Fads and trends

The world of hair extensions is a large and socially excepted trend that all ethnicities try at least one point and time in their life. The hair industry and hair extension companies have created a worldwide buzz that screams a billion dollar industry. Wearing wigs, weaves, clip on extensions, and hairpieces is an easy way to transform your hair from dull and thin too thick and glamorous. The weaving and hair extension installation process can take hours to complete. The process can vary…

that females are in within society. “Their function in the video is to be examined, gazed at, and desired by men” (Jhally, Dreamworld 3). The images in the Dreamworld are shockingly similar to the images in reality. In modern times, the new beauty fad is to have a small waist and the biggest butt possible; if you obtain this beauty standard men will flock to you, you will meet millionaire rappers and be associated with people on the Forbes list (look at Kylie Jenner, for example). These popular…

Every year new trends arise and become the new gender norms. These gender norms become what women strive to achieve in order to be the definition of perfection. Sandra Bartky published her theories in 1990 and twenty-five years later, in 2015, many of the situations are still very similar. A lot is expected from women and many women will do whatever it takes in order to be considered attractive, especially by the opposite sex. The first point that Bartky brings up is that there are those…

Part 2: Essay. Describe the argument that inequality constrains a consumer society. Inequality refers to the inequity of members of a consumer society, a society that is built around consumption, the buying and selling of goods and services, to consume equally and the inequity placed onto other societies by a consumer society. Not all members of a consumer society can indulge in the choices and freedoms that are said to exist in a consumer society as they are constrained by various factors…

Through the use of symbolism, diction, and imagery, Gwendolyn Brooks demonstrates that even during times of struggle and worthlessness, we can reflect upon what we have, which consist of our memories and experiences we’ve shared with loved ones, which ultimately makes us rich. Gwendolyn Brooks, the poet of the poem, “The Bean Eaters,” illustrates this powerful theme by painting vivid imagery for her reader. “They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.” (1) Brooks provides this meaningful quote…

Modern musicologist and philosophers can for the most part expect that music is an issue to which reasoning should offer an answer. Bowie's opening chapter, Music, Philosophy, and Modernity recommends, interestingly, that music may offer methods for reacting to some focal inquiries in modern philosophy. Bowie takes a glimpse at significant philosophical ways to deal with music including Adorno, Dahlhaus, Gadamer, Kant, and, Schlegel. He uses music to reconsider many thoughts of language,…

A good start for this discussion is the definition of the two terms: indigenous religions and New Age religions. Typically, when a reference is made to indigenous religion it refers to anything that is considered native and is particular to a geographical region. Characteristically it is all-inclusive to the people, the language, and the culture of that region. The term New Age is generally applied to an array of religious or spiritual beliefs and/or practices that were established in the West…

Huxley predicts the rise of social promiscuity in his book Brave New World. Already today it is evident the increase and effects it has. The lack to form meaningful relationships with one other and personal feelings is already happening. Brave new world is what today’s society could look like in the future if this progresses. Huxley’s World State is dysfunctional because promiscuity has become more normal and encouraged through social influences, which is also evident in today’s overall society…

“Dare to Know” The medieval man considered religion above all else, with life composed and ordered by God. His duty was to accept the Word, live accordingly, and reach salvation. As the seventeenth century matured, man’s ideas and theories began to mature and change. Certain men, “philosophes,” began to confront the medieval man’s way of thinking. Instead of relying on societal tradition, philosophes such as Jean-Jacques Rosseau, Denis Diderot, and Immanuel Kant challenged their contemporaries…

Adolescent egocentrism describes the phenomenon during which adolescents cannot differentiate between their own perception of themselves and the perception of others (Elkind, 1967). It has been looped in with Piaget’s cognitive development theory (Kesselring & Müller, 2010). Though there have been many criticisms over specific details in Adolescent egocentrism regarding Piaget’s theory, people generally seem to agree on two subtopics of adolescent egocentrism: imaginary audience and personal…