美国国家公共电台 NPR 'Thunder Thighs': The Summer Anthem That Celebrates Every Woman

 

LULU GARCIA-NAVARRO, HOST:

And now for a cool summer jam.

SHANTHONY EXUM: Hi. My name is Shanthony Exum. I'm a multimedia¹ artist based out of Brooklyn, N.Y.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THUNDER THIGHS²")

MISS EAVES: (Singing) Chub rub. The day is just heating up. So what? These boy shorts are inching up.

EXUM: "Thunder Thighs" is the track that I actually wrote about my own thighs. I've had a curvy body for my whole life. And a lot of the things I talked about in "Thunder Thighs," such as, like, wearing mom jeans or, like, having your thighs touch and, like, rub together - these are things that I've experienced my whole life. So this is really just about art reflecting reality.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THUNDER THIGHS")

MISS EAVES: (Singing) Big butt³. These pants are tight enough. High cut - want them to cover my gut⁴. Mom jeans all day - why you mad, though?

EXUM: The video - I approached my friend April Maxey. And she's the co-director of the video. And we wanted to make a video that was very body-positive and, like, representative of plus-size people. There's people of color. There's queer people. We just want to show, like, everyone enjoying their body, having fun in the summer.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THUNDER THIGHS")

MISS EAVES: (Singing) Thunder thighs. Thunder, thunder thighs.

EXUM: It opens with a young girl sitting on my stoop with two of my friends. And then it's just a montage of images of women of all body types celebrating their bodies, having fun in the summer. We all went in this, like, huge mob scene where we just walked like a huge girl gang to a basketball court. And then we formed a big dance circle, and we broke it down there.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THUNDER THIGHS")

MISS EAVES: (Singing) Boom clack. They smack⁵ when I stride.

EXUM: At one point in the music video, an older woman just rips off her sweater, and she just reveals her wearing this crop-top shirt without a bra. And she's just really shaking it and living her life and just having a great time. I just told her to wear something colorful. She decided⁶ to come without a bra. I'm really glad that she did 'cause I really love that scene.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THUNDER THIGHS")

MISS EAVES: (Singing) Chub rub. It's hot - thighs going to touch. Chub rub. It's hot, but I'm not bothered. Thick thighs, sun dress - I'm looking good.

EXUM: I've gotten a lot of messages from people who didn't know about me before that were like, I'm buying shorts for the first time. I'm buying my first sun dress. I'm now feeling comfortable in my body to wear things that I felt that I wasn't allowed to wear. And I was really excited about that.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THUNDER THIGHS")

MISS EAVES: (Singing) Thunder thighs...

GARCIA-NAVARRO: That was Shanthony Exum, also known as Miss Eaves. Her new album, "Feminasty," comes out on August 4.

(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THUNDER THIGHS")

MISS EAVES: (Singing) Thighs thick - thighs juicy. Don't be jealy when my thighs shake. Oowee.

1 multimedia   

adj.多种手段的，多媒体的；n.多媒体

参考例句：

• Multimedia is the combination of computer and video technology.多媒体是计算机和视频技术的结合。
• Adam raised the issue of multimedia applications and much useful discussion ensued.亚当提出了多媒体应用的问题，从而引发了许多有益的讨论。

2 thighs   

n.股，大腿( thigh的名词复数 )；食用的鸡（等的）腿

参考例句：

• He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 butt   

n.笑柄；烟蒂；枪托；臀部；v.用头撞或顶

参考例句：

• The water butt catches the overflow from this pipe.大水桶盛接管子里流出的东西。
• He was the butt of their jokes.他是他们的笑柄。

4 gut   

n.[pl.]胆量；内脏；adj.本能的；vt.取出内脏

参考例句：

• It is not always necessary to gut the fish prior to freezing.冷冻鱼之前并不总是需要先把内脏掏空。
• My immediate gut feeling was to refuse.我本能的直接反应是拒绝。

5 smack   

vt.拍，打，掴；咂嘴；vi.含有…意味；n.拍

参考例句：

• She gave him a smack on the face.她打了他一个嘴巴。
• I gave the fly a smack with the magazine.我用杂志拍了一下苍蝇。

6 decided   

adj.决定了的，坚决的；明显的，明确的

参考例句：

• This gave them a decided advantage over their opponents.这使他们比对手具有明显的优势。
• There is a decided difference between British and Chinese way of greeting.英国人和中国人打招呼的方式有很明显的区别。