Hannah Arendt

When Shakira shimmied her way onto MTV in 2001 with a steamy video for a slick, cookie-cutter dance-pop song, some people associated the Colombian singer with her American pop-music contemporaries Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. But the stylistic breadth of Shakira's music — elements of folk, Middle Eastern and traditional Latin styles over a foundation of rock and pop — gave her a degree of credibility the American teen queens lacked. What's more, when Shakira broke through in the United…

It may be hard to believe, but it’s been a decade since Megan Fox was introduced to the world as the love interest of Shia LaBeouf in the first of a series of big-budget, increasingly tedious films about transforming cars that come from outer space. This role, though fairly straightforward, launched Fox into superstardom. In fact, there was a period of time when she was absolutely everywhere. She was in movies, on television, in magazines, on billboards. It seemed that you couldn’t go anywhere…

Who would have thought that Star Wars can bring two people together, even celebrities themselves like Kim Kardashian and Kanye West. Love at first sight can be fictional for some but in this case, it holds true for Kim and Kanye when wearing fictional garbs. Who can blame a guy seeing a girl dressed up as Princess Leia, in the same costume she wore when she was captured by Jabba the Hut? Kim Kardashian West confesses that she is thankful for the Star Wars franchise because if it wasn't for the…

Niatia “Lil Mama” Kirkland has had many roles throughout her career as she is a dancer, actress, and entertainer; but many now only know her as a meme, or a played out joke. Lil Mama’s first single, “Lip Gloss” came out in 2007 and was the game changer for her becoming career and had everything needed for a one hit wonder – a catchy beat, a catchy dance and something women of all ages could relate to, lip gloss. Although, her flow wasn’t awful and her dance moves were on point, people didn’t…

again until I had had enough. I was going to teach him a lesson. I raced home on my bike, complete with ribbons and training wheels, and sat down at my desk to write Chancellor an angry complaint. I wrote that I did not in fact like to be called “Hannah Montana” and he should cease this funny business before I did something really crazy (These were far from the truthful words, but they symbolize the spirit in which I wrote the note). I sped back to his house as fast as my chubby legs could pedal…

Nowadays it seems like nearly everyone is a Miley Cyrus fan and it's kind of infectious. Well, everyone except for perhaps Nicki Minaj. The recent 4th Annual Variety Show and Hilarity for Charity James Franco’s Bar Mitzvah was a star studded event. For those who don't already know, James is that guy from the Kim Jong Un movie. You know that one where they nearly got everyone killed and there was a huge Sony hacking scandal. Yeah, that one. Anyway, it was Miley Cyrus who stole the show once again…

Born on February 19, 2004, Millie Bobby Brown is a Spanish-born British actress. Her family relocated to Los Angeles, where she began earning parts on shows like Once Upon a Time in Wonderland and NCIS. Her big break came with the Netflix sleeper hit Stranger Things, on which she stars as the gifted Eleven. Brown's parents sacrificed everything — moving their family to Los Angeles — to see Brown's acting dreams come true.She was born in Marbella, Spain, but her family moved to Bournemouth…

Celebrity fascination is not healthy for adolescent girls. Girls around the ages of 11 to 17 are most influenced to get that ‘perfect’ look that they see on the cover of their favorite magazine. (Spettigue) These ‘influences’ that young girls have are setting unrealistic and unhealthy standards. For most girls they are striving for a thigh gap and small waist which they’re trying to achieve by starving themselves or taking medications that could be potentially dangerous. The thing with dieting…

Disney Channel was quick to recognize females would put their money where “liberation” appeared signifying that third-wave ideals of girl power are related to consumer power. Rather than use girl power as a true political stance, Disney Channel used it as an industrial strategy to cultivate their audience and justify the commodification of young females and the prioritization of consumption over substance. Having now established the feministic atmosphere that would allow for this decade of…

Young, beautiful, and talented – ever since Shraddha Kapoor stepped into the limelight her charm has captured out hearts. She first got her break with a brief role in the crime film Teen Patti (2010), which then was quickly followed up with a lead role in the teen drama Luv Ka The End (2011). However, her real claim to fame (other than her father’s fame in the Bollywood sphere) was in the romantic drama Aashiqui 2 (2013). In this movie, she received several accolades such as a Best Actress…