Miley Cyrus

Society and the media influences have convinced teenagers that they would be more successful and beautiful if they change their appearance and reputation by using stereotypes such as the Barbie doll and models. With these forms of influences teenagers’ self-esteem will be lowered and their behavior can alter which can lead to violence. There are several different ways that teenagers will modify their appearance or reputation, but amongst these the more common are by using steroids, plastic…

The year is 2015. As one looks around, they notice heads bent over an illuminating device, blank stares at a screen, and mindless chatter over retweets, likes, and favorites. The world this generation lives in today has dramatically changed from what previous generations knew. Almost the entirety of information known to mankind is available with a couple taps on a screen. With iPhones and iPads, all knowledge available to teenagers and young adults is directly at their finger tips, yet they…

1. One of the central tenants of the paradigm of Hauntology is that bad things that happen in the past will continue to haunt our society. Another central tenant is that minorities facing problems in the past will continue to suffer in the present and in the future. For example, Warren Cariou describes a situation in which past events continue to haunt our society when he writes about how native people were killed or exiled from their land by Europeans, so the ghosts of the native people…

Believe it or not, Marshall Mathers created the alias (Bozza 20) ‘Slim Shady’ on the toilet. In Michigan, his rap group, The Dirty Dozen (stylized D12), figured that all six members needed an alter ego. The most notable of which came firmly attached to the heels of the infamous Eminem. Eminem himself doesn’t believe too much in ‘pulling punches’ as his raps are often criticized for being heavy in homophobic content and rather misogynistic. While his lyrics are raw, violent and harsh, his…

This issue has surprisingly made relatively slow progress since it became a hot-button issue in the 1960’s. Even today, sexual education is only mandatory in 22 of the 50 United States. Somehow, in an era where young girls grow up listening to Miley Cyrus and Nikki Minaj, and young boys grow up playing Grand Theft Auto (a gam that features prostitution and strippers heavily), there are still disagreements over what, when, how and from whom children should learn how to practice safe sex; if at…

When I started the search for an interesting subject to do my fieldwork on, I found it a challenge to overcome scheduling obstacles and still find something that would suit my fancy. After I finally found an event, I thought about what my topic would be and became extremely overwhelmed when searching for a theme that is intriguing while also giving a new perspective to what some would call basic observations of a live performance. With that said, I found it immensely relieving when I began to…

Are you tired of that Argyle scarf and mitten set? Embarrassed of putting that uncontrollable hair in an itchy wool hat? Have you already cringed at the Back to School Announcements, double checking your watch in disbelief that it's already august? Fear not Miss Cherie for your fashion prayers have been heard. Grab a cup of warm cider and relax that your wallet won't run away from you. Here is a quick tour guide to Fall Fashion 2009. Now here's the Theme...classic! It might have to do with the…

actually come from. They might assume that all meat and dairy originates from a family farm because that is what they Many people are not aware of where their meat and dairy were taught growing up. That is where the majority of our meat and dairy used to come from, but in order to meet the demand of our large population things needed to change. Large companies began creating factory farms in place of regular farms. Animal activist, John Peck, stated that Wisconsin’s new slogan should be “The…

Everyone Should be Treated Equal by the Justice System We have all seen and read about how celebrities are treated in regards to crime, such as; OJ Simpson, Lindsay Lohan and Justin Bieber, but do they get off too easy? Some people think so, and some people think that celebrities who break the law should face harsher punishments. In today’s time crime is happening way too often, and regular, normal, everyday people are facing those punishments for what they have done. But what about…