Cher

By using informal allusions, the Bordo depicts her philosophies in a way that makes her writing easier for all audiences to fathom. By linking the extensively known celebrity, Cher, to the idea that “her various surgeries have gradually replaced a strong, decidedly (if indeterminately) "ethnic" look”, Bordo makes her argument clear and visible to the reader. These prominent refreces make the reader connect to the author’s real…

effect in the song “Fragments of life” by an artist by the name of Roy Vedas. Roy had dropped the song in August 17, 1998 and changed everything from then on. After this other artist began to steal this new sound and they coined this the “Cher effect” because cher the artist had also taken it for her song…

In her novel, Enlightened Sexism, Susan J. Douglas argues that women like Cher from the 1995 film Clueless shaped the gender construction of an entire generation of young women. Douglas dubs this particular construction of femininity as the “new girliness – girl power in a mini-skirt and pink boa” (102). This “new girliness”…

is very interesting to know, which grabs the attention of his audience. He wants his audience to be informed of what is going on with baby boomers in the economy, but also entertain them, as seen in, “No one wants to freeze their face in time like Cher or Joan Rivers” (Hyman). The casual tone in this article is very informative and entertaining. He write, using a casual tone to suggest to the audience, he wants them to really understand what he is writing. Hyman uses a tone that is both…

London in the 1960s was as central to the look and feel of that fabled era as any place on earth. The music that emerged from England (the Beatles, the Stones, the Who, Cream and countless others) was, in large part, the soundtrack of the Sixties. The street scenes, especially along Carnaby Street in Soho, with Mods and hippies parading their utterly distinctive gear, provided youth culture around the world with exemplars of cool that are still embraced today. Finally, the fashions that emerged…

Grammys Backlash Considered music’s biggest night of the year, the 2018 Grammys faced a tremendous amount of criticism from all sides. From actors and actresses, to musicians, to Grammy viewers from all around, backlash was produced in waves. Amongst some of the most infuriated were the women of the world. What initially sparked their anger were comments said by Neil Portnow, the president of the Recording Academy himself. “Women who have the creativity in their hearts and souls, who want to…

In October 15, 2015 on a chilly Thursday night, students, parents, and teachers attended the Mary Poppins broadway musical. Upon entering the theater, students handed out colorfully designed programs. Attendees who came earlier nearly filled up all the seats, but luckily there were a few seats left. Either the staff at Xavier were ridiculously talented at promoting the musical or perhaps the attendees simply knew that they were in for a treat. Lights darkened, the announcer greets the…

moisturizing for 30-40 minutes then changed for a couple of minutes. Then I was on my way to this nasty school to take the PSAT, which was boring, and four hours of my life wasted and ill never get back. After the test was done I caught the bus with Carol and Cher to the stadium for the carnival which turned out to start later that day so me and carol decided to leave because that would be to late and Cher’s mom was on the committee for the carnival so she stayed while me and carol walked all…

Laws are placed to keep us, the people, safe. We even put people out there to regulate those laws, and to offer punishment to those who don't follow them. When people resist laws it puts the lawmakers in a bad place. People who are boycotting the laws because they don't want to support what goes against their values. You can't please everyone and keep everyone safe. Opposition to anything is almost always met with a wall of stubbornness from the other side. Take, for example, abortion. There are…

“It’s okay, mon cher.” She picked up what remained of her phone and put it in her jacket pocket. “What is your name, pumpkin?” He answered. “This is what we're going to do, James,” she cast a final look at the thinning crowd. “I don’t think your mom is here anymore. Do…