popular culture #9

If I had to choose one film to represent our generation like Star Wars did back then I would definitely have to say Twilight. Although Twilight made its debut in 2008 it became in instant success. Like Star Wars theres the guy the girls wish they had and the guys wish they were. Luke Skywalker and Edward Cullen play totally different characters but are similar in many ways. Then theres always a villain, Darth Vader is Twilights Laurant, Victoria, and James. Both movies became instant successes and I truly believe Twilight will be around for many many years, just as Star Wars is, and i'm sure always will be.

popular culture #8

How real is reality television? The perception of reality TV is that it's suppose to be real, people being followed around by cameras living normal life. Take the real world for example, like Chuck Klosterman used in his story. There is 7 strangers chosen to live in a house together for the summer, how real can you be? I don't believe reality TV, I enjoy watching it and unfortunately totally addicted to it but I still don't think its real. In reality TV we are always expecting someone to be the villain. There's always the bluntly honest and disrespectful person. There is always a black person, and there is always an emotional gay guy. That is what we expect from reality TV. Oh as well as DRAMA and SEX!! There is your typical reality show!

popular culture #7

Hip-hop is stereotyped with thugs, gangsters, low lives and losers. Country is stereotyped with loners and stupid. For years these stereotypes have been around and for years to come i'm sure these stereotypes will still be here. People are driven to country music because the songs are about love, their country, break-ups and drinking, things most Americans know pretty well, which is why country is such a popular genre. People are driven to hip hop because the songs are things people think just don't say are do. A lot of people express themselves through music. I express myself through all types of music, hip hop, country, rock. For me, music is my therapy, whenever i'm upset, stressed, happy or sad, music is always my escape.

popular culture #6

Technology get more and more advanced year after year. The thing is weather it's beneficial or useless or maybe even harmful. I personally think that by inventing the computer it has been both beneficial and harmful. Beneficial because more jobs were created and the information and records you can find on the computer. Harmful because you don't know what kind of information is true or false, bullying is at is high due to cyber bullying. There for computers are both beneficial and harmful to the society, but I do believe that they are more beneficial than harmful. As for the years to come things could change and we will find more bad than good.

popular culture #6

This week we have talked about masculinity and violence in men and the media. When I think about all 3 categories in the same category I think about WWF and UFC. When little boys see things like this a part of me does believe that it effects them. Men have this side to them that HAS to be tough and masculine so they think that fighting and violence is part of the norm. If a man is not as tough and big as some other men they get degraded by others, being called gay, faggots, bitches etc. So if you're not tough and muscular your not a "real man." 

In the video Tough Guise 85% of murders and done by men, 90% of all violence related acts are done by men, 99.8% of people in jail for rape ore men. 10 school shootings in 3 years and all done by boys. As these statistics show most violence related acts, sexual assaults and murders are done by men. 

popular culture extra post #2

In one our reading from Monday we read This is Zodiac Speaking which talks about serial killers and the fascination people have with serial killers, which is true. People are fascinated by the fact of someone murdering numerous amounts of people. Jeffery Dahmer, Zodiac, Gacey, BTK, all of which are known serial killers. If you were to have 2 newspapers one of which is talking about the war and how 5 US soldiers were killed fighting for our country and the other being about a series of brutal murders, 7to 8 out of 10 people will pick up the newspaper about the murders. We all know that soldiers being killed fighting for our country is sad and horrible and we all feel for them but the more exciting story is a bout local girls getting kidnapped and cut to pieces, but sadly enough thats what our society has become.

popular culture extra post #1

In class today (10/6) we watched a video,Tough Guise. In the video there was a section that talked about men being vulnerable. Saying men who cry are pussies and fags. That really bothered me because everybody has feelings, every body feels pain, everybody feel hurt, just like everybody feels other emotions like happiness. So to say that it's wrong for men to cry is like saying its wrong for somebody to smile.