashtag #feministsong
Where are the men in this feminist song?
An excellent point now move along
Cause’ now it’s time for you at home to weigh in on this song
And tell us if we handled it all wrong
It’s a tough and tricky land mine of a song

Sorry for any errors in these 🙃

[vanessajdiana]

All the anti-feminists are so triggered I'm laughing

[scottstephen]

Aidy Bryant actually has a really good singing voice.

[Vervainandrue]

I'm a feminist and I think this is hysterical. And I'm impressed that I read an entire page of comments and there were no trolls calling women all kinds of hateful names, which is a total rarity in Youtubeland. I'm not going to read any more. I'm going to quit while I'm ahead.

[secretsanta]

1:58 Rest in Power. "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." - RBG

[LM]

Lol I don't see why this was seen as controversial? I'm a feminist and I'm certainly not offended by this. All it's saying is that feminism is complicated and women will often be criticized for attempting to write a feminist song. And it sounds pretty good too!

[kittythadoll]

I like how even though Ari was the guest star she didn't overpower anyone!

[foodwithsoy]

I didn't realize how strong women could be until I saw my Mom become a single mother of 6, getting breast cancer, surviving cancer, and never forgetting to put us first. I don't know how you can get stronger than the LOVE that women can show.

[jaclynmerriman]

My 5 year old son is singing “this is not a vitamin song” lol

[faeganmara]

This was published 3 years ago ?? Why is it in my recommendations??