PCKCCjeffsthoughts: Music and Themes of Popular Culture

PCKCCjeffsthoughts: Music and Themes of Popular Culture: "Music is a very powerful medium through which popular culture is conveyed. As such, I feel that a lot of the concepts we hold today from pop..." I agree with this post alot. I think that music does have alot of influence on male/masculinity

PCKCCjeffsthoughts: Music and Themes of Popular Culture

PCKCCjeffsthoughts: Music and Themes of Popular Culture: "Music is a very powerful medium through which popular culture is conveyed. As such, I feel that a lot of the concepts we hold today from pop..."

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The connection between popular music today and men/masculinity has allot in common. For example in allot of music they talk allot about how being a man has to do with being tough. In country music for example allot of songs are about getting in bar fights or going out partian and having all the chicks. In rap music they also talk allot about fighting and who has all the money. I think that music has allot to do with spreading theses ideas cause kids listen to music at a young age so they hear all this stuff about men/masculinity growing up and its around them basically every day.

PCKCC Brittany's Blog: Rap and Country: More similar than different

PCKCC Brittany's Blog: Rap and Country: More similar than different: "Obviously rap and country and very different from each other. Their general fan bases are as far apart as can be, their sound is on opposite..."

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There aren't very many similarities between country and hip-hop but there are a few. Country and hip-hop both have die hard fans that only listen to that genre of music. Both types of music also have stereotypes about there listeners like only African Americans listen to hip-hop and only hicks listen to country. Country and hip-hop are also very different. Country is pretty much always about the small town life that allot of Americans can relate to. Hip-hop is about all different kinds of things like killing, drinking, dealing, partian and so on. Another deference between the two is country is said to be allot easier to understand cause they sing slower compared to hip-hop were its usually song allot faster.

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I think the media is making us more unhealthy. The reason for this is because before we had TV kids and family when they were bored would go out side or do something that didn't involve staring at a screen for hours. And now when kids are bored most of them watch TV. Which is very lazy and I think one of the reasons why kids these days are overweight. I also think that the media shows to many fast food commercials. Which is an issue cause on TV they show fast food looking so good when its really really bad for you.And when kids see it on TV they want it and they wine to there parents till they get it.

Over the last couple weeks of class i'v realized that theres alot of stuff about masculinity. I'v learned that the reason young men act the way they do is because there born into it by watchin there family and the media. Also that the view of a masculent man is guys are getting bigger and bigger musciles to show here masculinity. I do think that the relationship between violence and masculinity is somthing to worry about because young kids are starting to think that being a man is about how tough and violent you can be.

I think the top two responsis arn't that importan. The only reason I think there at the top is because thats basically what the media and everyhting elts tells us is manly. Yes, I think we should take in othere characteristics cause there are alot more out there that are more important then muscles and athletics.

I think the most interestin readin we've done do fare is Only 2% of Woman Describe Themselves as Beautiful. I think this information is interesting because more then 2% of woman are beautiful. I think are society has created and image of what beautiful is and its not write. This information is impotant for the reader cause it shows them that woman are puting to much pressure on themselves to fit the stariotype of beauty.

I think the proper role of pornography in American society is that it should stay in the background of society so we as people dont get to cought up in it. The only people who benefit form porn are the stars and the ppl who make it because there the wons who are making all the money. The ppl who are harmed by porn is the people who watch it because there wasting there time and money.

1st blog

In this weeks readings I agree with the arguments. For example I do believe that woman are held at to high of a standard for beauty and that looks and beauty are not always the same. I do not think that are popular culture is healthy in regards to beauty. The reason for this is when most of us think of beauty we think of ppl like modles and the truth is is that 99.99% of us don't look like that, but yet ppl still strive to. I think that we do focus on physical appearance to much, and i think thats not a good thing. For example if you focus on physical features alone then u'll never really get to know some one and like them