Back in the day (like just a few years ago, really), my grandmother used to get such a kick out of six-year-old me singing along to the George Thorogood classic-rock banger “Bad to the Bone” in my best raspy manly-man voice because, in her eyes, nothing was funnier than her very good girl aping a very bad boy who breaks women’s hearts and convinces them to commit crimes. Of course, if she thought that was funny, she’d probably have a different reaction now that it’s been made super clear that the song is actually a pro-circumcision anthem.
the controversy about the true meaning of “bad to the bone” continues to rage ….. pic.twitter.com/ZaoexO09bT
— Patricia Lockwood (@TriciaLockwood) July 17, 2019
Who’s laughing now, grandma?
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Magdalene Taylor
Magdalene Taylor is a staff writer at MEL. She covers internet culture, sex and the online adult industry. She lives in Brooklyn but is from God's Country, Western Massachusetts.
