Jenna Marbles? Just a Joke or Just Not Okay?

One of the most popular entertainers on YouTube goes by the name of Jenna Marbles.  She posts weekly updates on everything from what is going on in her life to biting social commentary to ridiculous stunts.  A lot of what she says is said in a very light-hearted and sarcastic tone, making it seem like a joke, but some of the things that she says are still pretty offensive.  Before thinking about it, I thought that her videos were hilarious, pointing out common things that happen in life and pointing out their absurdity.  One example of this is her rant on women who dress up to go to the airport.  It just seems silly to me why anyone would need to be in their best clothes while traveling and I enjoyed her witty commentary.

But some of the things that Jenna Marbles says are a little bit more controversial.  For example in her video entitled "What Hip Hop Taught Me," she goes through several songs and says what she has learned from them.  She says that although she acknowledges that rap and hip hop music do glorify drugs, killing, money, and misogyny, they do have some important messages.  One of the lines she references is "Bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks."  This is obviously extremely offensive and degrading towards women, reducing women to sexual objects.  Jenna's comments on this are "So by default, if you are not a bitch to begin with, that doesn't really apply to you.  So you're good!"  which undermines the whole point.  Misogyny is not going to go away unless women acknowledge that these songs aren't just about "some bitch;" they're referring to all women.

Later on Jenna Marbles goes on to describe other, more ridiculous lyrics such as Ace Hood's "Say I maybe gave a damn but I never gave a fuck" and points out how absurd it is for "damns" and "fucks" to be completely different things.  She also points out how Pitbull cleverly (I'm being sarcastic here) chooses to rhyme "Kodak" with "Kodak" in one of his songs.

Given the joking nature of the rest of her video, I'm inclined to think that she doesn't take the messages that rap songs send that women are purely for sexual pleasure seriously.  But I honestly can't really tell. She has never made a video stating that she's a feminist and uses the words "whore" and "slut" quite often in her other videos.  I'm still undecided on whether Jenna Marbles is funny, or just plain offensive.