Miley Cyrus

When we 're born, we begin life as a blank slate, but as we grow older, we 're conditioned by media and society. Within this American culture, we 've so quietly become nescient to the effects of normalization in media, and advertisements. The government has found ways to poison our culture, by tainting our media with such lethal evil. Though media has provided us with many positive gains, with this great gift comes a price. Even though media can be quite educational, I argue that media can be…

Perhaps one may say that Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta, also known as ‘Lady Gaga’ has conquered living a double life. From her exquisite choice of clothes to provocative performance style to unique sound, Lady Gaga is known for making pop music “weird.” Five albums and eight years later, Lady Gaga continues to rock the entertainment industry not only with her excellence in music but most recently in her debut acting career, therefore, ultimately rewriting her star text. The body of work,…

According to Bynes, she possesses a doppelgänger that is being captured by the paparazzi. Bynes’ antics continued on Twitter as she compiled a list of so called “ugly celebrities” in June of 2013. These celebrities included Drake, Zac Efron, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, First Lady Michelle Obama, and President Obama, whom she attempted to get to bail her out in the previous year. A month later, Bynes took to twitter again to talk about her lust for Drake, who she had previously called ugly and even…

who suffer from schizophrenic and she loves talking more about her cats and on one day she made everyone feel pathetic when she said one of her cats died. In addition, she used to make everyone cry in laughter with complaints about modern age and Miley Cyrus. However, her teaching really helped me as she gives more notes and homework associated with the books that we read. Though, I never got fascinated reading a book, especially non-fiction. My teacher’s choice of books made me keep my eyes…

Socio economic Status and Substance Abuse According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use, in 2014, 15.8 million women (or 12.9 percent) ages 18 or older had used illicit drugs; also in 2014, 4.6 million women (or 3.8 percent) ages 18 and older had misused prescription drugs; and in 2013, every 3 minutes, a woman went into the emergency room for prescription painkiller misuse or abuse. The problem with substance abuse has existed in women’s…

The stars of our time, like Miley Cyrus, always love to lie about who they are and what they’ve done regardless of if the media has exposed them or not. Stanly Kauffman, writer of “CELEBRITY: Album of Marilyn Monroe”, felt the same about Monroe. In my opinion, Monroe, though she resembled…

Props or People: A Women’s Place in Music Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. –Plato Music shapes who we are as an individual as well as a society, however, within the last several decades there has been an astonishing increase in the objectification of women in the music industry. From country, to pop, to rock, to hip-hop and rap there has been a dramatic rise in the use women’s…

Masculinity: Dominance through Music The presence of the male figure has in no doubt been very dominant throughout history and in daily life. As a society, we seem to value the power of the man and we teach our children to value and embody that power as well. Our society over time has developed certain expectations and roles we expect men and women to exemplify in their daily life. For such a long time, people have adhered to these expectations; however, these expectations have been questioned…

What is Cultural Appropriation? It is hard being a minority in America. The struggle for identity is a common thread amongst minority communities in this country and that issue is constantly exasperated by the white washed media. According to Susan Scafidi, cultural appropriation is “taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else's culture without permission.” (Scafidi) I would add that using those artifacts to make a profit is what…

After an intermission that was probably only ten minutes but felt like an eternity, the lights at the Fillmore Theater in Miami Beach dimmed and the crowd erupted into deafening cheers and whistles as “The Flood Tour” started. The anticipation for the moment everyone in the audience had been waiting for since they bought their ticket is nearly palpable. Finally, the drummer starts, setting the rhythm, followed by the guitarist and bassist until lastly the vocalist starts singing and the fans…