Jennifer Lopez has a feminist awakening in 'Ain't Your Mama' video

Kill the patriarchy! Or at least, you know, dance around it.
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Hillary Busis
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Jennifer Lopez has a feminist awakening in 'Ain't Your Mama' video
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Unless your name happens to be Emme Maribel Muñiz or Maximilian David Muñiz, Jennifer Lopez is not your mama.

The singer drives that point home several times in the music video for her latest single, a clip from the rah-rah school of feminism that casts Lopez as a '50s housewife, a put-upon Joan Holloway-esque secretary, a Rosie the Riveter figure, a rad '80s businesswoman, and an angry, Howard Beale-channeling news anchor -- who urges the rest of the Lopezes to rise up against their male oppressors.

Or at least to, you know, dance around and mess up their sh*t.

The song is expected to appear on Lopez's upcoming ninth studio album, which doesn't yet have a name or a release date.

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Hillary Busis

Hillary Busis was Mashable's Deputy Entertainment Editor. Her coverage focused on the film and television industry. A graduate of Columbia, Hillary previously worked as a digital news editor at Entertainment Weekly, where she also cohosted a weekly show on EW's Sirius XM Radio channel. Her work has been featured in Vulture, Slate and the Wall Street Journal, among other publications, and she's also appeared as a guest on the 'Today' show and HuffPost Live.


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