As the world’s spotlight shines on Taylor Swift’s recent pop album 1989‚ people tend to bypass the record that helped paved her success. Swift’s 2012 album Red set the stage for her transition into a pop artist. The album smashed chart records‚ earning Taylor her third No.1 album on Billboard’s Top 200. With her first self-titled debut and her 2008 album Fearless‚ she became known for her confessional songwriting skills. Then came Speak Now‚ combinations of the two previous albums with ballads of
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In a time of violence and revolutions‚ there are a many controversial topics to write about. Voltaire and Olaudah Equiano wrote about many of these topics‚ and put their beliefs into stories. Voltaire and Olaudah Equiano were two very influential writers during the 1700’s. Their ideas and beliefs challenged normal actions of people at the time. These authors came from very different backgrounds. The experiences they faced throughout their lives helped shaped the ideas and beliefs they portrayed in
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Compare and contrast the political beliefs of Voltaire‚ Rousseau and Montesquieu. November 10‚ 2013 AP European History During the eighteenth century‚ ideas came into place that economic improvement and political reform were possible. This movement of ideas was called the Enlightenment. Inspired by the scientific revolution‚ the Enlightenment led people to challenge the Church authority and the traditional intellectual authority. Enlightened people believed in a commercial society
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beauty and marriage. She was dedicated to advocating better opportunities for females. Additionally‚ in his writings‚ French philosophe Voltaire was attentive to the corruption that ran through the veins of society.
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Here’s something that has been bugging me a bit recently‚ the idea that Taylor Swift is anti-feminist or that her songs present femininity in a negative light and she’s doing more harm than good. It’s usually what you hear before they say that she doesn’t write her own music (first problem with that‚ she does actually write her own songs‚ secondly a lot of others don’t) and that she dates a lot of guys (because attempts at actual relationships are somehow worse than musicians that have gone on
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The Taylor Swift / Apple Music ad campaign‚ first released on April 1st‚ consists of various commercials featuring the award-winning singer. The first ad features Swift preparing for a jog on her treadmill. She puts on headphones and uses her phone to turn on the song “Jumpman” by Drake and Future. The rap song begins to play as she starts her run‚ and Swift begins to rap the song enthusiastically. With her arms flailing‚ she raps her way through half of the first verse. In mid-stride‚ she falls
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The two prime examples that shall be mentioned are the philosophers Voltaire and Jean Jacques Rousseau. The philosophies of both of these men were known for bringing the earth out of the Dark ages and into the Enlightenment. Therefore‚ one might assume that these humanistic thinkers would place the highest amount of respect onto the human understanding of morality and goodness. Confusingly‚ they did and they did not. Voltaire and Rousseau
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Unfortunately‚ Voltaire ideas had flaws as well. Freedom of speech was merely intended for those whose voice count‚ the middle class. Voltaire fought for the political and legislative rights that the aristocrats denied to the rising bourgeoisie. He wanted to change the laws that hinder the development and prosperity of the middle class. He was not interested in fighting poverty nor making laborers more deserving of social improvements or financial opportunities to flourish economically as well
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Venus Ortega Awndrea Caves WRT 101 Rough Draft Essay #1 11 September 2012 Swift Pick in the Milk? Taylor Swift! Taylor Swift! Mom‚ look its Taylor Swift! I want a glass of milk like the one she has! Imagine hearing that as a teenager or preteen girl is flipping through a magazine. The milk industry has definitely evolved their marketing techniques over the last few years. In the 50’s‚ 60’s‚ and even in the 70’s‚ all you would see in a milk ad were secluded country farms with rolling green
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Ask any pre-pubescent child who Taylor Swift is and undoubtedly they will give you a lengthy explanation of the country sweetheart and her list of infamous exes. It’s no question to anyone who’s heard her aw-shucks-country kind of sound on the radio what the twenty year-old likes to sing about: Boys‚ boys‚ and boys. Your best friend doesn’t love you? You’re just a plain old Jane? There’s probably a Taylor Swift song for that. “Speak Now” the country singer tells her fans‚ a mob of young girls who’d
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