The New York Times had a great profile piece on Nicki Minaj titled "The Passion Of Nicki Minaj", written by Vanessa Grigoriadis. Nicki opened up about her tough childhood, attending a top performing arts school, her hard beginnings as a rap artist, and having to be a "boss ass b*tch" to get respect in an industry that promotes a misogynist culture. And lastly her finding her own independence and success outside of a relationship. The profile was a nice read and had great insight into Nicki's career, so in case you've missed it I took the liberty to highlight the best parts for you below!…
The purpose of this argument is for the writer, Nisey Williams, to state why she does not want to bring a child into a sex filled culture of so called “idols” like Britney Spears. She helps to achieve the argument that parents really need to be more aware of what enters our children’s minds. Williams gives evidence that these music icons are selling sex instead of music though the revealing clothing that they wear.…
All in all, the speaker explained the concept of revenge porn and its legal, social, and academic consequences clearly and persuade the audience to pay much more attention to this topic effectively; however, the weaknesses of this speech still exist. First of all, although the speaker prepared a very organized PowerPoint, the screen size was so small that the audience who seated at the back could not see it clearly. And as I mentioned previously, adding those extra chairs also contributed to the distraction of that speech. Other than that, when the speaker talked about the legal consequences of revenge porn, she only covered one revenge porn situation that should be punished; however, in the real life, there were many different situations could…
In the article called “In Praise Of The F Word” the author Mary Sherry talks about how students get moved up a grade without doing any of the class assignments and still pass the class and when the student gets placed into their upper class he or she have a hard time understanding the lectures and homework due to them not receiving the proper lessons to prepare them into going to their new higher level…
The physical attractiveness factor in here is due to it is a product that you use to make yourself feel better about yourself. She should look and feel good about herself so that she can sell her products. If you have someone who don’t take care of themselves trying to sell you a product about looking good you really aren’t going to buy that because they don’t look that great. Now when you have someone who looks good and uses a product them usually you are more willing to buy their product. Physical attractiveness is all around us. In today’s society we are supposed to look a certain way and act a certain way it isn’t right. I think that she used the cosmetic surgery to feel better about herself and then went and built a business around feeling better and trying to sell a product about beauty.…
Intended for the enjoyment of the present-day youth generation, the 2007 comedy film Knocked Up deals with more than just comedic issues. Technically introduced as a romantic comedy, this film serves more to its comedic orientation. With awkward romance and stoner mannerisms, the laughs are plentiful for the intentional audience of Knocked Up. However, as the audience is served its fill of laughter, issues are presented that rarely grace the silver screen. The director of this film, Judd Apatow, utilizes his dominion and influence over the audience to introduce the dominant ideology of Knocked Up. As seen in his previous film, The 40 Year Old Virgin, it is evident that the good guy can get the girl and in doing so may come along some unexpected complications. Apatow’s use of comedy in this media context to present such complications leads the audience to conclude that they too should adapt to his alternative approach to unplanned pregnancies in this present day.…
On March 18, 2013, Beyonce Knowles-Carter leaked a song called “Bow Down,” where she instructed all of her competitors to bow down before her. In her estimation, there was no competition, she was aware of it, and anybody practicing in her arena was aware of it too. More importantly, her legion of adoring fans knew it as well. The song leak served as a stark contrast to what Beyonce had recently become known for releasing. Instead of the ballads of romance, anthems of girl power, unity and triumph, or the militaristic pronunciation of confidence and ego, this track releases scathing criticism and pompous boast over all of her contemporaries. The deviance from what normally typifies Beyonce’s sound and message did not extend to her fan base; this is to say that the reaction was largely the same. Regarding anything that has to do with Beyonce, there was instant conversation started. As an outsider who does not consider myself as a “lover” or a “hater” of Beyonce, I saw artifacts and texts everywhere that I went. On social networks, there were links sharing the song. There were comparisons between the newest song and previous singles from her catalogue. There were images that exulted Beyonce to a place of worship and then there were parodies of these said images. Blogs dedicated special release posts to discuss the piece. In person, I heard the song emanating from…
Nearly a year later, Minaj released her second mixed cd titled Sucka Free. Controversy surrounded this as Nicki paid tribute to rapper Lil’ Kim by posing with her legs spread for promotional posters. She describes it as something to “pull people in”, so that they would listen to what she had to say. Nicki Minaj graced the pages of the July issue of the XXL magazine giving a brief overview of her life up to that point…
The purpose of this short story is to make the reader feel indignant and angry with the husband and compassion and sympathy for the wife. Brush uses diction and imagery to invoke these emotions in the reader.…
Since everyone has ideas about what a woman should look like, certain stars have come out to try and prove the idea that no one if perfect. Over Instagram, Selena Gomez posted a bikini picture of herself. Harsh comments appeared in her feed such as, “fat” or “gained so much weight”. She explained on…
K. George, a ThirdSight student engaged in historical inquiry using visual elements an environment to display their endeavors, explains, “Rosie the Riveter, a propaganda tool utilized by the U.S. Government to boost morale and recruit women into the workforce, was an important part of gender pay equality. She encouraged more than six million female workers to step up to the plate and accomplish things that only men had done before (George). Although Rosie had a strong impact, there is still a 20% pay gap between males and females in the United States. An important area that needs to be addressed when discussing women and work, is the glass ceiling. This introduces a quote from Richard Nixon’s “Address to the Nation on Labor Day” speech in 1971,…
The video opens by introducing who will be sharing their opinions throughout the video. It introduces us to Melyssa Ford, who is a model, Irv Gotti, who is a record executive, Kendra G, who is a radio show host, and Kevin Powell, who is a writer and activist. The first topic they cover is “walking bling”. The host opens by showing examples of how women are shown in hip hop music videos. She looks into clips from both a 50 cent video and a Jay Z video. Both videos show females in small clothes, out numbering the males in the videos. This strengthens the host’s point that the girls might be looked at as “walking bling”. As she states, they may be looked at as nothing more than “adornments; much like jewelry.” Females in music videos are sometimes used just as an object. They represent a prize or something that can be obtained once you reach a certain level of stardom. According to http://onlinethics.wordpress.com/2012/10/21/the-representation-of-women-in-hip-hop-and-rap-videos/ , “ Women are ever so often there as mere sexual objects, dancing provocatively in revealing clothing, demonstrating sexual innuendos with their bodies’ movements, present in the clips entirely for the heterosexual male artists and viewers’ satisfaction. With that being their primary, and pretty much only purpose of being in the video, they are not so much full blown human…
Throughout the world, people are influenced by the physical attractiveness of an individual. A person’s physical attractiveness is determined by genetics, physical, and non-physical factors. In Cindy Jackson’s case, the physical attractiveness stereotype has been working in favor as she has progressed in her modeling and publicity career. She looks to continually improve her physical attractiveness by constant body modifications. Because she appears to be young and beautiful, she has caught the attention of media and people who admire her personal appearance, primarily received through a plethora of cosmetic surgeries. As the saying goes, physical attractiveness is only skin-deep, but looks themselves can be deceiving.…
This is an article from “The Daily Beast”, an American news reporting and opinion website. The readers are most likely teenagers or young ladies whom care about their looks think that beauty is the only way to be success. In here, we can easily see that Kelley was trying to talk to this group of people, “We can spend our days competing with fashion models and movie stars. In other words, you can be Hillart Clinton or Heidi Montag. It’s your choice.” Kelley used the examples to make the audience feel more familiar and relate to today’s society. Kelley chose this group of audience because they experience the “beauty” influence in our culture. “Yes, people can be vicious in their categorization of women’s looks. Insult them back or ignore them.” Also, Kelley did not write this article by used formal language. Other readers might include people who are following this society would probably be less likely to agree with Kelley.…
The constant reference of women as “bitches” and “hoes” can be interpreted as offensive or derogatory to women. However, showing women in a negative light appears in many music genres. The fact that it regularly occurs in hip hop is a scapegoat conservatives use to discredit hip hop music. Studies show that other music genres, such as rock music, contain more negative images of women, according to some studies. This is nothing new, just as marketing and advertising companies have used sex to increase market share and earnings, because to be blunt, sex sells.…