The latest issue of Bust magazine, a publication whose byline reads “for women with something to get off their chests” is one dealing almost entirely with the theme of independence.
This issue has interviews with the likes of no-nonsense women Pam Grier and Kelly Osbourne and also features articles on how to be your own boss, life on a feminist commune and includes essays written by women dealing with the question of where independence really comes from.
The sassy, witty and intelligent Bust brings up interesting issues relating to females in 2004 that want to make the new year an empowering one. Where does female independence really come from? Questions such as these may never be answered.
Enter Sa-Sa-Sa-Samantha Fox, liberator for all women and role model for up and coming feminist activists. Even actress Juliette Lewis confessed that Samantha Fox made her want to become a feminist. “But even then, that was me at twelve,” she said.
After being discovered by the Sun newspaper in London, England at the age of 16, Samantha worked as a topless model before her singing career took off. Fox proved to be a success in the British recording industry and before long had a number of hit songs to her credit.
Having proven that former nudie newspaper models can be hit artists, Fox defied all expectations by exporting her talents to the United States, where she enjoyed even greater chart success with three Top 10 hits including “Naughty Girls,” recorded with Full Force.
One of these hit songs, “I Wanna Have Some Fun,” in the decades to come would influence the lives of women everywhere. Its flashy music video and British pop-girl vocals led many to overlook its interesting thoughts concerning female independence. Careful studies of its powerful lyrics show the song to be an unwavering battle cry to repressed females everywhere.
Who knew that the forgotten poetry of a late ’80s visionary could be so relevant to young women in 2004?
Are you a young woman eager to gain independence from a boyfriend, parents or unrealistic expectations? Have no fear. Solace can be found in the tender words of Samantha Fox’s “I Wanna Have Some Fun.” Herein is the argument that produced such a stunning piece of pop history: “It’s like, why you crazy boyfriends always gotta keep a big-breasted British girl from going out and having some fun?”
Fox’s argument has fueled quite a generation of females bent on independence. The important social commentary found in her hit song comfortably targets a burgeoning subculture of naughty girls starved for love and meaning in their lives.
What many women don’t realize is that this absence of meaning can be found in “I Wanna Have Some Fun.” In 2004, when other things seem cloudy, females can rely on one song to be crystal clear and offer great advice for the new year. Four pieces in particular:
1. Develop the need to have some fun.
This can happen gradually or spontaneously. However, the sooner the better and the more fun to be had. “I am sad, and shaking my bottom irrespective of what any man says will make me happy. Not just for a few minutes or an hour. All night long!” Nurturing a playful spirit is the first step to coming into your own as a woman.
2. Call your crew.
“I know what to do – I think I’ll call my crew/Of course, I love you – but naughty girls need fun too.” With lyrics like these Samantha Fox battered down the walls of repression for naughty club girls who, like Jenny from Forest Gump, simply want God to make them a bird so that they can fly far far away. Possessing a “crew” can greatly aid in your flying away.
Simply put, in a gang of naughty girls, one can be as naughty as they wanna be. And naughty is very nice, is it not?
3. Move your body all night long.
I think it can be assumed, judging solely from her most important musical performance in her hit song “I Wanna Have Some Fun,” that Samantha Fox’s ideas about the female need for independence and sense of identity surround gyrating and moving one’s body all night long.
While moving the body and pushing the tush on the dance floor, one can get into a zone of dance fever. This fever may elicit certain feelings of lowered self-worth, self-doubt and confusion (all issues dealing with female identity).
At first, the wicked beats of the pop music go at a pace and volume fast and deafening. Towards the end of the night, the dance floor empties and things begin to move in slow motion as one continues to push their tush to the beat with only one thought going through their head, “Who am I?” followed by the common “Where do I belong?” Weak thoughts such as those can diminish one’s naughty club girl aura. Who needs that sort of psychology when you’ve got a cute cell-phone salesman with a GED dancing with you?
Samantha Fox’s distinctly feminine wish to simply “have some fun, move my body all night long” in the song not only involves the obvious moving ones body all night long, but is a great form of exercise which numerous studies in the past several decades have indicated has antidepressant effects.
Fox’s ingenious lyrics suggest this very medical discovery – that having fun and moving all night long go hand in hand like magenta lipstick and hairspray.
4. When in doubt, giggle with a botox-like enthusiasm.
Many naughty club girl babes feel that their parental units and a plethora of others just don’t get them. And heck, trying to figure oneself out is time consuming, requires watching Oprah Winfrey’s television show and generally takes too much brain power.
One fabulous alternative to pushing one’s brain activity to its limits is the giggle. Its name may make it sound complicated and unnatural, but in reality, it calls for little exertion on the part of the brain and is totally natural.
Opening ones mouth just so slightly that only a small amount of air can enter the esophagus without moving any facial muscles whatsoever should accompany apprehensive but wholehearted laughter. Laughing ones breast implants off will surely do the trick. Like Samantha comments in the opening lines of “I Wanna Have Some Fun,” hey, “maybe that could be fun.” Te he he he. Te he he. He he.
In 2004 the number of opportunities are limitless for women who want to take control of their futures and become more independent. Remember, if Samantha Fox could go from being a topless newspaper model to becoming a full fledged pop star in Britain and the United States, the world is your acid-washed jean jacket – ready for you to apply plastic gems, puffy paint and metal studs – making the results truly spectacular.

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