7. Defined Lines Zoe Ellwood, Olivia Lubbock & Adelaide Dunn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC1XtnLRLPM Whether you love it or hate it, this song has been literally impossible to avoid since its release in March. Now named the biggest selling single of 2013, 'Blurred Lines' caused so much controversy that it led to several students' unions banning it from their campuses. Critics claimed that the lyrics referred to having sex without consent and could be considered 'rapey', however Robin Thicke insisted that the lyrics were about his wife and that she is his 'good girl'... Still a little creepy. The video caused a whole other storm of controversy as it featured Thicke and collaborators Pharrell Williams and T.I prancing around in front of a wall with three topless models. Naturally the ruckus surrounding the lyrics and the video, combined with Thicke's inflated ego and caricatural sleaziness, attracted a whole storm of parodies and alternative YouTube versions. There was one in particular that really hit back at the issues raised by critics and was carried out in a clever and satirical way. This is the feminist parody called 'Defined Lines' by Zoe Ellwood, Olivia Lubbock & Adelaide Dunn of the Auckland Law Revue. The parody sees the girls take on the roles of Thicke, Pharrell and T.I and change the lyrics to criticise the prominence of misogyny in popular culture.