All About That Bass is not a healthy body message. It’s messed up and I hate it! I I would be happy never to hear that stupid song again.

The first time I caught Meghan Trainor’s catchy, little video on MTV I thought it was a fun song about a girl who loves her body. I liked the song. It had a good beat and it was easy to dance to! Then I heard it again and this time I listened to the lyrics. Ugh! What crap!

Now it’s become an anthem for foolish women.

Girls and women have embraced it as a “positive message about female bodies.” It gets a lot of airplay. I never want to hear it again. It’s silly, insidious and the message is a bad message. It’s not about self love or acceptance. In fact she compares herself negatively to the “skinny bitches” until her mother reveals the reason why bigger body is better.

No, I don’t have trouble with the song because it’s about a “big” girl loving her body. It’s why she loves her body that makes me think that it’s not a good message.

Because you know

I’m all about that bass

‘Bout that bass, no treble

I’m all about that bass

‘Bout that bass, no treble

I’m all about that bass

‘Bout that bass, no treble

I’m all about that bass

‘Bout that bass

So far, so good, but let’s find out why she’s all about that bass? It’s not because her “bass” body is strong and healthy.

Yeah, it’s pretty clear, I ain’t no size two

But I can shake it, shake it

Like I’m supposed to do

‘Cause I got that boom boom that all the boys chase

And all the right junk in all the right places

It’s because she can shake it and she’s got that boom boom that all the boys chase. She has all the right junk in all the right places (apparently to make the boys chase her while she shakes it.)

She goes on to suggest that she was worried about her “bass body” but…

Yeah my mama she told me don’t worry about your size

She says, “Boys like a little more booty to hold at night.”

You know I won’t be no stick figure silicone Barbie doll

So if that’s what you’re into then go ahead and move along

Really? This is a song about a healthy body image?

I’m not getting that from the lyrics even though she’s accepting her size it’s only because the boys like it. It sounds like the same old crap that women have accepted for far too long.

“Your body is only as good as the boys think it is.”

Yes, I know she tells “skinny bitches”….

I’m bringing booty back

Go ahead and tell them skinny bitches that

No I’m just playing. I know you think you’re fat

But I’m here to tell ya

Every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top

She’s saying “every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top,” isn’t that positive? Yes, that’s positive but when you put it into the context of the song it loses its positivity!

If I were looking for the Female Body Image anthem it would not be All About that Bass. That’s a fun (although overplayed to the point that I’m sick of it!) song to dance to but the message is not positive.

My pick would be India.Arie’s song, Video!