Christina Aguilera ‘Can’t Hold Us Down’ – Female Empowerment, Yeah: Repeat Rotation Video

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I’m going back a few years for today’s Repeat Rotation Video, but I’m in a Christina Aguilera mood and her awesome track ‘Can’t Hold Us Down‘ with Lil Kim seemed perfect for that.

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Can’t Hold Us Down‘ is from Aguilera’s 2002 album ‘Stripped‘, the first ‘grown up’ album she released and one of her best, in my opinion. It’s a feminist song, in that Christina is decrying the double standards we women always live under:

So, what am I not supposed to have an opinion
Should I keep quiet just because I’m a woman
Call me a bitch ’cause I speak what’s on my mind
Guess it’s easier for you to swallow if I sat and smiled

and

If you look back in history
It’s a common double standard of society
The guy gets all the glory, the more he can score
While the girl can do the same and yet you call her a whore

Yep, that about says it.

Listen to Christina Aguilera’s ‘Can’t Hold Us Down’ featuring Lil Kim below. It’s the album version, which I like better than the official video version. And it’s a great song if you’re into female empowerment which, frankly, if you’re not, why not?

Michelle Topham