Talk:Cornflake Girl

Fair use rationale for Image:Cornflake girl.jpg
Image:Cornflake girl.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 21:28, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Meaning?
Was it the Jukebox magazine article that sourced the claim of the song being about clitoridectomy, or did it only source the claim of cornflakes and raisins being terms for cliques? Because however I interpret the lyrics myself, I can't find anything that could be a reference to clitoridectomy or other female genital cutting. Unless "peel out the watchword" is some sort of code for the removal of the clitoris; but I don't see where the actual clue for that lies. I never would have thought it if this article's statement that Cornflower Girl was about clitoridectomy hadn't primed me to look for any connection; it may well be a false positive.

In fact, the only thing about the song that seems to have anything to do with the alleged subject matter is the word "cornflake"; John Harvey Kellogg, an American entrepreneur, doctor, and anti-masturbation crusader, did more than any other individual to push routine infant circumcision of males in the United States. He was also the inventor of cornflakes. So "cornflake" can be used as a code word for masturbation, or possibly a code word for the inability to or lack of desire to masturbate.

Are there any other sources for this claim? Because claiming this song is about clitoridectomy seems like it should require a better source than an article no one can read. Kasreyn 06:29, 3 September 2007 (UTC)
 * Never mind. Just found a superior source.  Kasreyn 06:31, 3 September 2007 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Cornflake girl.jpg
Image:Cornflake girl.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images lacking such an explanation can be deleted one week after being tagged, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.

BetacommandBot (talk) 06:32, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

Genre
why is this a pop song? seems like a rock piece to me. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.118.45.2 (talk) 10:37, 14 December 2009 (UTC)


 * Firstly, I'm sorry for not signing before. Secondly, I found that on "03:57, 26 February 2009 76.209.123.126" changed the genre from Alternative rock to Pop. I will now revert this on the article itself. 192.118.45.2 (talk) 11:48, 14 December 2009 (UTC)

Original Use?
Should the item about the use of the lyric 'Cornflake Girl' by Billy Bragg be under the Covers section? It's not a cover and was actually released BEFORE the Tori song was released. Therefore it is probably an earlier and the original use of the phrase, not a cover — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phantom221 (talk • contribs) 09:59, 11 May 2015 (UTC)
 * I think it should go in the 'Inspiration and meaning' section. I think it's likely that Tori would have been aware of the Billy Bragg album, as she was based in the UK around/before 'Little Earthquakes' was released, whether or not it was a direct inspiration for the song.  I'm going to move it there.Nqr9 (talk) 22:36, 25 October 2015 (UTC)