Millions of people are familiar with the television series, Full House. If you didn't grow up when Full House originally aired, you watched every single episode on Nick at Nite (over and over again). Everyone couldn't help but love Full House and each character in this sitcom. Young girls and young women looked toward fictional characters, Donna Jo "D.J." Tanner (Candace Cameron Bure), and Rebecca "Becky" Donaldson-Katsopolis (Lori Loughlin), for inspiration. D.J. was a great role model for young girls and women struggling with body image and self-confidence. She also motivated young girls and women who had dreams of becoming writers, as she was editor of her school newspaper. If D.J. can do it, so can we! Becky showed young women that they can be successful news anchors. Although these were fictional characters, the acting talents of both Bure and Loughlin inspired many females. Now, Bure and Loughlin's daughters are taking their place, and encouraging young girls and women everywhere.
Meet Natasha Bure and Olivia Giannulli. This cute pair of friends are YouTube sensations. Natasha and Olivia both have their own YouTube channels dedicated to beauty, fashion, and music. Natasha
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prepares different styles for different occasions, and shows her followers the clothing, shoes, and accessories (all of which she owns). More importantly, she tells her followers where to purchase the materials. Natasha acquires a Bethany Mota vibe in her fashion vlogs. Just when you think it couldn't get any better, and she couldn't be any more amazing, Natasha surprises her followers. THIS GIRL CAN SING! Natasha doesn't only focus on fashion and beauty, she covers popular songs heard on practically every radio station. Natasha Bure is one incredible young woman (not to mention she was featured in Glamour magazine)! Her channel is informative and cool. Now, time for one of her closest friends. Many of Olivia's videos consist of makeup tutorials and routines for skincare. Similar to Natasha, Olivia does post fashion videos letting young girls and women know where to purchase certain products. Olivia Giannulli is nothing short of amazing. Her channel is fun and quirky. Aside from the informative, cool, fun, and quirky qualities of their videos, Natasha and Olivia do inspire young girls and women (picking up where their mothers left off), here's how. Through their YouTube channels, Natasha and Olivia show young girls and women that they can do anything and be anything.
Natasha and Olivia represent an entire generation of young girls and women that have a certain niche. "Do you love fashion and beauty? Do you sing? Is that something you're passionate about? Then get out there! You have a voice, use it," Natasha and Olivia seem to say with each video. They inspire the young girls and women who desire to enter the world of fashion, beauty, and music. They tell these young girls and women that the world is their's, and no one is stopping them. With each video upload, another young girl and woman knows that she can do it, and she won't give up. Meet the daughter of Candace Cameron Bure and the daughter of Lori Loughlin, aren't they
something? You can find Natasha and Olivia here: https://www.youtube.com/user/NatashaBure https://www.youtube.com/user/oliviajadebeauty
These two women are pieces of the puzzle that is Grover’s Corners. They represent the “norm'; who is just another person who has lost his or her individuality. The two women are not meant to remain in the mind of the reader because of their performance. Oddly enough, their “claim to fame'; comes because of their lack of individuality. Therefore their sole purpose in the story is to provide the reader with a consensus of what Grover’s Corners is really about.
Is there really difference between sitcoms today and sitcoms made back in the day? You would think there would be major differences between the two, when in fact, they are actually quite similar, with only a few minor differences. Although Modern Family and Full House take place in two completely different time periods, the characters have many similar characteristics, the plot lines are very similar and the setting is near the same as well. With all these things alike, of course, there are a few differences as well.
Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club and Pretty in Pink have more in common than Molly Ringwald. Stereotypes, different economic backgrounds, and feminism all have some part in these 80’s teen films. The themes are all the same, rich vs poor, popular or unpopular and changing yourself to fit into the ‘norm’.
In American culture today, women continue the struggle of identifying what their roles in society are supposed to be. Our culture has been sending mixed messages to the modern day female, creating a sense of uneasiness to an already confusing and stressful world. Although women today are encouraged more than ever to be independent, educated, and successful, they are often times shamed for having done just that. Career driven females are frequently at risk of being labeled as bossy, unfeminine, or selfish for competing in many career paths that were once dominated by men. A popular medium in our culture such as television continues to have significant influences as to how people should aspire to live their lives. Viewers develop connections with relatable characters and to relationship dynamics displayed within their favorite shows. Fictional characters and relationships can ultimately influence a viewer’s fashion sense, social and political opinion, and attitude towards gender norms. Since the days of Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie, where women were commonly portrayed as being the endearing mischievous housewife, television shows have evolved in order to reflect real life women who were becoming increasingly more independent, educated, and career oriented throughout the subsequent decades. New genres of television are introduced, such as the workplace comedy, where women are not only career oriented, but eventually transition into positions of power.
Zacharek, Stephanie. “A movie about a boy and a rock band. But it’s really all about the girls.” Rev. of Almost Famous, dir. Cameron Crowe. Salon.com. Salon Media Group, 15 Sept. 2000. Web. 29 March 2011.
Clearly a perfectionist in the art of deception, Becky Sharp, a young woman with serpentine sentiments, slithers her way into the aristocratic society that composes the hollow cortex of Vanity Fair. With unremitting cupidity, Becky exploits all those she encounters for the sole purpose of ameliorating her own situation, both financially and socially. Commencing her mission...
The video promotes a realistic portrayal of women while undermining negative societal expectations put to those women. Furthermore, the message behind it, one calling people to accept themselves and to not feel the need to strive towards unreachable goals set by the media, can be applied to the lives of not only women but men as well. While the song was obviously meant for women, it is still holds the important message for people of any gender, age, or race to understand that being true to and learning to accept one’s self can only lead to positive
Girls Like Us is an intimate portrayal concerning four girls who grew up all with different ethnic backgrounds and various forms of parental guidence. Anna Chau is Vietnames with strict parents and good beliefs, Lisa Bronca is a Caucasion Catholic, De'Yonna Moore is African-American with strong goals who lives with her Grandma and Raelene Cox is a young white girl who comes from a broken home with little parental guidence. Girls Like Us shows examples of structural functionism, and conflict theory, as well as symbolic interactionalism. This movie really intersted me because I actually got to see each of these girls grow up. This film also contained implications for the science of sociology.
Although Judy Brady discusses how women need to be the perfect homemaker and take care of their families, Brady uses irony to convey that this mentality is the way men think. Brady sees women as very powerful, entitled humans who should not be treated as so. In the article, she explains all the things that the male expects the ideal wife would do. They cook, clean, nurture children, and do all the household duties. Judy Brady sees women as something so special to this earth and men do not respect that.
As the girls grew up in their respective locations of the world, whether Puerto Rico or New York City, they faced the trauma of change, culture clash, ethnic identity, and their parental influence.
By chronicling the journey of this immensely talented young girl, the documentary explores the current issues of immigration and homelessness in America in a strikingly personal way.
Amanda Wingfield is the mother of Tom and Laura. She is a gracefully aging Southern Belle seemingly stuck on the values and traditions of the past that she once flourished so well in. Even though she has been abandoned by her husband and left to care for two children alone, Amanda is ever resiliently optimistic – though her life is not at all what she had planned for it to be. To Tom she is a constant nag and even more of an incentive to chase the dream within his grasp. She is just as dominating with Laura, insisting Laura always be ready and pretty for her “gentleman callers.” Laura knows deep down inside that these callers will never come, but Amanda cannot let go of the idea. She forces Laura to retreat into her world of imagination even further. Jim O'Connor is by the far the most ordinary out of them all. Jim i...
Who comes to mind when thinking about who the best role model is? Is it a friend? A sibling? Possibly a parent? For me, When thinking about who the best role model to have is, one person in particular comes to mind. She has been there my entire life, has seen me through thick and thin, and always supports me in everything that I do. The person that I consider to be the best role model is my older sister, Kelly. To this day my sister and I aren't joined at the hip, and I don't speak to her everyday, but my sister is still one of my closest friends. Growing up we saw things differently, but as I grew up and saw my sister go through life with a confidence still unrivaled, I realized she was the one person who I could count on to pick me up when
...f any obstacles that they might face along the way. By showing that she can have the brains as well as the looks, she encourages young women to try harder to attend high class schools and to understand that with a little bit of extra work they can make it to the top of their area of work. Many women can see this as a trend that can help them achieve anything that they put their minds to. She can increase the amount of women applying for universities and jobs by inspiring them to do more than stay at home as housewives. And though the targeted audience knows that looks aren’t everything, they also know that the image they portray is extremely important in the work environment. Everyone knows that when you look good, you feel good, and having a positive state of mind is always helpful to better your chances of finding a healthy balance in all areas of your life.
Gender has affected my life in many ways, but most of all I would say that from a young age I was given the impression that part of a woman’s value came from her ability to attract the opposite sex, and due to this mindset for a long time I felt as though I was ugly and difficult to love. There are so many expectations placed upon women based solely on the fact that they are female. Women are meant to be gentle, quiet, and respectful at all times but most of all they are expected to be pretty. Being physically appealing means different things depending on where you live, however, In western society it appears to mean being a tall, skinny, preferably blonde, Caucasian female and if you happen to match this criteria you’ve essentially hit the