I remember when...

So do you remember Tag, Bebo, MySpace, flicker, and photobucket ?

I do ! Those were all popping back when I was in middle school, and early high school. MySpace I use to love it because I could edit my back ground ... Have the words dropping from the top of the page, people could comment and show my page "some luv" and have music play as soon as you got on it. Lol it was poppin . Tag I was on there in the chat rooms... I use to talk shit to random people and flirt (omg I was so young) and it was cool until MySpace upgraded lol. I am amazed at how much social media has evolved but yet they are still the same. We no longer have chat rooms but we have instant messaging so you might as well say they are chat rooms. I feel like the social media now might be TO much sometimes with the things they allow ... Like now Facebook all you see is nudes and people being "exposed" I don't remember all that back in my day. The chat room was lien the most action I got on tag and MySpace I don't remember having any issues on there it was all just fun and cool. Omg I like her page and the pictures or omg what song is this I love it ... Let me copy it to my playlist. Little shit like that ... It was so innocent back then. NOW you got social media thugs and gangstas and open stars and porn producers who feel like they can just expose a girl just because ... 🙄🙄. Social media it the root of all evil yet the way of life . I honestly cannot tell you how much I rely on social media to keep me in the know. It's better then watching the news because they can sometimes turn something negative into positive with all the comedians in the world -_- it's just easier to read stuff on soial media them it is on the news . It's almost like on the news you hear about the same shit .. Black folks, killers, robbers, thugs, drugs and insanity . It's scary almost .. Social media you get a little bit of everything .. Laughs, cries, memories, good, bad , ugly and whatever else. Like we discussed in class social media is happy lol if it's not happy it doesn't get a lot of attention. But I mean I could go on . Social media rocks ! I love it ! Except when the Internet thugs come and it takes me out of character lol jk jk ! But blah I'm done ... PEACE!

 http://www.ignitesocialmedia.com/social-networks/blast-into-the-past-what-16-top-social-networks-used-to-look-like/
 
 

Black vs. White? But why?

Well I haven't blogged in so long I don't know where to start. I could talk about media, politics, inequality, relationships, movies, tv shows, cartoons, etc. BUT I am going to talk about inequality because it will help with my project in inequality. Lol so if you don't want to get real stop reading RIGHT HERE! .... (Waits for you to leave) 

Well where do I start? IM BLACK! Pure Black! If I get any blacker I'd be oil! Anyways ... In my class we talk about white privilege. How white people have advantages that put black people at a disadvantage LIKE ... Job opportunities, going into a store and not having to be followed, driving while black, lol etc. but uh anyways,

So we talk about these privileges and how america needs to change and blah blah blah, I love talking about things like this because I grew up and are still growing up differently from the white kids in my class. I have stories!!! But crazy thing is I'm a junior now my first time being around white people was my freshman year at GGC. I felt so out of place... It was like all whites and a spot of black. I look around on campus and it's still semi divided. Can you fill up a whole hand of how many friends you have that don't look like you? I have 2 ... I can't blame anybody but myself .. It's almost like a comfort thing, it's all I know. I have nothing against white people because to be honest I have had maybe a handful of incidents that I KNOW happened because of my skin color. But that doesn't make me classify all white people into one like they do blacks. I have met plenty of white people some I've liked some I haven't but same thing for blacks, Hispanics, Indians, and anybody else! I was taught at a early age "what is color"?  They bleed the same color blood as I do, change they draws the same way I do (maybe not as many times as me but hey) I didn't know what the REAL definition of racism was until I got to College and started working. Even in high school I never thought of it as "oh white people got it better then me and whatever" if you ask me I'm rich shittt. I've never wanted for nothing, I've never had to go without food, I've never had to beg for nothing so im just as "Priveliged" as the white folks BUT I've been around people who were less fortunate, I've watched my mother struggle I've watched my grandparents struggle I've seen family members STRUGGLE friends die, I had a teacher commit suicide because she couldn't take it no more so when I sit in class and listen to how black people are the "Victims" and how much SHIT we/them/they have to go through and knowing what I could possibly have to go through because of how America is it angers me because I STILL do not know WHY! WHAT TF MAKES ME DIFFERENT FROM THE WHITE GIRL IN CLASS? my skin color does NOT define me! Just like her skin color does not define her! We could be driving the same car, got the same job, make the same amount so somebody tell me how that makes her more "Privileged" then me? ANYONE ? Uhuh ... Anyways. I could go on for days , I understand how this happens and why this is but I don't understand WHY ... And why is it we never talk about other ethnicities it's always black and white but whatever no need to waste anymore time.... I love you white people ... Hope you love me! NIGHT 

Homosexuality and Hollywood Dont Mix

I want to start by saying the Celluloid Closet was definely out of date. The way that homosexuals were portayed back in the day homosexuals are looked down upon and killed and beat up in the movies. To me that set the tone for the media to let them know that it is ok to bash homosexuals. In todays Hollywood I have been able to notice the change. One example I want to give is the show "The L word" now if I remember correctly that show was (for me) the first lesbian show I seen and it was actually a late night show. No to me I think that is because media waned to make sure that that show was not seen by the average audience. its like that show got no credit because it was about lesbians. I thought it was a porn because of the time the showings would come on. But now in todays time since lesbians are now more accepted they show reruns and things during the day or earlier in the day. Shows in todays time are more open to adding a scence here and there with lesbians and gays but if they over do it society goes crazy. Example: Empire, that show was number one in American for the 1st season. then second season came and they added more gay scenes in the show and the ratings dropped tremendously because of the gay scenes. Another thing that I noticed is that gay and lesbian movies are not in theaters. iI f a movie has a gay scence that movie does no make it on the charts. I think the whole system is rigged. Example: 50 shades of Grey, I loveeedddddd tha movie but I think it was wrong as far as the message it says about women. About women needing to be submissive. That movie is so deep BUT honestly the whips and chains is stuff  I,(Me) have only seen done with gays and lesbians. Like they are the ones into the extra freakiness lol but that's just me. Now the shows like RU Paul's Drag Race are shows that got discredited because society "doesn't want to see that" I liked that show though. I do not think that class has anything to do with homosexuality in the media because I have seen just as many black gays as I have white. I do think the media tries to discredit gays in the movies because they ry to make them the damsels in distress, like they are the ones that are always needing help or the ones that are always being hurt. they are never happy. Even in Empire they had Jamal as the gay brother, but he was the most un happy because he couldn't come out, then in season 2 he comes out but ends up kissing a female and that message went viral as "he has been fixed" why cant he just like both men and women? Heterosexuality is a "Norm" and Homosexuality is almost like being an outcast in society? I think there needs to be more shows like "The Fosters" because it shows lesbian love, heterosexuality, and diversity and how at the end of the day LOVE IS LOVE. That show does not get noticed at all and that is sad.

https://thesocietypages.org/papers/same-sex-different-attitudes/

Why don't I see anybody that looks like me on tv?

So as we know I'm Black ... This particular topic is sensitive to me because learning what I learn and seeing that I see on a daily bases is a bit heart breaking yet something I have to accept! On MOST of the tv shows and media that I consume all I see is white, white male, white female, white kids, white white and then a spec of color. Now as discussed in class I am going to focus on the movie (series) transformers because out of ALL the movies I have watched (and I've seen a lot) this movie brought some serious racial disparities. You have robots that are saving the world... Let me break this movie down real quick:

You have the robot that saves the world who is most likely white . Then you have the other one who is the guardian who is also mostly white. Let me tell you why I think they are white ... Because the ones that are supposed to be another color "act" like they are another color. The supposed "black" robot comes off as mean, ready to kill, and cursing like no other. His first line is "what's cracking bitches etc. etc."! And then you have Sam lol who ask why does he talk like that ? Now we all know that that robot was suppose to be the black robot but why? Like first off why do we have to be the only one cursing ? Why do we have to be extra? Let me give another movie example:

The scary movies that come out... A large percent of scary movies the blacks that are in those movies DIE FIRST or die in the most stupidest way ... Ex. (One missed call, Scream etc.) this is because black people are seen as being stupid. (In my opinion).

Because of how society looks at African Americans as a whole when we make it into movies most of the times we aren't portrayed in a good way (to hood, killing people) or we don't get the lead role. We are in the background and the "helper" of the star in the movie. Ex. (The show super girl and the Areow) I love those shows but the black guy in both shows are the helpers of the hero and the other is a police officer that still HELPS the main character! Now that show is for women so I have nothing against it. BUT African Americans cannot star a big role in movies or tv shows that have a all white cast ... Not going to happen because either we aren't going to see it or it's going to get a lot of flap about it. Most of the shows I watch are predominantly black cast BUT they either ratchet (love and hip hop) or its so much drama that it's ridiculous (Empire) but I love it. And I think that happens because of how African Americans are portrayed. The scary movie series with the Wayne brother is pure stupidity ... But that's because that's what we are good at let them tell it. So why not give people a reason to laugh ? Smh but this is all my opinion. Let me know if I'm wrong !
And another thing why is it that the Latinas have to be dumb! They are either dumb or they are slutty . They can't be the smart ones ... I'm complaining about blacks but there is hardly ANY shows or movies with Latina/o characters and they are the star of the show. Smh

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/30000-hollywood-film-characters-heres-many-werent-white/
This article has some great facts and I just hate that it is like that!

HOMO"Normativity" vs HETERO"Normativy ..WHY?

OK so this weeks post I am a little hesitant on because I don't really understand the task but here I go.
Last week I talked about the movie "barbershop" and it being a comedy and why I thought it was rated comedy and PG-13. This movie when it comes to heteronormativity had a lot of it in there. This movie had a lot of hetero relationships. The most interesting part of the role played for hetero that I felt might have been political belief is that every guy one this movie was in a hetero relationship and even EVE had a boyfriend. I feel like this being a black cast (minus the one white barber who portrayed blackness lol) adding homonormativity wouldn't have gotten it to the theaters and as good as a rating as it did because politics and people are not as excepting of that image as it should be. That movie was about black barbers and how the men act when they are in the shop. They didn't have one gay client come in or have a gay barber. BUT WHY? They could have made a big message with that movie. The reason I say politics are involved is because everything is politics once you break it down. If the movie hadn't made it to the theaters some of the characters wouldn't have been noticed and if the big time characters like ICE Cube and Cedric would have been seen in that type of environment that could have hurt their career. In class we discussed how making a change to something that everyone likes is a big risk and can hurt your career as a artist and i feel like its the same thing for movie stars. Cedric is a comedian and Ice Cube was a rapper they could have lost fans had they been seen in a movie with something that's not "NORMAL". But that's just my opinion.

An article with reviews: http://christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2002/barbershop.html

Comedy? Why comedy though?

The last movie I watched was Baber shop (actually watching it now because I am about to got to bed). But this movie is rated PG-13 and it is a comedy. I completely understand why it is a comedy. The characters in the movie are all mostly comedians. I don't remember when this movie was advertised but based on looking at the pictures and trailers from when it was bein advertised you can tell it was going to be a comedy. Its almost like when they want to draw in a articular audience or draw in people period they advertise the HIGHLIGHTS of the movie. Scary movies are the worse. When they advertise those movies its almost like they leave us no suspense anymore because all the good parts be in the commercials so its spoiled. When a movie is made into a comedy it should be funny. The audience should be laughing at least 50% of the movie. I think that's how the reviews are made. Movies who come out and they say NOT YET RATED its because they are still trying to see what genre it fits in best with. I think that they should show movies to us first then rate them in a genre. Because these scary movies nowadays are not scary they are more funny. But that's just me!

http://www.thinctanc.co.uk/words/comedy.html (Opinionated link on what makes a movie a comedy)

Politicians and The Media

I did not watch a debate on YouTube I am going to go off the debate and what I remember that came on late last year with the Democrats! 

I feel like the media and how society feels plays a MAJOR role in how politicians think and molds their speeches to sound like what certain audiences want to hear. 

EXAMPLE: 

Making marijuana legal! 

Omg if their views on that haven't changed a mazillion times o don't know what! Back before ANY of them were running for president most of them (Hiliary, Sander, O'Malley ) were all against it. But now that it has become so common and more people want it and the media makes people who are against it seem so different they change their views. Government to me personally wants whatever can make them money which is why it's a states decision to make it legal.  

Politicians are definitely media made ... Everything changes when they get in the White House. They want you to believe they are your average joes, or living the American Dream (family) but really I think everything  is a "if I can sell it and the media can help me sell it GO FOR IT" type of society.  But that's just me! 

(Don't have a link for this one!)  

Straight Outta Compton Rated R? BUT WHY?

A movie that I watched recently besides Ride Along 2 lol was Straight out of Compton (director version). It is rated R. I think this movie got that rating because of the language, sex scene, drugs, and overall message. Yes that movie was a true story and tells us the story of Dr. Dre, Eazy E, and ICE Cube and how they became a group and what they stood for, but because of the way that it happened it is not a family friendly movie. This movie is a message in my eyes. it shows us that some of the things that happened then are still very well alive today. On the link below I went and read a couple of critics reviews on the movie just to see how they felt about such a movie. One that stuck out to me was the A Critical Movie  and something from his review that shocked me was how shocked he was on the language that was said in the movie and how it made it to the theaters with that kind of language (use of the N word and the F word). I feel like that mindset that he/she was in is the same mind set the panel had when they decided to Rate the movie. There are numerous reason I FEEL like this movie made it to the big screen but the reason pertaining to the topic would have to be (as discussed in class) only a limited audience was going to see the movie anyways. Do i feel like this movie is appropriate for a 8/9/10 year old? NO, BUT do I think it could have been PG 13? YES! but let me tell you why! Just like we discussed in class just like music, movies have a meaning as well. If they had of G rated the movie the overall message would not have been seen. To me watching the theater version and the directors cut version there was a difference. If pre-teens can listen to movies that have the N word or the F word seeing a movie with that same language TO ME is no different. Because of the society we live in and how BIG the media is there is no point in sugar coding the truth. I feel like that's whats wrong with society today everybody wants to sugarcoat the story. But hey that's just me. 

Link to IMDb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1398426/

Media Entry 2 1/28/16

Books:
Rigging the Game

Films:
None


Music:
R&B and Hip Hop (everyday)


Papers:
Sociology Interview questions


TV Shows:
Stevie J and Joseline goes to hollywood
Blacklist (Netflix)

Video Games:
NONE


Social Media Sites:
Facebook
Instagram
Snap Chat
Google
Blogger

Ride Along 2

Here I am again consuming more tv ! About to watch ride along 2 with extended fam! Will keep you posted on how good or not good it was ! 

1/23/16 

Ride Along 2 

Advertisements Get me EVERY TIME!

So of course on this free day we have I have consumed NOTHING but TV and Social Media OMG!
So a couple of products that have stood out to me on TV are the Advertisements for weight loss. Ive seen numerous of commercials but for some reason its almost like because they know everyone is in this weekend they want to show nothing but weight loss products. Like have y'all seen them or is it just me?


The Advertisements are almost insulting if you ask me. They are stressing it so much to the point where I kinda want to start doing crunches while i blog lol. They make it seem like you need to be working out or you wont be happy. One commercial is so intense I think they were aiming for men. Most of these workout commercials are all females. They have the females doing all the work, as if all we do is sit on our asses all day and need to be working out.

 My response to these advertisements is ^@%@$^ lol. Even though I drink my flat tummy tea and wort of work out, this blog makes me a hypercritical lol. I really think that the media tries to portray this everybody needs to be thin in order to fit in idea. I hate that society makes us women especially feel as if the way we look is never good enough. UGH 

I think these advertisements tie into the video watched in class on *likes* because, if you think about it, we are told to look a certain way in order to be *Liked*. all these advertisements are suppose to get you down and out about the way you look, motivate you to work out and get thin, then show the world so you can fit in. I think its a bunch of BS. In the video they talked about how certain pictures and how if they dont get alot of likes we take them down because we think people don't like them because they only get 1-10 likes. I am very guilty of that so I could defintely relate. I think society especially the new generation and those to come need to change our mindset. Being comfortable in your own skin should be how we think, but media is so big and so persuasive its almost impossible to tell someone they are cute nowadays without them thinking your joking. 

But I could go on and on. 
Love you for you! 
You are beautiful/handsome don't let anyone tell you different 

Snowy Day In Atl

So I was most definitely chillen, when all of a sudden it started raining. I went and started a fire in the fire place, made some hot coco, and now I'm chillen with bae! :) beautiful night!! 

Everybody enjoy this beautiful weather like I am! Stay warm folks! 

Media Log 1 1/18/16

Books:
Girls, Women and Crime

Films:
The Visit


Music:
R&B and Hip Hop


Papers:
Media and women


TV Shows:
Hit the Floor
The Royals
Love and Hip Hop


Video Games:
Lara Croft the Tomb Raider


Social Media Sites:
Facebook
Instagram
Snap Chat
Google


  Everbody should watch.. best show everrrr !

Media and Women

The media has a major affect on women. to me I think that the general message of the media to women is that we are a joke. To me the image they have of the way women should look is a joke. There are more thin women in the media then there are thick or big girls. If there are big women in the media they are playing degrading roles. Like the movie precious (watched that over the weekend). This movie is about a big girl who is raised in a rough area and mother who doesn't really care for her well being. Precious is portrayed to be this nasty, always eating and just sloppy female. To me that is degrading. On top of that she is an African American female. I think they give certain roles to certain people based on the race (sometimes) because if you think about it the movies (pitch perfect & tammy) those heavy set women are funny and relatable. But in all those films named the one thing they have in common is the overall picture that you get from the big girls on screen. Women are a joke.

To me I think that media and sociology play hand in hand an that there can be a lot of possible theories (if not already there) that come from media and its affect on society. Media is nothing but technology and that is advancing everyday. I think that our world our society is some what corrupt by media. Everything is accessed via media. Schools are now accessed through media. We have classes that are taught on sites that you can only access if you have a computer or phone. To me because media plays such a big role it creates a utopia almost. its like it shows you the finer things in life and make things that are "outside the norm" seem like its so wrong.

Since way back when, women have been looked upon as weak, and that they have to listen and obey. The media still portrays that way if thinking to a certain extent. There are some goods to social media and women though. Like we are starting to get more roles in films and TV shows. You are starting to see more equality in the roles on TV. Both men and women are working and taking care of the home and children (if they aren't having issues). I am hoping that as technology advances, so will the way society looks at women and women look at themselves change.

 "Fat Amy" is the funny big girl in the movie who it seen eating sloppyiy at one point in the movie.

Tammy is the big girl in the movie that has no job and just doesn't care about life and cannot take care of herself
and this is precious the African American big girl that gets portrayed as a sloppy eating big girl from the projects.