Journal 1:
Destiny's Child has been regarded as one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. They have sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide over their 10 year career. The group was a launch pad for the success of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. Destiny's Child's first album was released in 1998. The promotion for the album was done in order to make the girls look like "women" so that they would appeal to a wider range of audiences. In this journal, I will analyze the message conveyed by these young women as sexual beings.
The video that I chose to analyze is their first video, "No, No, No Part 1", which was directed by Darren Grant and was released in 1997. In the video, all four of the girls were only 15-16 years old. The makeup and clothing that they wore led audiences to believe that they were much older. In the video, Latavia, Letoya and Kelly are shown wearing tight pants and shirts with their midriff exposed, while Beyoncé is shown wearing "booty shorts" with a bra and jacket on. The camera angles for some of the scenes zoomed in on Beyoncé's cleavage as she sung lead vocals. In addition, from 3:50-3:55, the girls are shown provocatively rubbing their bodies. Upon watching this video, I thought about the way that we talked about the portrayal of women in popular culture as items …show more content…
Andy Cohen, who is the host of the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunions and special events addressed their blatant homophobia on their reunion show. The women were calling their cast member, Kim Fields' husband gay because of his nurturing, "feminine" qualities. When we discussed violent white masculinity in class, I immediately thought about this scandal. Just because this woman's husband did not live up to "traditional" American manly standards, he was immediately considered
Destiny's Child has been regarded as one of the best-selling girl groups of all time. They have sold an estimated 70 million records worldwide over their 10 year career. The group was a launch pad for the success of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams. Destiny's Child's first album was released in 1998. The promotion for the album was done in order to make the girls look like "women" so that they would appeal to a wider range of audiences. In this journal, I will analyze the message conveyed by these young women as sexual beings.
The video that I chose to analyze is their first video, "No, No, No Part 1", which was directed by Darren Grant and was released in 1997. In the video, all four of the girls were only 15-16 years old. The makeup and clothing that they wore led audiences to believe that they were much older. In the video, Latavia, Letoya and Kelly are shown wearing tight pants and shirts with their midriff exposed, while Beyoncé is shown wearing "booty shorts" with a bra and jacket on. The camera angles for some of the scenes zoomed in on Beyoncé's cleavage as she sung lead vocals. In addition, from 3:50-3:55, the girls are shown provocatively rubbing their bodies. Upon watching this video, I thought about the way that we talked about the portrayal of women in popular culture as items …show more content…
Andy Cohen, who is the host of the Real Housewives of Atlanta reunions and special events addressed their blatant homophobia on their reunion show. The women were calling their cast member, Kim Fields' husband gay because of his nurturing, "feminine" qualities. When we discussed violent white masculinity in class, I immediately thought about this scandal. Just because this woman's husband did not live up to "traditional" American manly standards, he was immediately considered