Critical Approaches to Gender and 21st Century Pop Music

She kind of makes fun of herself a little bit while saying the opening to Micheal Jackson's Thriller

She responds to the people who attack her. Bold

Good example of the ethnicity/ culture discussion we had today

She has done a few popular songs from women we discussed in class. She also rapps/sings Eminem. She does do the covers well

This is a comical thing a fan said in a video and it has taken off. The star herself even tweeted about it (end of artile)

Ohhhhhhhhhhh snap. Robin literally blows all the blame on Miley with a small comment, and she sort of responds on the Ellen show

Here is a new interview with Miley Cyrus posted by the NY Daily News. In it, Miley shares information about the "Wrecking Ball" shoot. Interesting read, I'd say; contains details I didn't know about the making of the music video.

I think this article is really interesting but at the same time it makes me view Miley Cyrus is a skeptical light. I feel that she's often contradicting herself, making all her shock and awe tactics seem, to me, to be a very childish and not very well thought out publicity stunt.

More for a future reference on Parodies, here's one that makes fun of the music video.

And a parody of that parody, done by the same person. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3ejpPH7qro

I think the line that Lil Wayne says "I walked up to a big butt" is very dehumanizing of women because it talks of women only as their one body part

Katy Perry recently sign to be the new face for CoverGirl Cosmetics. In this article, Katy Perry claims that beside music, make up is an avenue of self expression. She continues to motivate others with her personality and values.

This music video of Katy Perry with Elmo relates to the Gayle Rubin reading because the reaction to it is a clear example of the fear associated with showing children "too sexual" images. Because the video received so much backlash from adults and parents calling Katy Perry's outfit too revealing for children, Sesame Street opted not to air it.

I found this video kind of creepy actually, and it's not because I'm concerned that Katy Perry is "too sexual," but rather because with her chasing Elmo around, combined with the lyrics, it seems kind of predatory. But this is an excellent example of the cultural drive to keep sexuality away from kids.

A woman accounts why seeing Miss America gave her hope she didn't realize she needed and why there should be more diversity in the media overall.

Today in class we discussed parodies and it reminded me of this Jon Lajoie ditty. He is arguing that all pop songs have the same song structure and are unoriginal. 

Here is the video of Stephen Colbert singing Friday. There may be a possibility of how gender determines the quality of the song...

This is an interesting article that relates feminism with fashion. I think this article will help us explore and understand the relation between pop culture and the use of fashion.

I thought this was interesting because Fall Out Boy is creating music videos for all of the songs on their new cd and they are all supposed to be connected as one story. At the moment 6 of the 11 have been made. This is the first.

Wow, that's really neat that they're making videos for all of the songs. I don't know of other bands that have done that before... but maybe I'm just out of the loop, haha. Anyway, I also like how the videos are all connected; that's something I'd like to see other bands and/or artists do!

I love that FOB is making a mini movie out of this album. I would say one of the most successful comebacks in awhile!

This is the video I chose for my response to Gayle Rubin's article, I find this video interesting because two girls kiss and are clearly still being judged by society.

Lady Gaga's single cover photo.

A 10-minute video that explores the history of music and dance and how it creates "cool" in film