Blog Post # 15 In Response to Question O

          What can we do? Everyone can do a little bit, which could eventually lead to a huge help. I think that if everyone were to start speaking up and fight for change to actually happen, then we could see some huge progress in the future. Granted I know people want change to happen now, which leads me to say that if everyone just makes little changes each day, those little changes of say informing others of how oppression is from the past and should not be brought into the future, then the change could happen now.

            What can I do? I think I could really do a lot to help change my sphere of influence. First of all I think I could join an activist group and help fight for change with them. I think I could also start raising awareness around my community about the different types of oppression and discrimination that are going on around us, and teach people how to not involve themselves with discrimination. I also think I could be a little more aware of how I speak and talk about things such as discrimination, because ill admit I do make jokes from time to time which actually end up affecting the people around me. I really do want to help make a difference, so I think I will join an activist group and start really helping the cause. 

Blog Post # 14 In Response to Question N

           I think a good activist is someone with compassion and empathy. I think an activist fights for things that are really important and holds protests that are non violent. I feel like many people call themselves activists, but they never actually act on that do things for the greater good. They feel like its cool to call themselves but are scared to ever really do anything to fight for the rights of everyone. In or order to be a good activist you must actually stand up for the people and do things about the issues at hand. There are many things a good activist does which I learned about in the videos.            

            In one of the video it says all actions must be based on compassion, which is a very valuable quality of an activist. I also think two important traits are to choose carefully and learn to act not react. These two are important because you can’t fight for all issues at hand all the time. So it’s important to choose a cause really close to your heart and really fight for it. The most important thing is the pursuit of service for the good of all not for the advancement or benefit of individuals or selected communities. I think that’s really important because all people deserve to have equal rights so people should be fighting for all people and not just certain groups of people. 

Quick Blog # 6

        I like to think my social sphere is comprised of people of all ages. I spend alot of time with people my age, but i also have a lot of friends at home who are 2 or 3 years younger than me. Its nice to hang out with them and hear all about their lives and what they are doing because they are still in high school. I also like hanging out with my mom's friends because its interesting to hear about people's lives that are in a different generation than you. 
        I really don't know why our society is segregated based on age. I think because everyone is always stereotyped based on their age, our society segregated everyone based on age because of that. I feel like young and middle adults are really privileged in our society because they are at the time in their life when they have the most experience for a job and are also willing and able to work late hours. Whereas a person fresh out of college doesn't have a lot of work experience, so its harder for them to find a job. Also elder people are stereotyped as being slower so i feel like they may be less likely to be "privileged" in the job world. All people are the same so i really don't think adults of a certain age should be more privileged then others. 
       I think that everyone should be treated equal and that people of all ages should have a fair chance at many opportunities. People shouldn't be segregated based on age. Actually people shouldn't be segregated at all. I thin the media should also stop portraying old people as senial and unable to function like younger people on a daily basis in movies and shows. I fell because of this people actually treat elder people like this and that why there have been so many problems with less respect for elders. We really need to take the saying of "respect your elders" seriously. 

Quick Blog # 5

In the article "Pornography as a cause for rape" it spoke about how porn leads to rape. It was interesting to read about different peoples views on it, and how some of the movies really were almost cases of rape. In a way i disagree with the statements i read but i also tend to agree with them as well.  
I know that people who are willing to make pornographic movies do know that it sometimes entails some pretty harsh things. Its not like people are going well i didn't know that was going to happen. But in reality pornographic movies are very vulgar and disgusting scenes of sexual activities which are not always right. However, when someone signs on to do one willingly they know what is in store for them and should not really act suprised when something like anal sex is required of them in a scene. 
However, i do not agree with how the movies are done. I don't think that porn should be portrayed as rough sex, because it is horrible to treat girls the way they are treated in the movies. Doing movied such as those really do give men the wrong idea about how to treat a women. If a man sees another man on a movie treating women horribly and rough, obviously the man watching is going to think its ok for him to treat women that way too. The media has a horrible influence on todays culture. 

Blog Response # 13 In Response to Question M

          What is the root of ageism?  I really do not know what to think of about how ageism really came about. I think its not right that elders are treated the way they are sometimes though. But I think ageism really started because of the stereotypes that so many people think of when they think of elderly people. You know things like they move slowly or drive very slowly, their brains don’t work as fast as they used to, they are to fragile to do anything and they should just sit around and play bingo with their friends. Those types of stereotypes I think are the reason ageism is pretty much around, granted I think there could be more to it, but I don’t know what else it could be.

            I like to think I’m not ageist. I don’t think down about elderly people, they are just as willing to do things as younger people are as well.  I thinks its awful how in the video “Once We Were Young” the lady was harassed on the streets by people and in the market place she was talked down to by a teenager. I don’t think I’ve ever done something like that so I wouldn’t call myself ageist. But I do worry about my grandparents sometimes when they go out because I don’t anything to happen to them, while they are driving or something, but I don’t think that makes me ageist.

            I think that ageism isn’t talked a lot about in our society because people don’t really think its there. I didn’t really think about ageism as being around that much until watching these videos and reading some of the articles. I think that only a select few in our country really go out of their way to oppress the elders in public, and maybe a few others oppress them in other ways through health insurance or elder care. I really have never though about it until today so it seems to be seldom talked about. I think it may also be that there are so many stereotypes involved with elderly people that others don’t think about how those stereotypes are in a way the oppression of elderly people.

            

Blog Post # 12 In Response to Question L

            Watching the movie “Gimp” was so fascinating. The way everyone moved in the dancing was phenomenal. I really didn’t notice that some of the dancers had any problems with their body unless I really looked for them. IT was beautiful to watch them all move so easily and with such precision.

            This dance really expanded notions of the human body, because it shows that even if you have some issue with your body, you can still break through that and dance. For example there was a girl with no legs, but she was still able to use the ropes and moving incredibly with them. Also there was a girl missing part of her arm, but that didn’t stop her from dancing across the stage and doing all different sorts of arm movements. Also there was a man who seemed to have some knee problems, but he almost used that to his advantage and moved amazingly around the stage.

            This piece addresses issues of ableism and how the dancers don’t discriminate against it. Dance can further address these issues by showing people that even though they may have a disadvantage over others, they can still do pretty much the same things as other, if not better such as dancing. Dancing shows people how able people with disabilities really are. They are no different from you and me. 

Blog Post # 11 In Response to Question K

           After reading about transgendered women, I learned a lot more about how hard it is for them. Although I do have a friend who is transgender as well, but it was a female becoming a male instead of the other way around. I cant imagine what is must be like to go through life the way some of these females are and how hard it much be to feel like they need to hide their true selfs.

            In high school my friend was a girl, but she looked very much like a man. Everyone in school would make fun of her and call her names. It was awful, and many times she would go home crying at the end of the day. Luckily she had a good group of friends who supported her in every way they could, by trying to help her not listen to all the hurtful things people were calling her. She shared with us one day that her dad abused her when her mom wasn’t around because he thought she was so ugly and would never fall in love. After telling us that story, we all felt for her so much. After high school she decided to have the operation before going to college so she could start with a new outlook on life. Now he is the happiest person in the world. He is open about his past and people respect him for that and everyone still loves him just the same.

            I think its great that some people are able to be outwardly honest about their past but sad that so many aren’t because of the way others may treat them about being a transgender. I think its also horrible how in the manifesto it says, trans- sexuals’ identified genders are inferior to or less authentic than those who are not trans sexuals. It shouldn’t matter what gender someone is, we are all people and should be treated as equals. 

Process Piece

After completing my video, I realized there are a few things I could have changed. When I first went about trying to figure out what to talk about racism didn't originally come to mind. I wanted to do something that would really mean something to the people watching it. But once I really started thinking about it, I decided to do something that I thought many people could relate too. I know a lot of people have gone through what I went through in high school and I'm sure that people will keep going through it until everyone realizes that we are all the same. Making the video was very nerve racking though because I am a shy person so even getting in front of the camera is sort of scary to me. I did enjoy the process a lot though. I hope you all enjoy the video too! 

Quick Blog # 4

            Personally I love the song “Whip It” by Willow Smith. I think its very catchy and it makes me really want to whip my hair back and forth. I know to some people it may be a stupid song made by a very young girl but I absolutely love it. I think her song has somewhat of a good message to it. In parts where she says, “Don’t let haters get me off my grind. Whip my hair, if I know I’ll be fine. Keep fighting until I get there. When I’m down and I feel like giving up,” she’s telling people not to let others get to them, and to just do you. I really like the song.

            I do think she provides a good role model for girls, in her music video there are no scenes where girls are dressed provocatively, or where men are seen are more superior. She also isn’t saying anything horrible in her lyrics either. Its also refreshing to see how there is nothing in the video, which would be seen as horrible or troubling, or even as sexualization. Her video is very different then many videos today. Although it is quite interesting to see that most of the girls in her video are black. I did see people of all different races at the end during the dance off. She incorporates all different types of people which is good to see. 

Blog Post # 10 In Response to Question J

          Growing up I was always involved in playing sports. It was my favorite thing to do and something I could share with my dad who was an all star college athlete.  Sports have always been a part of my life which has never really made me think about all the negative stereotypes I just read about in the article “Sport: Where Men are Men and Women are Trespassers.”

            In middle school I never really had any terrible experiences with boys calling me lesbian or dyke or any label that would be taken negatively. I think because my school was so sports oriented, no one really thought it be weird that girls were just as equally competitive and athletic as the boys.  However when I got to high school and really found I thrived in volleyball things changed. Instead of hearing lesbian or dike, my teammates and I were called the “the joke of sports”, because they thought volleyball was for sissy’s. If anyone has ever played an intense game of it, you know its’ really not a game for sissy’s. So instead of being called other harsh names, we were made fun of and know as the jokes of our school.

            I think in today’s society when a girl plays sports its not as frowned upon as it used to be. Just because a girl plays a sport doesn’t mean she is going to be as masculine as a male athlete. I think its horrible how people try to make it seem negative to play sports when it comes to girls participating, because playing sports is a healthy way of getting physical activity. No one should by put off and not want to play sports because of the negative connotation some people feel when they hear sports and the word dike or lesbian in the same sentence. Sports are fun, and it shouldn’t be take away from anyone. 

Blog Post # 9 In Response to Question I

          After watching “Killing Me Softly” I started thinking about advertising and how the media portrays women. It really amazes me to think about how the media portrays women to be this tiny little thing, also that you aren’t beautiful unless you are flawless which is virtually impossible. The way women are seen as inferior to men in ads is also crazy. From such a young age, little girls are looked down at by the little boys in ads, in one ad, I believe it was for guess kids, the little boy is looking tough and snickering and looking down at the little girl while she just sits there and smiles. It makes it seem like girls and women don’t have a voice, which is not true. I also think that the way they portray women in some ads is sexist as well. They even go as far as making them almost pornographic in some ways. I think its horrible how people even start to believe its true.

            The one thing that really struck me as awful was how women have to be a certain way, or look a certain way. Its not right, not every girl is built to be a size 0  and have flawless skin and beautiful cheekbones. But if you don’t have that, then men think you are nothing. I think its awful these days how the media controls so much of how we perceive people and how we should all look. It’s no wonder why so many things are happening with eating disorders, and violence. The media makes it seem like its ok for the male to be more dominant and abuse women and for women to starve themselves in order to be that perfect size 0. Something has to change though, because its making American become even more unhealthy in so many ways. 

Blog Post # 8 In Response to Question H

        I was baptized as a baby, so Christianity has always been a part of my life. I grew up going to Church every Sunday, and on special holidays.  However, as I got older and went to high school, I started to question if I really did believe in the same things of Christianity. I don’t really associate myself with any religion now. I guess you could say I’m confused at this moment. But thinking back to when I was younger and seeing how many people went to church, it makes me realize how many people are Christian, and how people think of it as the dominant religion today. I went to a predominantly Jewish high school though, so I got a little taste of their religion as well. No, I never had to go to temple during school, but my friends did invite me over for dinner on Friday nights for Shabat. So seeing both sides has really made me realize that a lot of religions I guess you could say are oppressed, because they don’t get equal treatment when it comes to taking time off because of their religious holidays, or certain times of prayer.

            It is amazing to see that after reading the list of Christian privileges how much Christians are seen as privileged. Other people of other religions should be able to have the same time off, or equal treatment of their holidays as well. However I did notice that at my high school, many of my holidays were based on the Jewish religion so I had more days off for Roshshashana and Passover,  as well as Easter, and Christmas. So during high school I saw  religion treated more as equal more than one being oppressed over the other. Granted I know there are many other religions out there. 

Video Treatment Part 2

Sorry guys, I didn't really provide much info about the project itself. So here's what I plan to do. I plan to use the internet to research how racism has effected a lot of people in today's day in age and talk a little bit about that. I also plan on adding in my own personal experience with racism within my own life and how it has effected my first love. Its going to be more like a diary in which I talk about how i feel about racism, and what is happening in regards to racism today. My timeline is pretty simple, Im going to start doing the hardcore research today and record a little snap of my video each day in the hopes of putting together a good video of knowledge about racism for all. 

Video Treatment

For my video, I am going to do a video diary about racism. Racism has really affected me a lot throughout my high school years. I will talk about how it has affected me, why it’s effected me and what people should do to stop it. I also think that doing my video on Racism will help people to realize that we are all just alike even though we may have different skin tones, who cares! Hopefully with me talking about my experience with racism, it will even get through to my mother about an experience I had and how she really tore my apart and effected me in a way I still to this day cannot get over. I think racism is a huge deal in today’s society still and people still need to be aware of all the harmful ways people treat others of different races. I think this will be a helpful thing for myself in overcoming what I went through with my ex boyfriend and racism. I hope you all enjoy my video. 

Quick Blog # 3

1.  When I first went to look at college's junior year of high school, I went to Curry College. I took a tour and was talking to some kids about where they were from and what school they went to and if it was their top choice. One of the kids said, that Curry was their top choice and they had gone to a public high school that wasn't very good with academics. When one of the kids asked me, I realized i sounded very snotty and privileged because i had gone to a very prestigious private college prep school and Curry happened to be my backup. Looking back on that interaction with some of the perspective students i realize now, how awful i sounded because of where i came from. Those kids i spoke to probably thought i was the rudest person in the world and didn't want to be bothered by them. Im not like that at all, but my remarks made me sound a lot more privileged then them which probably turned them away from me. 


2. I can't say i've ever felt oppressed in any situation due to my class or socioeconomic background. I realize though that many people have dealt with many situations involving it, but I cant say as I have ever had one. 


3. My sophomore year of high school many things changed. Going to a small college prep school really secluded me from many things. However, during this year, my school decided to start a football team, so our athletic director started recruiting people. When we started school there were many new people, some being from different ethnic backgrounds. One of them was in my math class, so on the first day our teacher asked us all a question. The new kid Jamal raised his hand first to answer the question, but our teacher didn't pick him. No one else raised their hand, but our teacher still wouldn't pick him. He said, "Mrs. Jones, I know the answer, why wont you pick me?" Mrs. Jones replied," How could you possibly know the answer, you just got here and I guarantee wherever you came from, you weren't learning this type of math." When I heard my teacher say that, and see the expression on Jamal's face, I was shocked! The whole class just looked at each other thinking did that really just happen? I couldn't believe our teacher would say such a thing. It horrified me and to this day i still think about how unfairly treated Jamal was in our class. 

Blog Post # 7 In Response To Question G

      “On The Street Without A Safety Net” really struck me. After watching such a sad video on Americas youth who happen to be Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual or Transgender it breaks my heart to see how they are not treated like the rest of the youth. Watching some of the youth effected by it spoke out about how they coped with it and what went on in their daily lives really made me sad. After hearing that when some of the homes for poverty-stricken youth weren’t so willing to help because of their sexual orientation, it angered me. I think anyone should have the right to help no matter what his or her sexual orientation is. I think it’s also sad that their parents even kicked them out in the first place. It’s your child; you should love them no matter what. Who cares if they orient themselves differently then you like. You are still their parent, and they deserve all your love. Nobody should have to live on the streets, especially the youth population of this country.

       “Waging A Living” also really shocked me. Watching this movie made me realize that even though people have jobs, some are still unable to support themselves or even their families. Why is it that when people really do work hard for their money, that money still isn’t enough? Shouldn’t policy makers be making some other policies that help the people living just above or right at the poverty line, it’s not like they aren’t working and trying to make money. America needs to start changing some of their ideas on work and pay. Everyone deserves to live a little more comfortable then they are instead of living pay check to paycheck. 

Blog Post # 6 In Response to Question F

            The brown eyed/blue eyed experiment was very interesting to watch.  Seeing a teacher try to teach her students about racism during a time when that’s all that was going on is noble. However, I’m not so sure she had to go to such an extent that she did. I think it was noble of her to want to really explain the true meaning of what was going on at the time, but I don’t think the way she went about certain parts of the experiment were right.

            The experiment itself was a good idea. But allowing kids to bully others because of their eye color even if it’s for an experiment it’s not exactly the right thing. Granted Elliot wanted her students to really understand the concept and what was going on, I don’t think her ways of telling the blue eyed students they were smarter and better from the brown eyed students was right. Hearing such cruel words from your teacher has to be the hardest thing to endure. It’s not ethical to talk down to your students in such a way as Mrs. Elliot did.

            In terms of education, it was interesting to see that based on how the children were treated because of their eye color; some students thrived more than normal when they felt so much more superior to the others. It makes you wonder why that is the case.  I also think it was sad to see that groups of friends were broken apart because of their eye colors in such a short time. It’s sad to watch.

            So do I think the ends justified the means? Yes and no. I think the kids did seem to learn a lot about racism and treating people differently and really learn what it felt like to be treated differently. But I think it didn’t have to be so harsh, or that Mrs. Elliot could have censored herself a little bit when it came to talking down to some of her students with some of her cruel remarks. 

Blog Post #5 In Response to Question E

            In Chapter 8, Johnson describes the ways in which certain people are privileged and how this leads them to be oblivious to the issues surrounding them. He speaks about how people deny and minimize people so that they don’t have to deal with the issues at hand or to prove that they don’t believe there is an issue. The strategies of denying and minimizing are used in everyday settings.

            Denying for example would be someone saying, “ Well there’s no one in my class that is disabled, so it’s not a problem.” Just because there isn’t a problem in your class, doesn’t mean there isn’t that problem elsewhere. People turn a blind eye to anything just so they don’t have to be involved. Minimizing is also negative. Even though you may acknowledge there’s a problem, you say it’s not a huge deal. How can someone say racism isn’t a huge deal, even in today’s society? Even worse is when people of privilege see the less dominate groups as being better off than those of privilege.

            All of these practices make it even worse for the victims of these oppressions. Instead of acknowledging there’s a problem and trying to fix it, they sort of just brush it under the carpet as if it’s nothing, which makes it harder for the oppressed. This is because people aren’t really seeing the problems so the problems cant be fixed.

            We all need to start acknowledging what’s happening and start to try to fix the cycle by not repeating the denial and minimization of other groups of people. We need to stand up and fight for them, use our privilege in good use to help others and not frown upon them. 

Quick Blog # 2

I just found this article which really intrigued me. It sort of relates to the video "Driving While Black". This article is about racial profiling. In San Francisco, the Muslim community is tired of being pestered by the cops. They want to be able to live their daily lives without being stopped by a cop just because they are Muslim. Its pretty interesting. Take a read.

http://criminaljustice.change.org/blog/view/stop_police_profiling_of_muslims_in_san_francisco

Blog Post #4 In Response to Question D

          The Stanford Prison experiment really disgusted me.  It was amazing to see how young men could change so drastically in such a short time at the chance to be powerful over other men. The “guards” where oppressing the “prisoners” in horrible ways. It was like watching young boys actually start to think they were real prison guars and mistreating the fake prisoners.

            I think the experiment should have stopped after the one of the prisoners started to act like he was going crazy, which eventually led him to think he was really crazy. That part of the video boggled my mind as to why a psychologist would keep going with an experiment when clearly terrible things were going on and he didn’t seem to care too much. Especially when one of his colleagues started asking him questions about his experiment and he just shrugged them off. I understand he was trying to prove a point, but to what extent should people really be willing to go to prove something especially when the people involved are starting to change?

            Another part that shocked me was at the beginning when people were asked to play teacher and student and the teacher would shock the “student” when they answered wrong. But it really amazed me how far someone would go until breaking at a chance to be the powerful one.  How far would you go?

            On another note, watching the video “Driving While Black” it became increasingly clear to me how much racial profiling is still going on today. I don’t think its right to assume things about people just because they are of a different race. It stunned me to watch the young black male get pulled over, then asked to get out of his car by the police, have his car searched, and be handcuffed for an hour just because he was driving around a white residential neighborhood at 3 am. People need to take a step back and really think about how horrible it is to perform such acts. Seriously our country has made huge strides in many ways to stop being racist, but things like this just put us right back where we started in the 60’s at times. 

Blog Post #3 In Response To Question C

            Gray’s book Men are from Mars and Women are from Venus argues that men and women are so fundamentally different that they might as well be from different planets.  Kimmel however argues that this is not so necessarily true.

         I agree with Kimmel’s assertions about the differences between males and females. I don’t think we are really that different from each other nowadays. However if you asked me in the 1970’s I may have had a different opinion. Its not that we were complete opposites, but men and women had different ideas about certain aspects of life. Things such as men only being interested in their career, or just wanting to “get laid” instead of having a relationship were driving differences between men and women.

         But today I think that men and women really aren’t that different from each other. The “modern” woman wants to have a career and a family, which is very hard to juggle. It’s the same idea for men, only they do it successfully because their spouse takes care of the children more often then they do. Women are also more like men because they to want pleasure from men. Both males and females want to be pleasured and women aren’t ashamed to admit that anymore which is a huge step in the right direction.

         I think it’s a little harder for men today because its not so much that they have changed, but the world today has changed in regards to it no longer being predominantly males in the work force and in school. Women now have the ability to go to school and get a good job and even become a high-powered CEO and be in charge of men.

         So if you were to ask me about how different males and females are today I would say we aren’t that different from each other unless you look at our anatomical structure. Many males and females want the same things these days which is a huge stride from the past. 

Diversity Wheel

I figure it could be fun... 
Age- 19
Race- Caucasian
Ethnicity- Swedish
Gender- Female
Physical Abilities/Qualities- Lefty... 6'
Sexual Orientation- Heterosexual
Work Background- Wildkitty :)
Income- Middle Class
Marital Status- Single and loving it :) 
Military Experience- None
Religious Beliefs- Christian
Geographic Location- Fort Lauddyyy 
Parental Status- No children
Education- Sophomore in College 

Blog Post # 2 In Response to Question B

            Watching "The F Word" really opened up my eyes to feminism. I never really knew much about it, not because I didn't believe it was there, but because I don't think I ever really cared too much about it. After watching this movie however, I am definitely more aware of it, and the issues involved with the stereotypes and stigmas of it. 

            The myths surrounding feminism really caught me. Burning bras, man hating lesbians, and ugly people, these are all such rude stigmas all due to the media. I will admit though that before watching this movie I did think that some of these were true, but I was happily mistaken. It amazes me how much people will believe just because the media produces it. This one phrase, “feminism is for women who hate men” really bothered me. I think that everyone has a little bit of feminism in them, and not because girls hate men.

            The hardest question is if I define myself as a feminist. I’m not exactly sure.  To be quite honest before watching the video I did think of feminists the way the myths portray them. But after watching the video I have a totally different view. I do believe in many of the ideas they stand for and don’t think negatively of feminists. But I don’t think I would call myself one. Its not because I’m embarrassed or ashamed of how they are negatively stereotyped, but I don’t like to label myself as anything.  So I’ll stand by any feminist, and help them fight for equality of all mankind but I wouldn’t call myself a feminist.

            I think that in today’s society you don’t hear much about feminists and their fight for equal rights, but I don’t think that means that its on the decline. I think it just means more people have begun to accept it and not speak out against them and paint negative pictures of feminism anymore either. 

  

Blog Post # 1 in response to Question A

     I agree with Bell Hook's assertions in her movie Cultural Criticism and Transformation. The media does further racism, sexism and misogyny. She brings up how popular culture has power in our everyday life, which can be interplay. I also think its true how the media has control over our imaginations and how it reproduces racial stereotypes with white supremacy. The media used movies as a tool to make the white man seem like the “good guy” or “hero” while a black male was seen as the “bad guy.” However in movies today I haven’t really seen it change much either. I don’t think there are many movies out there that would show these ideas in a different light. Females are also shown in a different light. There is an unacceptable male diversion of the female body, according to Bell Hook. In movies they are perceived to act a certain way and look a certain way. Also it is seen to be a social norm for them to be seen as a sex symbol or object.

         For example, the clip on Madonna showed her to be a female artist in the 80’s breaking new ground. She also saw herself as engaging with feminist politics, but she received so much attention because she put herself in the position of a women who was going to break new ground, and challenge the industry norms. She showed a reinvestment of patriarchy though by the idea of stardom, and how you must reproduce yourself again and again to renew interest for the viewers. She symbolized greed with her new images all the time. She also spoke about being one way, yet she posed for all the magazines with raunchy images of herself which go against her “being a powerful women” and doing it for the profit and making more money.