Kim Gordon

You thought that the use of contouring technique is just for chiseling out your cheekbones, jawline and nose to get that Kim-K look? Well, the glam world is going to prove you wrong! Looks like the glam world is not going to get over the contouring trend anytime soon because now, this trend has moved on from face contouring (and yes, not forgetting the “abs” contouring) to nails contouring.. Yes you read that right. https://www.instagram.com/p/BKlQG1GgahZ/ The nail contouring trend was…

In this collage, as you can see there are many moments that led to Kim Kardashian's fame. In the year 2014, Kim Kardashian was nominated for one of the one hundred most influential woman. Beforehand, Kim K. worked with several different celebrities as their assistant. Which is pictured above as a example where Paris Hilton says “Have you cleaned out my closet yet?” and Kim responds “Not yet, I will in five minutes.” Pictured above are a few of Kim’s marriages that she has been through,…

Trentavious White, better known as Bankroll Fresh, was murdered at Street Execs on March 5th, 2016. He was an up and coming rapper out of Atlanta and was 28 at the time. Still, even nine months later his assassination is still argued by many. He was killed by a retaliation shot by rapper No Plug who claims Bankroll shot first. Claims still go around today to justify his murder. On the night Bankroll Fresh was tragically murdered, a lot of tension between him and No Plug had spilled over from…

surgery on parts of their body that they believe will conform them to the societal expectations they lie in. Unfortunately, there have been examples of celebrates that will go even further then plastic surgery. Pop star Michael Jackson and Rapper Lil Kim did something that allowed them to become a lighter complexion. This is called Skin Bleaching,…

For my pop study I wanted to explore social media from a different angle than normal. As we all know social media usage has exploded in the global culture. Social media is almost unable to escape. Every day we are influenced to “go like my page” or “follow me on twitter” or “show support by using hashtag (insert topic)”. It has gotten so out of control you can even order a pizza by tweeting at Dominos! Social media has become such a huge role in our everyday lives that it has even emerged in the…

now global sensation Kim Kardashian (Wong, 2016). Once known as a talentless reality TV star that gained fame not through her talents but rather for her connections as Paris Hilton’s assistant,her lawyer father in the OJ Simpson’s case and her infamous tape, Kim Kardashian has made a full transformation of her image to a now “powerful…

Desiree’s Baby by Kate Chopin. In 1893, this short story was published as “The Father of Desiree’s Baby” in a magazine. Madame Valmonde and Monsieur adopted Desiree for the reason she was found abandoned when she was just a little girl. As she grew older, she found the love of her life, Armand as they had so much love for one another. They had a child, and as soon as they had the baby, the relationship turned out to be bitter and complicated. After a few months passed, Armand and Desiree…

Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958) portrays a man's (John’s) passion for control and the dangers of idealisation and desire. Vertigo; "a sensation of whirling and loss of balance, associated particularly with looking down from a great height”1 is a metaphor of protagonist John “Scotty” Ferguson relationship with Judy Barton/Madeleine Elster. The narrative structure of Vertigo is fundamentally driven by the encounters between John and Madeleine/Judy. The relationship between the two progresses on the…

In American society today, The Kardashian klan seems to have encompassed and mesmerized teenagers and young adults all around the world. From Kim to Kourtney to Khloe, they are seen in every aspect of a person’s daily life. Whether at the mall buying a Kardashian makeup product or flipping through television channels and watching their reality television show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, this family has spread through numerous nations; thus making them extremely influential figures.…

In the sports of women’s professional tennis and U.S. college football, athletes can often times be constructed as a body with a talent in athleticism, and at the same time be neglected in the acknowledgment of their citizenship through discourses, language, and institutional networks. In the sport of U.S. college football the athlete that is constituted by the network of institutions discourses, and languages as an overworked and underpaid laborer who is denied their ability to exercise their…