On one level, Lily Allen's song 'Hard Out Here' is clearly a sassy reposte to intellectuals like Robin Thicke (see post from long ago) who think it's OK to sing about women as adoring sex objects.
However, the problem for me is that while you could argue women using the word 'bitch' is empowering and reclaiming the language, just like rappers using the n-word, the problem here is that she is surrounded by scantily-clad women shaking their bits. Can you protest against sexual objectification while using the same methods to sell records? I'm not sure and so in the spirit of research, I'll just have to watch it again. And again. And again. At least half of those YouTube clicks are mine.