Britney Spears: "F.U.C.K. Me"

Posted by Tana Ganeva, AlterNet at 11:11 AM on March 15, 2009.

The video for Britney Spears’ controversial single "If You Seek Amy" just premiered. If you’re interested in why the PTC freaked out when the song was originally released, say the title really fast (preferably loudly, with your easily-scandalized grandmother or pastor in the room.)

The clever disguise, however, did not fool the discerning culture warriors at the Parents Television Council.

Said the eagle-eyed Tim Winter, President of PTC:

"This may sound Yogi Berra-ish, but Britney’s song is a double-entendre with only one meaning.  There is no misinterpreting the lyrics to this song; and it’s certainly not about a girl named Amy."

There doesn’t appear to be a girl named Amy in the video either, which adds credence to Winter's astute observation. Instead, the video features some very attractive, very thin people assembling their clothes post-orgy and some standard (and awesome) Britney-gyrating/hair-flinging/boob-spilling. Really, the PTC should reconsider their stance: where else will kids learn such useful lessons about orgy etiquette, or the polite way to ask strangers to have one night stands with you? Oh yeah, probably their junior high school cafeteria.

Anyway, in a recent article Frank Rich noted that now that Americans have real problems -- e.g. the tanking economy, two wars, etc. -- moral scolds like the PTC will no longer command the type of public attention they once did. Rich points out that Obama overturned the global gag rule and the ban on stem cell research without too much crying from conservative quarters. And, last year a court threw out the fine leveled at CBS for the ”wardrobe-malfunction-gate” – if you remember that whole thing, the FCC acted after much hair pulling and letter writing by assholes like the PTC ( and if you think it’s unfair to call the PTC assholes, remember: by focusing attention on indecency -- things like boobs -- organizations like the PTC distract the public from real media issues and allow the FCC to do things like eviscerate media ownership regulations).

And really, there hasn’t been TOO much controversy swirling around the Britney Spears video, except of course the kind being generated by news organizations excited about the traffic potential of headlines that contain “Britney Spears” and “F.U.C.K Me” ... Here's the video. Enjoy!

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