Deceptional Pictures

The five pictures that stood out the most were the very first photo, which was the picture of Katie Couric. It was obvious that her body was slimmed to make her skinner. The second photo was of the copied soldiers. The third photo was the one of Oprah’s head on another’s model’s body. The fourth was the picture of the grasshopper on a pickup truck. The last picture that stuck out the most was the picture of a man on top of a fish.

The picture that most stood out the most was the picture of Oprah. I'm not trying to be rude with O, but we all know that she hasn't been that skinny as long as we( the audience) known her for. When I first looked at the photo my eyes instantly looked at the neck than body and I already knew from there that it wasn't her. At first I was thinking 'wow like nobody would know this was fake. After reading the caption to the right of it, I forgave her and said "oh, she didn't know". So I guess O and I are cool now. I'll see her today at 4 o'clock today after school. :D

Violence in Media... Hmmm..

Media in violence to me has really changed since my day. I mean… when I was younger the cartoons and stuff didn’t really harm anyone. Ok, we (the audience) laugh when a cartoon character gets hurt, we laugh cause it’s funny. Yes, I know it’s not funny when a REAL person gets hurt, BUT that’s WAAAAAYY different from a cartoon. Now on the other hand we have violence that’s practically real, like in realistic games, on movies, shows, pictures, radio, etc. Now when I say there different this is what I mean; cartoon violence for instance MGM (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.) They played old cartoons like Looney Tunes and Short random cartoons on Boomerang. Now with those kinds of cartoons, you would NEVER see blood. I MEAN…. EVER!!!! That’s just one example of cartoon violence, there are others like anime. With anime they show a lot of blood and violence but that doesn’t mean that ALL cartoon violence is bad. Ok, now when you see blood or fighting or something similar to those, you instantly attract to it. It makes you want to be the guy kicking the other guy in the head. It looks nice but I mean… ummm not the nicest thing to do. Yes, I have come to the conclusion that media violence has affected a lot of the community everywhere. Some people want to do things that media does cause it looks cool.

What's Going On,

Marvin Gaye - What's Going On Lyrics



Mother, mother

There's too many of you crying

Brother, brother, brother

There's far too many of you dying

You know we've got to find a way

To bring some lovin' here today - Ya



Father, father

We don't need to escalate

You see, war is not the answer

For only love can conquer hate

You know we've got to find a way

To bring some lovin' here today



Picket lines and picket signs

Don't punish me with brutality

Talk to me, so you can see

Oh, what's going on

What's going on

Ya, what's going on

Ah, what's going on



(In this song that Marvin Gaye sangs, I think that he's sending a message out to the "people" asking like, what's happening to everybody. I think he was trying to tell people that they need to change their ways becuz the things that he's seeing everyday are not right. So that's why the main lyrics are saying what's going on. He didn't just point to one crowd of people like, just males or just females. He was pointing to fathers, and men, young men, mothers, and etc.)

From Queen to Nelly: Bi***es & H*es

Ø In Queen Latifa’s Video and in her lyrics, she was saying how females are a “unity” which means together as one. Her video was dedicated to (I think) all females. I also think that she was saying to not let other people (mostly dudes) call them out their name and that they shouldn’t rely on guys, especially the ones that treat them wrong. The video (to me) seems that its telling women to not take the ignorant, disrespectful stuff that people do towards them and do something about it.
Ø In Mr. Nelly’s video, it’s the same o’l thing with females. Their always in underwear showing off their body. Yes, its bad towards females but honestly, most of the females in that video know what their doing. They just don’t do it for the camera, some of them do it b/c they need the money for living. Also yes, a LOT of things were said bad in the video towards females, it’s a shame, but until someone that is really offended does something than just stop the madness. I don’t especially don’t like when females are disrespected but until they feel they had enough and start doing something, what can anyone else do???

Agree?, or not to agree?, that is the question.

“It’s only-only at the end of the day, it’s only entertainment.”
- Jadakiss, Rapper

I have a mix decision on this quote. The thing is that yes, sometimes its entertainment and sometimes the things that seems like entertainment should be taken seriously and should be listened to. Not everything about Hip-hop is entertainment, somethings rappers or singers want people to hear and to understand what’s going on. Somethings they want to be taken seriously and some not. The issue is that… I guess some people take some stuff WAY TOO serious and take it to heart and make it into themselves. They make it their life and especially if they like it, the more they like it the more they attend to it. If I would have to make a decision though, I would say that my vote is majority “no” on this quote.

One thing I do have a BIG issue on is this,
“When I hear a rap song, I pay more attention to the beat than to the lyrics.”

The beat is not what makes the song, it’s the lyrics in the song that makes the beat. How can you not hear what’s going on behind the curtain of the beat, when most rappers/singers make a track(song) they put lyrics in it for a reason. They want to be HEARD. The beat is to attract, and once you’re attracted, they want you to listen and not just to the beat to the lyrics. People should be more careful to the things they listen to, not saying that a lot of things people listen to are bad and should be banned or nothing. Just take the moment to know what’s going on in the song.

"Hip hop is the voice of this generation... it has become a powerful force". -DJ Kool Herc

I agree to the qoute because everywhere you go I BET you would hear or see something related to hip hop culture. Even other styles of music are joining/combining with the hip hop ways and making some music with it. People refer to hip hop a lot when making a point to something sometimes. Majority of places you go, you would notice that hip hop has taking the way people dress, speak and make decisions. Hip hop has even changed the ways of race and sex. HOP HIP WILL TAKE OVER THE WORLD. MUHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHA

My intake on all this Body Image stuff:

Since I have been observing media views of body images and in the views of other people, I have notice that body image is a type of culture for mostly a LOT of things. When people dress up to go somewhere and not really anywhere special, they think about the image or style of how others or the way that is most popular. Different people do different things with style or image. They refer back to something they saw, what other people are talking about or things that are posted on magazines, computer, television, posters, etc. It’s really funny to me that people don’t have control over their lives and they make it an occupation to make sure they fit in. Me... Personally... I don’t really give a crap what others think about me unless, what I’m doing is really not the best for me or I need to give it a thought or two about my choices. Besides that I love what I do and what I do is cool (in my mind at least). I get talked about my “new” style everyday… ummm… yeah, everyday. I don’t mind it, plus it’s not bad to the point where I’m about to die if I don’t do it. I don’t let other people effect the choices I make unless, like I said, I’m doing something real wrong with myself. So anywhooooo people have no control on their lives, it seems that everyone needs someone else to tell them how to do something. IT’S REDICULOUS.