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Her clothes accentuate her cleavage or have a sexual shock factor, such as wearing “sequined pasties…[that] coordinate with the rest of her attire”. The vulgar, sexual nature of her raps makes it impossible for her to not receive attention from the media. Another artist, Eve, dresses sexually to accentuate her body and appears in videos with music video models but raps about social issues like domestic violence. By comparing the nature of these artists and their music, Perry tries to show that young girls have very few role models in hip hop that promote positive feminists values and body images. But, she neglects to discuss other feminist artists she mentions in the essay such as Destiny’s Child and Mary J. Blige and how their lyrics and actions in the media allow young black girls to have positive role models that show a woman can be independent, strong, and beautiful in their own way. Perry’s focus on the more sexualized female artists in hip hop and how their shocking appearance and lyrics allow them to be as successful as their male counterparts took away from the development of her argument about conservative artists and their success. By leading the reader to believe that artists are either overly-sexual or conservative, Perry limits how the reader forms an opinion on why or why not young girls’ body image may be threatened by the media and the hip hop

Beyoncé Knowles’s Lemonade video album brings the words of Beyoncé into a visual media and shows the viewer a deeper meaning behind the album. After this video came out many articles came forward analyzing Lemonade. One article, in particular, that was intriguing is Bell Hooks “Moving Beyond Pain.” Hooks starts her article saying that the Lemonade video was created as a money-making, business strategy, but as the text continues the reader can conclude that “Moving Beyond Pain” is actually about African American women, and women in general, standing up for themselves.

Greenwich Village is a known territory for sizable homosexuals; gays and lesbians. The huge numbers of homosexuals in the region may be due to the influx of men and women who earlier served in the military. The increasing population of homosexuals in the region encouraged the New York City to pass laws against homosexuality

House Bill 2 (HB-2) in North Carolina, also known throughout the U.S. as the bathroom law, has made national news as the latest discriminatory law against the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and queer (LGBTQ) community. Details of the law will be provided below, but the component of it that seems most controversial and most misunderstood is the mandate for men and women to use the bathroom of the gender into which they were born rather than that to which they have been reassigned. North Carolina governor Pat McCrory has championed HB-2 regardless of the significant detriment and revenue loss his position has cost the state.

While most of the lyrics in Beyoncé’s “Formation” music video are bold statements and used to represent social issues amongst Black America, it can be vividly seen the video uses several rhetorical approaches and signs to present the answer to the initial question: “What happened after New Orleans?” This scene also has Beyoncé standing on top of a New Orleans Police Department vehicle while surrounded by flooding water, which we’re led to believe is part of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Logos is established when Beyoncé addresses the rumors that she’s a part of the illuminate. This is the first time we’ve heard the starlet mention it since there have been hundreds of accusations linking her, Jay Z, Chris Brown and other black celebrities to the possible secret society. By her recognizing the rumor and attempting to dissolve it to present a great issue, she demonstrates great use of logos because she’s able argue her reasoning and persuade the targeted audience.

Melissa Harris-Perry uses some important figurative language to describe the African American women struggle of trying to stand up in a crooked room. By using this, the author is stating that black women are trying to follow the rules and regulations of society, uphold the law, and still be true to themselves. Despite this, society will always try and target, tear down, and oppress black women Black women, resilient as they are, continue to try but still are attacked by the unfair institutions against them. Furthermore, the metaphor is stating that African-American women are not at fault for the stereotypes and oppression that are placed on them.

The symbolism between the Painter and the Mural is a salient contrast within Vonnegut’s story. This contrast is an intentional comparison used to highlight the ultimate behavior of humanity amongst a form of population control as inhumane as gas chambers. The painter acts as symbolism of humanity’s rejection. The mural acts as the glorification of the control. The Painter gives off a careless attitude and a slight rejection towards the population control in the story. In response to the orderly’s comments the painter scorns, “You think I'm proud of this daub? You think this is my idea of what life really looks like” (Vonnegut). This reveals the painter’s attitude towards population control. Furthermore, it solidifies the fact that the painter represents humanity’s rejection. In direct relation, of course, is the mural. The mural itself, is a representation of all the important people of the hospital staff. Moreover, the mural acts as a glorification and acceptance of the population control. Together, the painter is seen filling the faces of these people, simultaneously rejecting that the mural, “[l]ooks just like heaven or something” (Vonnegut). What the contrast reveals in a deeper sense is humanity (the painter) continuing to accept the inhumane population control (painting the mural) regardless of their rejection. It worthy to note that the acceptance of population control varies from each human being. That is

Queer as Folk: Over the extent of of the United States’ history, we have had a lot of social movements. One of the most notable being the fight for equality for LGBTQI — that is, lesbian, gays, bisexual, transgender, questioning, and inter-sexual. The LGBTQ started its uprise in the ‘50s as homosexuals started to become more well known — not necessarily accepted, however — among society. The LGBTQI community has quickly progressed since the ‘50s and ‘60s, bringing along with it many social changes, transgressions, feelings of hate, misconceptions, and a plethora of stereotypes — changing society’s views on sex, marriage, love, and what it is to be human. It is important to understand the impact the LGBTQI community has had on our society, and which titles have made the greatest impact. Out of all six titles, one has became the most prominent in today’s society: gay men.

“Discrimination and inequality faced by gays and lesbians in the United States are widespread, and the social movement to end such with the principles of equality and fairness.”( Blackwell, C. W., Ricks, J. L., & Dziegielewski, S. F. (2004). I do feel that we as society has come a long way since the Stonewall Riots of 1969 when it comes to obtaining equal rights for the GLBTQ community. However, there are still segments of today's population that hold personal prejudices against gays and lesbians. With these prejudices, it’s important to understand that there is a direct correlation between discriminatory practices within the state and federal systems and public policy drafting. As I have mentioned, we have come a long way in regards to changing policy and practices with our Country. However, there is still much work to be done regarding issues that affect the gay and lesbian population when it comes addressing lifestyles and equal rights. Here are just some examples of rights that many take for granted. However they are not always afforded to the gay and lesbian population and their

In Franks Romero mural has many different colors and shapes. As an artist Frank used many different ideas to make the mural he wanted to make. It also expresses the mood or idea of how Los Angeles is. For example the cars may show many different things, may be about the traffic or about the cars in the era. The color choices he used put an postive effect on the painting and it show the happyness of L.A.

The place that was once formally known as Eureka valley, was a working man’s dream, known for its German/Irish decent. At the time Eureka valley became desirable and accessible to people including homosexuals. However, there was a decline in the neighborhood that took place after the world war. Homosexuals experienced struggles with queer populations and physical space for them, this is brought the rising of “marginalized sex districts”. But was spread out through the country because gay men wanted to create specific spaces to fight oppression that most were going through. They, in a sense, create these safe spaces which are queer friendly. The Gay community went from secret night clubs and bars to an entire community renames The Castro.

The Aristotelian appeal ethos is illustrated as well within the characteristics of the culture in the era of Southern Gothic Literature. This era manifested authors like Harper Lee, Flannery O’Conner, William Faulkner, and Edgar Allen Poe who were all “illuminating” their readers while heir focus was around the history of southern slavery. The artistic direction simultaneously permits scholars to appreciate when identifying with this music video signs and symbols while realizing the reasonable grounds behind Southern Gothic Literature. Burke’s identification shows up in the same shot of Beyoncé wearing an all-black gothic themed fashion along with black men whom are dressed in black, and all are positioned on the porch of a French-Creole style plantation—one of the seemly similar dressed African-American male is highlighted because of a headdress. It’s called a Fez. It is red, holds a black tassel, and worn by Moors. Moors are descendants of the 8th century Moorish Empire, who was known to have created a highly advanced civilization, culture, know art, architecture and educational institutions in the 7th and 8th century. The modern beliefs of the Moors are set in historical education, racial pride, and spiritual/social upliftment. In addition, assisting in building up their people to be respected by developing a cultural identity according to Wikipedia. The symbolism of the Moors standing in front of a historic French-Creole style plantation/ mansion, while snapshots of oil paintings on the wall of an African-American woman in jump-cuts is another way to show a connection that identifies with the French-Creole culture which also links in with the Moors, African Heritage, and Beyoncé’s lineage.

A transformation is taking place in cities throughout North America, which are doing away with their heteronormative practices of designing cities, and creating more “gay spaces.” This trend is largely driven by a changing cultural perspective among the various cultural groups, as well as the general trend towards acceptance for those who are gay. These gay spaces are usually confined to areas of the community where there is typically a high concentration of gay people. The locations that contain these “queer spaces,” are areas of reprieve for the gay community, and they should be accepted in communities that have an identifiable neighbourhood consisting largely of gay people.

Through collage, sculpture and photography sometimes all together she makes real the fantasy and perhaps nightmare of Black womanhood, history, sexuality and love. Themes are not just presented but turned on their head. In the object sculpture “Country Preacher”, Pilar Brown puts a tiny black church with a gold cross in the mouth of a bird skull. One thinks of death and sin in the church and how much our present and past lives inform that unknown future. Then in “Cut You” a female figure is adorned for survival and battle as a black woman with horns, a knife, and high heels. She poised to attach those that may try to challenge her strength. She’s sitting on ready. The things that may have been lost, Pilar Brown constructs among the sculptures for the viewer to find. Her pieces tell a historical fiction not unlike a Toni Morrison novel. That may Black women will immediately recognize intuitively.

Specifically, with his piece, Printemps (Spring), vibrant hues of colors are used to demonstrate moving past what was once darker times. Shades of deep, rich blue and earthy green