Sal Cinquemani of Slant Magazine wrote , Perry 's `` lead single ' I Kissed a Girl ' features a throbbing beat and an infectious , bi-curious hook , but its self-satisfied , in-your-face posturing rings phony in comparison to the expertly constructed ambiguities of ` Justify My Love ' or practically anything in the first decade of Ani DiFranco 's catalogue ; it 's like a tween version of DiFranco 's tortured bisexual confession ` Light of Some Kind . ' ''
Sal Cinquemani of Slant magazine wrote , Perry 's `` lead single ' I Kissed a Girl ' features a throbbing beat and an infectious , bi-curious hook , but its self-satisfied , in-your-face posturing rings phony in comparison to the expertly constructed ambiguities of ` Justify My Love ' or practically anything in the first decade of Ani DiFranco 's catalog ; it 's like a tween version of DiFranco 's tortured bisexual confession ` Light of Some Kind ' '' .