Bulldog Q&A: Twerking —are you for or against it?

IMG_0484 “I like to make fun of it. It’s entertaining when people parody it. It can be appropriate. Overall, I’m for it.” –Amanda Taylor, junior marketing major.

 

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“I’m for it. I think if it’s in the right setting used in the proper way, it’s acceptable behavior. I’m not necessarily a twerker myself, but I have no animosity toward those who twerk.”—Vanessa Barr, junior musical theatre BFA.

 

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“I’m against it. It has bad cultural references. I don’t participate in that kind of thing. The stuff on the VMAs was very, very much out there. I don’t dance.”—Dani Sackett (L) , senior environmental science major.

“From what I understand, it’s kind of a cultural phenomenon happening in the African American community that’s been around for the last 20 years. I’m against it with its current context, with it as a fad.”—Ryan Johnson, senior musical theory and composition major.

 

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“Oh, yeah, I’m for it. I think it’s funny how people try and do it, but they can’t even do it. It’s funny, so it’s entertaining.”—Misrak Teka, freshman.

 

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“I’m kind of against it, especially after the whole Miley thing. It just shows girls in not necessarily the most . . . it just doesn’t look like girls have a lot of value to themselves when they do it.”—Mikaela Krampotich, freshman vocal education major.

 

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“I wouldn’t personally do it, but one of my friends in high school would always stop and do it in the halls. It was funny. I wouldn’t do it, but I’m not going to throw down a fight if someone else does.”—Jesse Berg, freshman biology major.

 

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“I’m against it. I just feel like it’s really weird movement. It’s abnormal.”—Erica Epsen, freshman elementary education major.

 

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“It depends on the setting. It just has to be in the right setting for it. There’s a right place and a wrong place for everything, and you could ruin something by doing it in the wrong place.”—Cody McDonald, transfer student mechanical engineering major.

 

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“I’m for it ‘cause Miley does it.”—Zach Jones, sophomore exercise science major.

 

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“After Miley, I’m going to have to say I’m against it. My good old family taught some values.”—Lauren Schulke, sophomore acting BFA.

 

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“I think twerking is a form of expression. If people want to twerk, I don’t care. They can do whatever they want. Sometimes I feel like twerking, but I don’t know how so I stop.”—Jared Walz, sophomore acting BFA.

 

BY MAEGGIE LICHT licht096@d.umn.edu

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