well. i am speechless to think that this statement is nessecary at the 2015 Grammys

Beyonce's performance at the 2015 Grammys included the hands up, dont shoot gesture which is used in the "I cant breathe" campaign... 

and this is the cast of Selma at the 2015 Oscars.....

why the flipping hell have such big stars got to campaign for fair treatment of all American citizens by the US law enforcement? IT MAKES ME SICK

sexual objectification in all about that bass

feminism?  not a size 2 but saying being bigger will get the boys

compare with parody
original views: over 300,000,000 (9th dec 14)
parody bart Baker over 15,000,000 (9th dec 14)
parody barely political 1,000,000 (11/12/14)

similar songs: booty by JLO and iggy
anaconda by nicki minaj
but these guys arent white so its not as unusual......
meghan trainor is more pretty pink pop - her next song "dear future husband

record label is epic record - one of the three divisions of Sony Music.
also represent Michael Jackson, Avril Lavigne, Nicole Sherzinger,
epic is the newest of all three and originally jazz imprint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_Records
nominated for an AMA. Michael Jackson has record for most

Sales
number 1 in UK for 4 weeks
http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/meghan-trainors-all-about-that-bass-becomes-first-song-to-chart-on-streams-alone-3158/

Her background - normal family. wrote music and tried to be in a band with her cousin at 13.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meghan_Trainor
originally signed to Big Yellow Dog music as a songwriter at 18

talk about is it actually challenging stereotypes?
she isnt even that big

http://vintagevandalizm.com/2013/01/16/numbers-and-labels/

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2067821/Add-5lb-solid-flesh-week-The-vintage-ads-promoting-weight-GAIN.html

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/oct/02/meghan-trainor-all-about-that-bass-interview-im-getting-flak

http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/quiz/2014/sep/25/quiz-pop-feminist-statements

http://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/sep/23/meghan-trainor-i-dont-consider-myself-a-feminist-all-about-that-bass

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ellen-stewart/victorias-secret-perfect-body-meghan-trainor_b_6074664.html

http://time.com/3468983/meghan-trainor-all-about-that-bass/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXoZLPSw8U8

http://www.popjustice.com/interviewsandfeatures/meghan-trainor-interview/129943/

gotta love Karen Brady. Stands up for herself in a world of men

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/karren-brady-when-nigel-farage-says-women-are-worth-less-in-business-i-shudder-9864629.html

playlist society

Madonna “Material Girl”

Gwen Guthrie “Ain’t Nothing Going on but the Rent”

John Lennon “Working Class Hero”

Pulp “Common People”

Rage Against the Machine “Sleep Now in the Fire”

Rage Against the Machine “No Shelter”

Dolly Parton “Nine to Five”

Dire Straits “Money for Nothing”

The Clash “Career Opportunities”

Grandmaster Flash “The Message”

The Godfathers “Birth, School, Work, Death”

Fifty Cent “Window Shopper”

applying Marxism to the coursework topic of music

• ·        Market liberalists highlight the limitless choices and freedoms which capitalism brings.
• ·        Marxists believe that, in a capitalist society, consumption is expected and demanded.
• ·        John Fiske suggests that ‘signs of resistance’ are ‘quickly incorporated into the dominant system, thereby robbing them of any oppositional meaning.’
• ·        Marxists suggests that false needs are imposed upon us through such agents of socialisation as the media and peer groups.
• ·        Consumer goods become identity signifiers, cultural products which say things about who we are. Market liberalists see this choice as allowing people to choose how they present themselves and their identity to the world, whilst Marxists see this as a distraction from more important aspects of self.
• ·        Zygmut Bauman argues that ‘consumer society thrives as long as it manages to render the non-satisfaction of its members perpetual.’ Slawomir Mrozeki wrtites, ‘Let’s go on searching for our real selves. It’s smashing fun. On condition that the real self will never be found. Because if it were, the fun would end.’
• ·        Dominic Strinati believes that traditional sources of identity – class, family, community, religion and nationhood are in decline’. He sees consumerism as being ‘the only available source for construction of identity.’
• ·        Paul Moore suggests that ‘capitalism requires us to act in ways which we know are unethical’.

sorry backtrack to feminism a second....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJQBjWYDTs

i love this advert from a feminine care company as it looks at the phrase "....like a girl" e.g. throw, fight, run

somehow these are insults.. are we brought up thinking we cant throw properly..

because i know i can throw quite well thank you very much misogynists and i dont see how running like my gender is offensive. so what if a lad runs like a lass.. its his way of running.... doesnt affect you

very clever advert anyway and super important in todays culture

oh no. how will bankers cope? they might not be able to pay the light bill for their mansion or afford the fuel for their Jaguar... its so tough for these guys but its alright, therell be another raise later in the year

http://www.theguardian.com/business/2014/oct/20/bankers-pay-cut-bank-of-england-cunliffe