MegBrad

//May 12, 2014// //Febuary 28, 2014// //**"I've been in the business long enough to know that men are making more money than you are from you getting naked. Its really not at all cool. And its sending dangerous signals to other young women. Please in future say no when you are asked to prostitute yourself. Your body is for you and your boyfriend. It isn't for every spunk-spewing dirtbag on the net, or every greedy record company executive to buy his mistresses diamonds with" from the article -**//
 * The project we worked on was fun, we got to work on commercails and news ads for a campaign. I liked the project because it was a group project, it let me get to know people in my class better. I wish that we would've had more instructions and a more specific outline, but it ended up being pretty easy. Instead of attacking another component we decided to make a commercial using postive words which have nothing to do with the commercial. We also used infamous twitter picture reactions for 'celebrity endorsment'.**
 * The most challenging part of the project was being creative and coming up with a good commercial and newspaper ad which would get people to vote. Having time to work on it in class helped a lot, even though my group met outside of school, because we had a lot of time to prepare for the 'campaign'. As soon as we came up with an idea for our flyer, commercial, speech, etc. it was really easy to put it all together. We really wanted to have something stick with people that would make them remember our client (we ended up winning so i guess we did alright).**
 * Learning how to advertise to people is important because there are several situations in life where you have to pursuade people and learning how to do that is helpful. If i ever have to make a speech or news ad that is convinving someone to do something I will know that you have to use things like humor to really get peoples attention. If i go into a job that requires me to convinve someone to buy something or i have to be a campaign manager again, I'll have no problem coming up with an idea to 'sell' them the idea.**
 * Personally, I like Miley Cyrus. I think her music is good and I'd be lying if I said I didn't have her album on my phone. However, I think that Miley portrays women in way that seems 'it's ok for you to reveal your body and dance sexually'. Miley is a role model, but a negative one, we shouldn't be teaching younger girls that it's okay to go out and 'twerk' everywhere. I find it confusing as to why people find watching Miley (and other artists) dancing inappropraitely entertaining. Don't get me wrong, I like Miley, and I think she is so beautiful and funny, but I would never show her video to my little sister or watch it with my grandma. Do younger kids look up to her because she used to be 'Hannah Montanna' and they think that it's okay to do this now? Do my parents know about her because her song is constantly on the radio? I think if Miley would just target her audience more so that she doesn't cover every headline, then not everyone would have to see it.**
 * [|"Sinéad O'Connor's open letter to Miley Cyrus"]**

//February 21, 2014//
 * In the article [|"Clothing for boys... and girls"], it talks about how some clothing brands, mainly the Avengers, are using common stereo types about 'being a hero', showing on their t-shirts that it's only a 'guy thing'. Marvel is trying to say that only guys can be 'heros' and that all girls need some 'hero' to come save them. They draw guys looking muscular and masculine and they portray girls with there 'booty out'.** ** The article [|"Wear What Where"], the author is talking about young girls wearing reviling and provacitive clothing and how parents don't know the 'right way' to say no. You want your child to be able to dress how they want without dressing skimpy and not age appropriate. **
 * Clothing has more of an influence on society then people realize. Younger kids (usually girls) are influenced by this without evening realizing it.**

//February 7, 2014//
 * In today's society words are carelessly thrown around. We say hurtful words to each other not only over things like social media, but to each others faces. For some reason, the thought of hurting someones feelings or insulting someone doesn't even come to mind when we use hurtful words towards one another. You know that you would get in trouble if you say certain things in front of your parents or teachers, but when no one is around to supervise, why do we think it's okay to say mean comments? Some people may call it 'gossiping', thinking that if the person doesn't hear them say it or see them post it, then it's perfectly acceptable for them to use homophobic slurs. What they don't realize is that the words they use actually have an effect of some people.**
 * Media is one of the biggest causes for spread for use of mean words. The article '[|Intersection of Homophobia and Hip Hop]'**
 * says 'What hardly ever seems to make it to their iPhone is any meaningful depiction of where these terms come from or the intense debate in those communities about whether to reclaim tools of hatred or let them die a quiet death', which explains exactly how words mean nothing to the people who say them, but mean a lot to people who hear them. As someone who listens to hip hop, and uses social media often I see examples of this everyday. Hip hop artists don't realize the influence that they have younger generations, and if they're okay with using homophobic slurs then so will younger kids.**
 * In conclusion, not just hip hop artists, but people in general need to understand the effect that their words have. I leave you with a quote from the article, 'we've got some serious work to do in embracing and nurturing young people even when they show evidence of the blind spots our society has cursed them with'.**