Author: Maram Awadh

In the text “Beyoncé, Sex Terrorist: A Menace for Conservatives and Liberals Alike” by Noah Berlatsky, the author discusses Beyonce and how she isn’t a feminist because of her music video titled “partition.” He says that she isn’t a good role model for young girls and that she’s a anti-feminist. I chose this photo because I think it represents what women consistently go through in society. Women are constantly being ripped apart and judged about everything they do, especially celebrities. Beyonce has always been a role model for young girls and women and once she does something “controversial” she gets judged by men for being too sexually or anti feminist. They ignore all the things she’s done for women and how much confidence she gives these young girls, especially young African American girls. Beyonce will always be judged regardless of what she does, whether she does something good or bad people are always going to point out something.

I chose this photo for my media share because it correlates to Reese Okyung Kwon, “There Must Be More.” In this text, Okyung talks about the song “There Must Be More” by David Ruis and how it talks about someone going through a hard time and losing faith. It states “I am crying out for something real because I know, deep in my soul, that there must be more. I am tired and weak, but I keep hanging on.” This quote basically sums up what the vibe of the song is. It’s a sad song, which is why I chose this particular photo. This photo shows a girl in distress and there’s another figure next to her screaming. The second figure might indicate her true emotions. I chose this photo because it correlates with this sad song. Some artists write songs as a way to express their sadness and feelings. People have different ways to deal with their anger or sadness and this is one of them. I know personally when I get upset, I tend to listen to sad songs just because it makes me know that I’m not the only one going through rough times.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/childmind.org/article/what-selfies-are-doing-to-girls-self-esteem/amp/

I chose this article for my media share because it relates to Jerry Salz’ “Art at Arm’s Length.” The article that I chose talks about the negative effects of selfie’s and how it can affect someone’s self-esteem and confidence. I chose this particular article for this text because the text goes into depth of the art of selfies and it’s only fitting to mention the negative effects of it. Selfies may seem like it doesn’t do anything bad but nowadays on social media, selfies are manipulated and people use filters and photoshop to make themselves fit into these unrealistic beauty standards. Majority of the selfies we see on social media aren’t natural but people, especially young teens believe they are. This affects them because they’ll start to want to look like this and question themselves about why their selfies don’t come out that good and perfect. In reality, those selfies on social media aren’t real.

 

1. This picture relates to the topic of internet addictions that were discussed in Christopher Lane “Addicted to Addiction”, Jerald G. Block “Issues for DSM-5: Internet Addiction” and Griffiths et al.“The Evolution of Internet Addiction.” These texts all talk about the negative effect of internet addictions and how the majority of us are addicted to our phones. I chose this picture because it truly shows how being addicted to your phone can affect your social life. In the picture you can see that they’re on a date and instead of him paying attention to the girl, he’s on his phone. The girl is seen being upset or bored because he’s not chatting with her and is just obsessed with his phone. This can affect him negatively because she won’t want to go on a date with him anymore and he’s not going to have a social life if he continues doing this. Internet addiction is a huge problem nowadays because we use our phones everyday. Learning how to take time off and be social with the people around you, can benefit you way more than being on your phone all the time.
2. While reading these texts I had an idea about writing about social media and the negative influence it has on us, especially young people who believe everything they see on the internet. A song that relates to this topic is Damon Albarn “Everyday Robots.” This song also fits in with what the texts are talking about which is internet addiction. In the song, it says that we’re basically like robots because we’re constantly on the internet and not doing anything else with our life’s. The internet has taken control of our lives.