Carrington

Week 1(2/7/14)- The words popular rappers use does have an effect on the people that listen to them. Their words lead people to believe that it is okay for them to say it also. For example, in Jay Z's and many rappers songs they throw around words, such as n***a and f****t. This makes people who listen to rap feel as though since it's ok for them to say it why can't I. In Brother Ali's article he talks of how he grew from a boy to a man and realized the effect his words have had and can have on people. He came to understand that even though using the F-word does not always refer to people who are gay. Rappers use it with the purpose of calling someone weak and describing someone's character. The rappers say they aren't homophobic, but when they use the F-word which is also used to descreminate people who are gay they don't realize the value or consequences of their words. Therefore a person might associate a gay person with someone is weak. An example of this is Tyler the Creator, who throws around the F word constantly but says he isn't homophobic and even supports his friend, Frank Ocean, who announced that he was gay. Although rappers don't always think about the meanings of the harsh words they use and they don't stop to think about the affect they have, there is always a side effect of their word choice.

Week 2 (2/21/14)- Often times, when a girl looks for clothes to buy in the mall or at the store it's easier to choose the shirt that is tight or the shorts that are really small. Or, we will model our wardrobe after women we see in magazines and say to ourselves "well if she's on a magazine dressed like that, then I should dress like that as well." What girls are exposed to are clothes that are flattering to girls of certain body types or a certain age groups, but young girls don't necessarily find the clothes that are appropriate fashionable. For instance in the article [|A Line Between Sweet and Skimpy] the journalist tells at the end how his wife and daughter found a compromise between appropriate and pleasing clothing, but it took some searching. Also, not only is it easier to buy more revealing clothes but it's also what is popular and girls don't want to stand out while everyone else looks the same, even if "different is better," they'll still feel self-concious.

Even in modern times, there is still the "superiority" of a male to a female. For example, on the avengers shirt in the article, [|Sexist Avengers T-Shirt], they don't say that females could be their own heroes, but that they should be helpless and need a hero. Although the sexism today isn't as public as it used to be, like in cooking ad's they'd say that the women need to please their men and that they need to stay in the kitchen and let the men do the work. Today, you see it in the amount women are paid or the sexist t-shirt made by Marble. When a little girl thinks about what she wants to be when she grows up, she might think I want to be a doctor or a astronaut. It is not common in today's times where a little girl will say I want to marry super-man or be a princess like cinderella. The shirt isn't the only problem, it's the fact that the company thought it was appropriate to produce and that the shirt was made specifically for girls and they couldn't produce one for females that says "I'm a hero."

Week 3 (2/28/14)- A hero is often seen through the eye of the beholder, for example for a young woman in college who loves to party and do drugs Miley Cyrus might be a hero. Miley Cyrus can be seen as a role model for people to follow their dreams and to be themselves. However they way she believes she is portraying herself is the opposite of what she is aiming for. In Sinead O'Connor's letter she tells Miley how she's objectifying herself and isn't being a feminist, like she thinks she is. Miley believes she is being a feminist by not giving a crap, but in reality, she's treating her body as a sex object and is not promoting feminism but is promoting her sexuality, which is basicly the opposite of what feminist promote.

In the article [|Miley Cyrus calls herself a feminist], she says that "I wish I could be who I am without the fame", which contradicts everything she claims to support/believe in, her status as a celebrity is what makes her