Post #9: Assigned Nov. 18, 2010
Select a popular culture artifact (company, celebrity, brand, sports team, etc.) that you can discuss in terms of "religification." How has this artifact been "religified"? How do people discuss this in reglious terms? What people follow this particular "religion"? Who are the people who directly oppose this popular culture "religion"?
I think something that has been religifed is the NFL. The NFL makes millions of dollars off the sport team franchise, selling everything from caps to beer holders. You are almost defined by what football team you like, in modern day society. "ohh typical bears fan." The NFL has a team on the roster buildt for taking down and dominating anyone that tries to make money off anything they own. You cant even buy aftermarket sewing patterns of NFL teams without getting it directly from the NFL. I feel like the NFL has made its way into almost every household between 7-9pm on monday nights, kinda like going to church sunday at 11AM
Friday, November 19, 2010
Friday, November 5, 2010
boys will be boys, women will be?
Post #8: Assigned Nov. 4, 2010
Make a connection between popular music today and one of the other themes we've talked about this semester, such as women & sexiness or men/masulinity & violence. Can you find examples of popular music either support the standard message of those themes or working against them? How important do you think popular music has been in spreading these ideas?
I would like to attempt to touch on "degradding women in Hip Hop music." I watched 10 music videos in a row, all from MTV hits, and i came to find that my relatity on this opinon is still the same. Sorry to say it ladies, but some of you are just sluts. It may not be you, but in the harsh reality its the truth. I have been to pleanty of concerts to see girls become groupies and it happends every night while us average people sleep. These artist tour around the world, show day in and day out, and if I didnt see it with my very own eyes I wouldnt believed it. Here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at hawkeyedowns I have seen more naked breast in the same room , let alone one song, then most men see in a lifetime. Women go crazy for these rappers, they arent just there to act like a sluts, these girls in these videos are sluts. I am way beyond the point that any of these girls in these videos or at concerts are anything close to innocent. So when a person deals with these type of women on a day to day basis, and writes about his life, your going to hear songs that are degradding twords women. The women these artist deal with degrade themself. Personally I feel if your offendid by it, your a idiot, these girls are always going to be easy to these artist. I mean if you have a problem with it dont hate on the artist, hate the inspiration.
Make a connection between popular music today and one of the other themes we've talked about this semester, such as women & sexiness or men/masulinity & violence. Can you find examples of popular music either support the standard message of those themes or working against them? How important do you think popular music has been in spreading these ideas?
I would like to attempt to touch on "degradding women in Hip Hop music." I watched 10 music videos in a row, all from MTV hits, and i came to find that my relatity on this opinon is still the same. Sorry to say it ladies, but some of you are just sluts. It may not be you, but in the harsh reality its the truth. I have been to pleanty of concerts to see girls become groupies and it happends every night while us average people sleep. These artist tour around the world, show day in and day out, and if I didnt see it with my very own eyes I wouldnt believed it. Here in Cedar Rapids, Iowa at hawkeyedowns I have seen more naked breast in the same room , let alone one song, then most men see in a lifetime. Women go crazy for these rappers, they arent just there to act like a sluts, these girls in these videos are sluts. I am way beyond the point that any of these girls in these videos or at concerts are anything close to innocent. So when a person deals with these type of women on a day to day basis, and writes about his life, your going to hear songs that are degradding twords women. The women these artist deal with degrade themself. Personally I feel if your offendid by it, your a idiot, these girls are always going to be easy to these artist. I mean if you have a problem with it dont hate on the artist, hate the inspiration.
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