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    is recognized as an icon of women empowerment. She is one of the most influential celebrities in the world. In Beyonce’s music video‚ “Pretty Hurts‚” femininity is shown through the struggles and pressures women go through to meet the unrealistic standards of beauty. Compared to the topic of femininity‚ the representation of masculinity is very limited in the music video. Also‚ the music video challenges the gender stereotypes and deals with third wave feminism. Women struggle daily in order to meet

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    together a short music video. I decided to make a music video because I felt is was significant to a problem in todays society. Today‚ popular culture‚ such as today’s hits music‚ has a negative impact on women and young girls. For example‚ in a lot of songs with a male artist‚ the male will degrade women. With that said‚ one may turn on the radio‚ or television‚ and hear a song about how the male artist is so wealthy that he can sleep around with any girl that he would like. In the music video of the same

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    Nowadays‚ music videos are made with many purposes in mind as they are created simultaneously with almost every song that is released today. It gives the opportunity to promote the artist and not only their songs since many appreciate them for their music videos or even their charisma. The video in question is the engrossing Windowlicker from the artist Aphex Twin and director Chris Cunningham. Their aim was to create a parody of the M.T.V culture and popular mainstream hip-hop music (black and hispanic

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    is recognized for his work as a rap artist who is able to connect with his audience through humor and rhythmically dicey lyrics. Eminem’s “My Name Is” music video is able signify whiteness and rearticulate race with the use intertextual editing techniques that parody common representations of whiteness. Eminem is using his “My Name Is” video as an approach to solidify his style of rapping and thus create new political and cultural authenticities that entice questions of race representation in

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    stereotypical misrepresentations of African-American women and men in popular culture have influenced societal views of Blacks for centuries. The typical stereotypes about Black women range from the smiling‚ asexual and often obese Mammy to the promiscuous Jezebel who lures men with her sexual charms. However‚ the loud‚ smart mouthed‚ neck-rolling Black welfare mother is the popular image on reality television. The typical stereotype about Black men is the violent‚ misogynistic thug‚ and the ever-enduring

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    Women and Video Games The way women are sexually portrayed in video games is pathetic. The lack of effort to change this is disappointing‚ and sadly women’s portrayal in video games is an accurate representation of how this country view women. By portraying women negatively in video games‚ designers are adding to the normalization of certain gender roles. From early on in video games women have been over sexualized‚ current games have not changed the view of women‚ and kids are being misinformed

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    Die Another Day: Madonna Music Video The product carries no institutional or other identification‚ but the music appearance of Madonna present it as a 3 1/2 minute music video promoting the single Die Another Day. This text is intrinsically inter-textual: it is the theme to the James Bond feature film of the same name. Movie audiences will see a completely different set of images set to the same music at the start of the film. Knowingly‚ the video presents Madonna in the role which Bond inhabits

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    & Society April 2‚ 2012 Women’s Role in Hip-Hop Videos During the last few decades and more specifically throughout the twentieth century‚ the music industry has had a tremendous impact on people’s perceptions of women. It can be said‚ that in the hip-hop genre women are portrayed as sex objects rather than important figures in society. Through demeaning images and lyrics‚ music videos in the hip-hop genre are a demonstration of how women are underrepresented and stereotyped in the media as

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    equality between genders‚ we live in a society in which women have become an object. With morality and ethics on the ground‚ the objectification of women has been promoted for several years. For example‚ unfortunately‚ it has become so daily to think of women

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    in 2014 but inspired by the 1970’s Black Panthers. This article speaks more about how the women in the Black Panthers were treated‚ one individual that Perkins (2014) speaks about is a woman named Marlene Cummins. Cummins was in the Black Panthers movement in Queensland back in December 1971. Perkins (2014) decided to write about Cummins story to help answer the questions. In the article‚ Perkins (2014) wanted to really know what went on to women in the Black Panther community. So she felt the only

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