“Scars to your Beautiful” is a very meaningful, contemporary R&B song. Alessia Cara is the performer of the song which is in her album Know-It-All. I like this song because it gives a message to people that they don’t need to try and be something they aren’t because they are beautiful the way they are. I chose this song out of all the songs that I listen to because it is catchy and it makes me feel better about myself. Another reason why I chose this song is because I admire the performer for giving a message to people that they are beautiful how they are. There is a deeper meaning to the song than just giving the message to people that they are beautiful just the way they are. Alessia Cara gives a message of self-acceptance that challenges
Trina’s intent was to create a song that liberated women from the double standards and stereotypical views placed upon them. Her song however can cause harm to young women that listen to take this song to heart. Instead of liberation, we are moved further down into the hole of degrading and devaluing women. Trina should’ve sent the message that these things were wrong. Instead she endorsed and encouraged them.
and its sexual content. Many people try to argue that the song has a deeper meaning than
What is the difference between effective or ineffective communication skills when working with children, this essay is determine to find out the appropriate ways to communicate with children by analyse, the video clip ‘Unloved’ by Tony Grison, where a young White British girl aged 11 was taken into care, due to her father being abusive towards her and mother not wanting to see her.
In the second stanza, Piercy describes the girl as healthy, intelligent, and strong (7-8). Yet these positive equalities alone, could not keep people from criticizing her, so the girl feels inferior. “She went to and fro apologizing,” which demonstrates her collapse of confidence with the people she is surrounded with, who kept putting her down (10). She gives in to the hurtful things people say about her: “Everyone [kept] seeing a fat nose on thick legs” (11). The girl thus lets people push her in the direction of society’s standard of beauty, instead of affirming her own unique beauty.
Her goal is to replace the stereotypes surrounding Hispanic women with a set of realities, to help her do that she used her words. Meaning Cofer believes she can empower her readers through “The Myth of the Latin Woman.” Cofer also believes that language can be used to disempower because she explained to her readers how it made her feel when people stereotyped her. “Then I walked between them and to my room. My friend complimented me on my cool handling of the situation, but I confessed that I had really wanted to push the jerk into a swimming pool”(Cofer 112.) This proves that the words the man sang to Cofer had made her feel upset and disempowered. My views on this issue have become a lot more serious since reading Cofer's essay. I have personally not experienced a lot of people stereotyping me the way they did to Cofer and maybe that has something to do with the fact that I live in a diverse city and new society. But regardless if we go through it or not I feel that this is still a fight for every
In essence, this song carries various sociological concepts. It concentrates on the main idea about the social construction of reality and talking about how reality is changing. The song questions the actions and mentally of individuals violating the norms and values of society. The band takes into consideration various factors of why it is happening including the media and religion. As a result they talk about such influences taking control building and developing a sense of self. This is a great song about present day problems and how society changes with them.
Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic called the song and video a “definitive statement”. He added that this song and her next single “Material Girl” were the songs that turned Madonna into an icon.
On December 13, 2013 Beyoncé - who was named by the Time magazine as the most influential person of the year 2014 - unexpectedly released a self-titled visual album that went viral on the Internet, that is, it debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, and sold 828,773 electronic copies in three days becoming the fastest-selling album in iTunes Store history. After the release of the album the artist posted coupe of videos where she was walking her fans through her songs and music videos in the album explaining what was intention and the idea behind each song. In one of those videos she speaks about how she was looking for some videos on feminism on YouTube, and when she saw a TEDx video from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie talking about feminism, Beyoncé decided to use it for her new single – Flawless - as in her opinion the music and the Adichie’s video suited very well with each other. By the end of the explanatory video she talks about ‘imperfection’ and embracing one’s imperfections, which she links to her another single Pretty Hurts. This song features the issues of sexual objectification of female bodies and the culture of perfection where women are valued only for their beauty. In another explanatory video she talks about owning her sexuality and body, especially after her pregnancy. As she explains it was her joy and her confidence that allowed her to show her body to the public. In the video she mentions that she is very well aware of the fact that she is showing her body, and that she is doing this partly for other women as well to empower them, and give them an example that you can own your body and your sexuality, even after body goes into a lot of transformations during pregnancy.
This song is primarily about (surprise) being young, gifted and black, and what that means in a Euro-centric society Simone is celebrating the "billions" of black youth with unbound talent, and telling them not to back down from their gifts and talents. Aretha Franklin She remodels Nina Simone’s Young, Gifted and Black as a gospel anthem. It is arguably its most potent recorded version. Although there are those that will always argue that the best long-form Aretha Franklin recording is a hits compilation, Young, Gifted and Black exudes superiority, confidence and
Moreover, the woman in the ?eye of the Beholder? not only wanted beauty but she felt the need for acceptance. She was denied this when she was taken to a disability camp. It?s amazing how in the movie, people were separated and treated unequally because of their physical appearances, and as result, they could not share the same society. This is in fact is a metaphor for how discrimination was once in extreme existence in this society. For example, African Americans once had to use: different bathrooms, water fountains, and were even segregated to non-white school. They were even isolated to the worse parts of the cities.
I really enjoyed this post because it allowed me to look further into the lyrics of the song and analyze it in a way many might not. Originally, the song portrays Trainor singing about loving and accepting yourself for who you are regardless of your body size. However, that wasn’t entirely what the song was about. Instead she proceeded to attack other women for their skinny body types. I mentioned that as a woman who had the power to make such a strong input on the lives of all young girls, she should have empowered all women. I would re-write my post by going into more detail about the culture cycle and how she broke through the social-responsi...
“I got a a$$ so big like the sun”(Look Back At It),this is one of Trina 's dirtiest lyrics. Rihanna in her song even say , “suck my cockiness, lick my persuasion”(Cockiness). Lyrics like this are common in songs by many black women in the music industry such as Lil Kim, Janet Jackson, Salt N Pepa , Ciara, and the list goes on and on. These lyrics send the message that women songs should contain vulgar language and that women should want to look like the artist that performing these lyrics. Just like The Commodores say, “ She`s a brick house. . That lady 's stacked and that 's a fact”. (Brickhouse) Generations are growing up with this perception that body parts are a commodity. Girls aren 't born hating their body , we teach it to them through the music and other forms of popular culture. Black women in the music industry are upholding the ideal body image for women more than promoting the a positive body image to those who looks up to them.
The re-invasion of pop music has brought out the theme of love and relationships even more so then ever. If a songwriter has “writer’s block”, then the simple solution is to write a love song. “All I want is you (Come over here baby). All I want is you (You make me go crazy)... I‘m gonna love you right...” (Aguilera), is part of the chorus to Christina Aguilera’s song “Come on Over”. The attraction to this song to girls is in thinking that they could be in the situation of the female character in the song, finding the perfect guy and spending time with him. For guys, the attraction comes because a beautiful girl is singing this and they can pretend that she is singing to them. Something similar is also found in the song “Doesn’t Really Matter” by Janet Jackson. In this song she is stating all the things she loves about a certain individual. She can live with his imperfections and doesn’t care what anyone else cares. “Doesn’t really matter what the eye is seeing. Cause I’m in love with the inner being. And it doesn’t really matter what they believe. What matters to me is you’re nutty, nutty, nutty for me.” (Janet Jackson) This song is good in that it is a love song unlike many out there today. In this song we see that the main character loves her man because of who he is.
There are many criminological theories that attempt to explain criminal behavior or crime patterns. For instance, Agnew’s General Strain Theory can be applied to explain why the criminal John Dillinger committed various crimes. Agnew’s General Strain Theory assumes that all individuals experience strain, which, in turn, causes negative emotions that can result in legitimate or illegitimate coping, depending on an individual’s constraints or dispositions. Thus, the continuous criminal behavior throughout John Dillinger’s life can be explained using Agnew’s General Strain Theory in relation to strain, negative emotions, and dispositions.
The song, “Just a Girl,” relates so well to the short story, “The Necklace.” It relates in many ways and shows many different sides of the story including: how she let the money get her her, what she is like when she sees her old friend after many harsh years, what her husband thinks of her, and lastly how she confused where she stood in the class systems. Overall, I would say that this song is a good comparison to the story and the main