Teen pop

Police brutality in the United States has become an issue that has gained the public 's attention in countries across the globe. Police brutality has been defined as the use of any force exceeding what is reasonably necessary to accomplish a lawful purpose. Police officers are entrusted with the protection of their community, although recently they have abused their power as a way to brutally assault often innocent civilians and get away with it. As of April 27th 2015 police throughout the…

leading causes for women. Statistics show that teen pregnancy rates have dropped 79% lower that than of other foreign countries, such as Europe and Australia. Since birth control has been with the rising rate of raising teen pregnancy in to public schools systems their should be some kind of prevention stepping in public schools benefits to help decrease teen pregnancy. The government should provide provide birth control for teens because it can prevent teen pregnancy, has health benefits &…

When most people find out that my mom grew up in Papua New Guinea, an Oceanian country above Australia, they look confused. I imagine a thought similar to a famous Mean Girls quote pops into their head: “If your mom’s from Papua New Guinea, why is she white?” But of course, you can’t just ask people why they’re white. So, to lessen their confusion, I immediately explain how my grandpa, Robert “Robin” Thurman, and his wife, Ruth, moved to PNG with their two daughters to work as missionaries.…

build schools in the developing world. According to Variety, Nick Cannon is set to host the annual event and will be joined by other big stars. “There’s no better way to begin the holiday season than by celebrating the amazing work of these four teens and our first HALO Hall of Fame recipient Justin Bieber at the Nickelodeon…

every day, this is not your average desert--welcome to Yucca Valley. Generally, the scenery is labeled as bland, empty, incomplete; to the untrained eye it really is all of this; vast mountains of emptiness, one single highway littered with ‘mom-and-pop’ shops; simplicity can be beautiful though. The town is full of wonder, hidden wildlife in the distance, cacti and native shrubberies in full bloom, and when the sun sets the stars come out to play—nothing can equate to the beauty of seeing the…

As a teen he would sneak out to the jazz music club and listen outside because he wasn’t old enough to be allowed to enter. Eventually, he started his own jazz band, The Nat King Cole trio called that because Nat was forced by the jazz club owner to wear a crown on his head. The name King stuck. His other band member was none other than the “Duke”, Edward Kennedy Ellington. In the 1950s he transitioned from jazz music to pop music. His first hit song was Straighten…

teenager within them. In the 1970s teens were of the counter-culture who were of the baby boomers. The new teens of the 1980s were raised by these counter-culture individuals and had created a new culture of their own. In the 1980s the emergence of cliques within schools and among teens were starting to appear as well as the new popular culture that movies were demonstrating. I believe that the movie The Breakfast Club, does an excellent job of showing how the teens of this time were different…

One theory is the rise of pop culture through mass media. MTV was born. Rock stars adorned with tattoos graced our lives through television and magazines. We saw images of these rock stars, models, sports heroes and movie stars much more frequently, and often times sporting tattoos…

world. Their impact on the music industry has completely changed how some labels produce their artists, but how did this grunge movement start and why is nirvana the focus of it? The grunge movement started with a label called “Sub Pop” and the five bands that lead the movement. The term grunge was used the describe…

people around the globe can freely share ideas and cultures, also known as pop culture. Pop culture, as defined by Oxford dictionary, is the popular culture shown through media and aimed at younger people such as teens. Pop culture became popular with the introduction of the internet because people can share many of their ideas. A popular example of pop culture are images that are known are memes. Alexandre Philippe believes that pop culture can bring people of different cultures together and he…