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    SOCIETY AND CULTURE ‘TO WHAT EXTENT DOES THE MUSIC INDUSTRY SEXUALISE YOUNG WOMEN?’ Sexualisation is a way that mass media‚ celebrities or advertising can make young or old people‚ especially young girls‚ become more provocative in the way that they speak‚ dress and behave (BBC network‚ 2014). It can also force people to change in character‚ which is a growing concern. Sexualisation in our society has become extremely prevalent within the younger female gender. Some may dismiss this

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    Gangs are portrayed on TV and in the movies as if they are totally evil‚ but in reality there are more positive aspects that are not shown. The media only shows gangs involved with drugs and the violence‚ and as a result the media has scared many people into believing that gangs will take over our cities if we do not stop them. The movie Colors and the TV show American Justice overwhelmingly portrays gangs as bad. The movie Colors displays the bad things in gangs like how easy it could be to join

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    alternative-rock band called MUSE. Uprising comes from their fifth studio album ‘The Resistance’ and was released in September 2009. The music video that accompanies the song was directed by Sam Stephens and John Hobs. The main story or meaning of the song was inspired by the 2009‚ G20 protesting in London. The lead vocalist of the band‚ Matt Bellamy‚ commented in a ‘German Music’ interview that the lyrics were based around a book he was reading at the time which discussed the possible existence of a higher

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    the music world. Music has a way with influencing its listeners‚ and many may argue that for some music types‚ this is a bad thing‚ especially for black women. Even with many new genres arising from the contemporary music scene ‚ hip-hop has maintained it’s leading popularity. In Jennifer McLune’s “Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women”‚ Hip-Hop is portrayed as a negative contender in the advocacy of female activism. Through the argument in this article‚ it can be understood that hip-Hop music more

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    euthanasia = a case of letting die. Those who deny euthanasia as a necessary law believe life is one worth living until the end‚ however‚ someone in a bed suffering cannot accomplish the value of living. In the documentary “ How to die in Oregon”‚ Roger Sager got over the counter dignity pills that would make him undergo a coma and die. “ These medications wouldn’t only kill me‚ but they will make me happy” he says. Although these people are

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    William Thornhill grew up in the extreme poverty of South London. After getting caught stealing wood to feed his family‚ he is sentenced to hang. Sal‚ his wife‚ saves him by getting him expatriated to Australia. When Thornhill arrives in New South Wales‚ he works his way into buying his freedom and claims a piece of land up the Hawkesbury river. It is later brought to light that the land he “owns” does not in fact belong to him completely‚ as it is already inhabited by an Aboriginal tribe. Grenville

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    "Be not discouraged Black women of the world‚ but push forward‚ regardless of the lack of appreciation shown you." (Amy Jacques-Garvey) Women for a very long time in human history‚ were treated like nothing‚ less than an animal. Women weren’t given any chance for individual acknowledgments and the ability to have aspirations. When freedom for white women came to be‚ they left Black women in the background to struggle and fight for themselves. Years later‚ Black women are still pushing through the

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    The black population has fought hard to get where they are in today’s society in terms of their courage‚ beliefs and faith to accomplish what they have done in the fields of politics and music. They have been affective in the field of politics by having leaders such as Dr. Martin Luther king Jr.‚ Malcolm x and Nelson Mandela lead them to a civil right society where everyone was treated equally. And they have also been part of the revolution of music in terms of how many categories they have invented

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    African American women have struggled to deflate images that promote sexual exploitation through the participation in feminist movements and the creation of the womanist movement. However‚ in contemporary American society‚ black women in popular culture have embraced what was once considered a curse. Their acceptance of this image‚ a direct example of social reproduction and internalized oppression‚ has resurrected a skewed vision of black womanhood. Hence‚ despite feminist and black womanist movements

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    Aslan was willing to die for the redemption of Edmund‚ who had been betrayed‚ similarly Jesus willing to die for saving people. When Aslan was walking toward death‚ Susan and Lucy accompanied him‚ just as Jesus before he been crucified‚ and several women followed him far away. “‘Stop!’ said the Witch. ‘Let him first be shaved.’ … Snip-Snip-snip went the shears and masses of curling gold began to fall to the ground.” (C.S. Lewis‚ 1970‚ pg. 168). In Matthew 26:65-68‚ “Then the high priest tore his clothes

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