...Girl Groups During the 1960's girl groups which featured female vocal artists produced various genres of music ranging from “gospel, rhythm and blues, doo-wop as well as quirky pop.” Their songs talked about various concerns during that time such as “romance, sexual etiquette, and marriage, as well as love, loss and abandonment.” But although the fame and fortune of being a female rock star sounded great at the time, the girl groups were treated much worse than boy groups. There was less financial compensation, less royalties and a lot of the time they were not able to produce their own music. But although there were many negatives to being a female rock star, these girl groups supported feminism and within their lyrics they tried to convey real life images and stories to help change the view on equal rights and to ultimately change woman's roles within society. “Be my, be my baby” were popular lyrics from the 1960's group The Ronettes who had little say in the rhythm, lyrics and instruments used in the production of their songs. The Ronettes served as an ideal example of woman who were “forced” to sing lyrics regarding to traditional family norms. In the song Be My Baby, the song talks about a woman who is fighting for the love of a man and displaying that she will love him for eternity and take care of his every need. During the 1960's the traditional family view of a woman taking care of her husband fulfills the stereotype that you find within lyrics of songs as...
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...it had been on my playlist since last night. I do this whenever I come to love a song I just listened to. You already knew that music is one of my passions; everything about music interests me. The song I had downloaded last night is entitled ________ by ________. Yes, I know what you are thinking. It is K-Pop. Planned Main Points: 1. Prejudgments and Criticisms about K-Pop 2. Why K-Pop is Being Judged? 3. Concept of K-pop 4. Beauty of K-Pop Planned Conclusion: As much as we welcome American and Japanese songs, I also want everyone to welcome Korean songs. Just imagine it as another foreign song, it was just sang in Korean language. Thank you very much! Terms needed for the speech: * * K-Pop * Girl group and boy group * Leader * Lead and Main Vocal * Lead and Main Rapper * Lead and Main Dancer * Maknae * Visual * Producer * Songwriter * Bias Supplies needed: laptop, VGA cable, audio jack, microphone Two Back-Up Topics: 1. Writing a song 2. Abu...
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...The Korean pop music, commonly referred to as K-pop (it being an abbreviation of the term Korean pop), has actually become a greater part of the Korean pop. The K-pop's popularity has been notably attributed to individualism and also talent. It is also worth noting that the music has been having a wide diversity through the collaboration with different musicians. K-pop has been however termed as being widely manufactured. In the recent years, the Korean entertainment companies are now heavily depending on the YouTube as a key medium for the purpose of spreading of the Korean culture. K-pop music has actually been, and is increasingly music for charlatans. There always been a place for those who are unable to neither play instrument nor sing. This has been ironically 'dressed up' or otherwise inflated with something that is remarkable and excellent. After making a close scrutiny as pertains to the type of music the current K-pop plays, it is apparent that a lot has been neglected and the original test for the music has actually been lost. This may however been highly influenced by the current generation and the fact that many youths are not very keen on the kind of message passed by this particular music but the physically attraction and the kind of costumes by the dancers. Pop and rock music has been, and is increasingly, music for charlatans. There has always been a place for those who can neither sing nor play instruments and this has been "dressed up" or inflated as something...
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...The Korean pop music, commonly referred to as K-pop (it being an abbreviation of the term Korean pop), has actually become a greater part of the Korean pop. The K-pop's popularity has been notably attributed to individualism and also talent. It is also worth noting that the music has been having a wide diversity through the collaboration with different musicians. K-pop has been however termed as being widely manufactured. In the recent years, the Korean entertainment companies are now heavily depending on the YouTube as a key medium for the purpose of spreading of the Korean culture. K-pop music has actually been, and is increasingly music for charlatans. There always been a place for those who are unable to neither play instrument nor sing. This has been ironically 'dressed up' or otherwise inflated with something that is remarkable and excellent. After making a close scrutiny as pertains to the type of music the current K-pop plays, it is apparent that a lot has been neglected and the original test for the music has actually been lost. This may however been highly influenced by the current generation and the fact that many youths are not very keen on the kind of message passed by this particular music but the physically attraction and the kind of costumes by the dancers. Pop and rock music has been, and is increasingly, music for charlatans. There has always been a place for those who can neither sing nor play instruments and this has been "dressed up" or inflated as something...
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...international. It’s the reason why i found a cute girl with short hair through her first music album since then, 9 years, she still be my idol and my inspiration. Stephanie Hwang (Korean name: Hwang Mi-young credited under the stage name Tiffany, is an American vocalist and performing artist, dynamic in South Korea. She is an individual from Girls' Generation and TaeTiSeo as a primary vocalist in both gatherings. Her birthday is on August first, 1989. She prepared for a long time and seven months before her singing introduction in 2007. She was conceived in San Francisco, California, and experienced childhood in Diamond Bar, California, as the most youthful of three kin. She was born in the same hospital as her prior kindred Girls' Generation, Jessica. She additionally talks English and Korean fluently. She tried out at the SM Entertainment Starlight Casting System and joined the organization on October 2004 in Los Angeles, California. She prepared for a long time and 7 months before appearing. She went to South Pointe Middle School and Diamond Bar High School, she then exchanged to Korea Foreign Kent High School in Seoul and moved on from that point at age 18. Her height is 163 cm and her weight is 51 kg. Other languages that she can speak are Chinese (Basic), Japanese (Basic), Spanish (Basic). Watching films and listening to music are her interests. Her motto is “Just work hard”. Her favorite color is pink.Meanwhile she is a singer in a girl group, she won many prizes that voted by fans...
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...A Day in the Museum This is a story about a man sitting in a museum looking at one specific painting: the Stubbs chestnut horse. Doing this, he talks with an older man of near sixty years old about a girl in the museum. This girl reminds the older man about the feeling of rejection in his teen years. The main character is telling the story from his own point of view, as he is the narrator of the story. He is a first person narrator, who does not comment on the characters and the action in an objective way. An example of this is when the girl jokes about the horse in the painting and walks away, just to go back, when she “stared at the horse, which she must have felt she had affronted by her laughter” (page 5 line 6). Of course, the narrator does not know why she comes back to the horse; this is just his guess of what she is thinking. This affects the readers, since we do not get to know the thoughts and feelings of the other characters. At the beginning of the story, the old man tells a younger man about Stubbs the painter and about the horses he painted. But the young man seems restless and he is not interested in listening to the old man. By his exit, he ends up insulting the older man, who does not understand why the young man is not willing to learn anything about Stubbs. Stubbs and the painting of horses seems to mean a great deal to the older man, so he gets insulted, not only by being left, but also because of the fact that the younger man rather wants to go to the...
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...Why is it that when a girl reaches puberty, her self-confidence begins to plummet? It is known that this happens in most girls and the cause behind it is mostly due to stereotypes. Always, a company for feminine hygiene products, created an advertisement that not only conveys a positive message but also helped empower girls/women ages 10-24. They use both male and females of two different age groups to raise awareness and spread a positive image about why the phrase “like a girl” should not be seen as a negative connotation. Females, all throughout time, have always been seen as inferior and weaker than men and this commercial teaches women that they need to rise up and take charge. This commercial, which went viral through social media and...
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...According to the Girls’ Attitudes Survey in 2016, 40% of girls ages 7-10 feel self-conscious about their body image. This number only grows, shown by the study that close to 80% of girls who are ages 17-20 experience similar discomfort. The survey also touches on equality between boys and girls and how girls feel about being with a group of boys. In fact, 45% of girls change their behavior in this situation to avoid harassment. If one applies this scenario to a co-ed gym glass, a change in behavior may include a lack of participation for fear that the boys will poke fun at the girls for not being as “sporty.” But something can be done about this problem. As shown by Wissahickon School District, which will be used as a model throughout this...
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...In Karen Russell’s “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves”, a group of girls are taken from their home in the wilderness where they live as wolves to St. Lucy’s Home where they undergo extensive training to become more civilized. Mirabella is the youngest of the girls in the program and is the only one to not learn how to act appropriately from the nuns. Mirabella represents individuals resisting conformity to societal norms as she stays true to her roots under pressure and harassment from her peers and authority. As Russell’s “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” progresses, Mirabella becomes more ostracized amongst her sisters and peers as she is the only girl who does not deviate from her identity as a wolf-girl. According to psychological research by Herbert C. Kelman, compliance, which is a form of conformity, is described as individuals adopting “the induced behavior because they expect to gain specific rewards or approval and...
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...ENGL 103.G35 Cultural Analysis Cover Girl has always been a popular make-up company, and since they sell make-up, their main target is undoubtedly woman. In the new Cover Girl Nature Luxe commercial, they target women, especially in their teens, in multiple ways. They use a celebrity that is popular for that age group; she is wearing glamorous, sparkly dresses, she’s dancing nonstop and having fun, and they try to make the audience “join the movement.” Figure 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMt6TFO0zn4 Figure 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMt6TFO0zn4 The advertisement starts out right away with the popular music artist Taylor Swift as the only person in the entire commercial. The company makes a big emphasis on this and even puts her name in the commercial underneath the company name, seen in Figure 1, as if to highlight the fact that she’s in the commercial and wearing their product, even though it’s very clear who it is to the majority of the population. Cover Girl chose Taylor Swift to be the star of their commercial for a few reasons. They are targeting teenage girls, and Taylor is in that age range herself. She’s also extremely successful in her career and is an attractive young woman that a lot of girls wish they could look like or just be. By using Taylor Swift when she has all these qualities, it sends out a message to the watchers that if you use their product, you’ll be able to be like Taylor Swift. Figure 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMt6TFO0zn4 ...
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...There are many traditions in the Hispanic culture, and I believe the one that is more commonly celebrated than any other tradition is a young girl’s quinceañera. A quinceañera is when a girl is about to turn 15 years old, and it stands for a girls transition to womanhood. It can be compared to the sweet sixteen celebration that is done for a teenage girl on her sixteenth birthday in the American culture. The quinceñeara tradition has been around for hundreds of years and it’s celebrated just as much today than it was before, though through the generations the ceremony part of it has had its changes. What is the origin of the quinceñeara? It is believed that this tradition dates back to the ancient Mayan and Aztec times. Though the significance has changed slightly since then. the significance that has stayed the same today is of the a girl coming to womanhood, but back...
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...Societies’ Corruption Within the short stories “Recitatif” by Toni Morrison and “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves” by Karen Russell, the writers focus on the theme of societies’ corruption upon young, developing girls. The authors choose to center their stories on two groups of girls that are changed by their experiences as they mature in and outside group homes. In both stories the diverse group of girls are placed into homes by their parents for entirely different reasons. Despite these reasons the two girls in the story “Recitatif” grow closer while in the home, but the family of werewolf girls, in the story “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” grow further apart after they learn the ways of humans. As the girls are influenced by society they grow further apart due to the naturally selfish state of the world and the constant strife between the many cultures that it contains. All of the girls start out pure and untouched by the world and its flaws, but as they are taught to conform to societies expectations they become uncaring towards one another. The main characters of the two stories, Twyla and Claudette, are both placed into group homes by their families for the girl’s betterment. In “Recitatif” Twyla states that she and her friend were taken to St. Bonny’s home because her “… mother danced all night and Roberta’s was sick” (Morrison 201). The two girls bonded over their mother’s mental and physical illnesses, but the relationship between the Caucasian...
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...When G. Stanley Hall first introduced adolescence as its own age group, he changed the way that society would view girlhood. In Hall’s publication, Adolescence, he characterized this age group of being between the ages of 14 to 24 and exhibiting attention and risk-seeking behaviors, especially when it came to discovering your sexuality. Adolescents would go through what he described as “storm and stress” and would be in this state of unstableness until they found a middle ground as aged closer to adulthood. This new view of adolescence began in the early 1900s, around the same time that movies were reaching a wider audience and become more technological advanced. As adolescent girls were portrayed more frequently in films, they gave these...
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...Socio Economic Transformation of India Skewed Sex ratio- Improving the socio-economic fabric of India Submitted By: Section A Group No. 3 INDEX Abstract 3 Introduction 3 Global Trend 3 Indian Trend 4 State-wise analysis 4 Sex-ratio indicators 6 Child sex ratio 6 Sex ratio at birth 7 Son preference 7 Mortality differentials 8 Social Implications 8 Brought women 9 Polyandry/abduction 9 Social fabric 10 Crime rates 10 Economic Implications 10 Labor force 11 Unorganized sector 12 Consumer Power 13 Economic status 13 Policy Constraints 14 Recommendations 15 Immediate strategy 16 Short term strategy 19 Long term strategy 20 Role of NGO’s 22 What needs to be done 24 The future 25 References 25 Abstract The rise of boy child population in India for the past twenty years parallels the experience of other Asian Countries such as China and South Korea. There were 945 girls per 1000 boys in 1991, 927 in 2001 and only 914 in 2011. India’s increasing number of rich class seems to have increased the practice of sex selection in the new technology promoted by private health sector. The new technology has aggravated the social problem of bias against girl child and continues to have caused the drastic reduction in the proportion of female children. This article focuses on appeal to government and...
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...The cause of the issue girls’ education being ignored is because of the fact that girls’ in impoverished nations support the family, of family honor, of inadequate facilities, and lack of female teachers. For example, the events that happened to Malala Yousafzai and other girls like her. Raising awareness to this issue is significant for all people are equal, and this doesn’t seem equal. A group of people may disagree with me on this issue, but I hope to change their minds with what I need to say. That group might say that men are superior and girls are inferior and that is how it is, however I disagree. I disagree since there are several advantages of educating girls’. The key point is that “Grown up educated girls can play an essential role...
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