Comparison Between Pretty Hurts And Christina Aguilera's Beautiful

Although the media generates the idea that women have no self control, the media also provokes the misleading idea that women have no self confidence in themselves. Through the various messages and ideas that advertisement, television shows, cartoons and even books sell- women tend to lose self confidence in themselves, but the media tends to send the message that women already have no self confidence. In “Love My Neighbors, Hate Myself: The Vicissitudes of Affect in Cosmetic Surgery,” Virginia Blum opens up her articles with an observation about the sudden rise in the number of popular television shows about plastic surgery and the shift of increasing numbers of women that receive plastic surgery. In her article regarding the reasons women desire plastic surgery, Blum states, “...certain conventional cultural values had to be recruited on behalf of representing these surgeries not as vain and superficial but as a route toward glowing self improvement, not as acts of self-

The other song is “Beautiful” by Christina Aguilera because I like how she is trying to say the world that we are beautiful either inside or outside and we have to love ourselves for who we are. We need to have acceptance, not to the people, but us.

Throughout the years, the definition of beauty constantly changes. In our society today many children are told to be true to themselves, to be unique, to be who they are, etc.; But on the other hand social media and the celebrities on there are a constant reminder that there is a certain type of beautiful. The juxtaposition between being yourself and being what is “beautiful” has consistent grey areas and blurred lines making it almost impossible to keep up with what’s “beautiful”. The media, whether intentional or not, portrays this certain body image that you have to be in order to qualify as beautiful.

The most prevalent issue observed in the lyrics and music videos was gender and sexuality. This was in issue that was present and reoccurring in all of the top songs but occurred in different ways. This was no surprise though because we live “In a culture where sex and gender are centrally important” (2015; 73). The issue arises in the genre of music because of the way gender and sexuality is presented. In the top song “Die a Happy Man’ by Thomas Rhett, objectification was presented in both the lyrics and the music video. In the lyrics he says “Baby that red dress brings me to my knees, Oh but black dress makes it hard to break” and goes on to say “You’re a saint, you’re a Goddess, the cutest, the hottest, a master piece” (lyrics). It seems that his goal is to complement her, but he is objectifying her by judging her femininity (2015; 203). He also does this in the music video by having the girl in a bikini the whole time. Not only was the women objectified, but Thomas exposed a stereotypical relationship consequence. In modern society men tend to make a stereotype that they have to give up everything to be with a woman. Thomas did this in his lyrics when he talks about how he could “never get to see the Northern lights” or “never get to build my mansion in Georgia or drive a sports car up the coast of California” (lyrics). The second song was “Strip It Down” by Luke Bryan. In this song Luke definitely introduces gender roles in both the lyrics and the video. The song

The two bands are very different; varying in music style, energy, and themes. While the bands are different, they share a very similar fan base and both hold the same messages; to love yourself and to ignore those who put you down. Twenty One Pilots and My Chemical Romance are two very popular bands from two very different generations of music that are notoriously “emo.” When I say “emo” in this particular example, I simply mean emotional music, rather than the

Almost everyone will go through a breakup. Those who have been through a rough breakup may agree that heartache hurts. Individuals handle breakups in many different ways; some might become depressed, stop eating, or even overeat. In Aaliyah’s “I Don’t Wanna” and FeFe Dobson’s “Can’t Breath”, each artist expresses their emotional response to handling a breakup. Each are fighting to hold on to the relationship and not wanting to believe that the relationship is actually over.

Although, these songs share similarities they also have differences such as how they objectify the opposite sex. In Notorious B.I.G’s song he is objectifying women as sexual objects as shown in his lyrics “I go, on and on on and| Don’t take them to the crib unless they bon’in” In this lyric he is saying he doesn’t take a girl back to his house unless they are having sex. In Marina and the Diamonds song she objectifies men by toying with their emotions as shown in her lyrics “Boys they like the look of danger|we’ll get him falling for a strange, a player singing I lo-lo-lo-love you”

The first song had a very Hispanic feel to the start with the guitar as it slowly starts around a minute or so the orchestra picks up. The second song starts off with the orchestra. They both have a similar feel to them in the way they sound. Yes, the first song had a different start but the start gets you intrigued. Once it picks up you can hear many similarities between. Both songs have a harmony and flow that is similar to one another.

The song that I chose to listen to is called, “Unpretty,” and it was made by a women’s group called TLC. The song comments on how we let our relationships with others affect the way we see ourselves. In the chorus TLC sings, “You can buy you hair if it won’t grow. You can buy your nose if he says so. You can buy all the makeup that M.A.C. can make.” Someone that wants longer hair can buy hair extensions, a person who was told that their nose was ugly can invest in a nose job, and someone who wants their face to look more appealing can buy makeup. The song continues on to say, “If you can’t look inside you, and see who am I to, be in the position to make me feel so damn unpretty.” The chorus comments on our need for an appealing outward appearance.

The songs and quotes are similar. One way they are similar because they are about

To start things off, we will discuss the similarities. There are three that jump right off the page: one, both these songs were first released in the third album of the respective artists; two, both songs were released in the 1960s decade; and three, both songs were formatted along 7" diameter i.e. both were phonograph records.

In the video, it discussed a lot of how she reached a place a self-love and acceptance, which is something the article does too. Both go over insecurities they had about their bodies and how they have learned that these features make themselves beautiful. It is important for others to hear how you can reach a point of self-love. It was nice to hear that everyone has insecurities and that they make us beautiful in our own ways. Society shapes opinions so much that it is hard to embrace differences, but I believe everyone can achieve self-love if they choose to and work towards

The song “Unpretty” by TLC shows the main message of how women and girls should look inside themselves and gain self confidence by loving themselves. In our society women often feel they are not beautiful because of men wanting them to wear make up hair extensions, have plastic surgery to suit their likings. The video shows an insecure girl who's boyfriend makes her feel ugly, in the line "Never insecure until I met you", she's saying that before this guy, she didn't care what she looked like, and that she always thought she had the perfect body figure, and that she was so pretty. But now being with him, she realizes that she's not any of the above.

Media has grown to show that if a woman falls below these standards, they are less than. These stigmas can cause low self-esteem in young women, especially adolescents that are constantly bombarded with opinions of their peers. Meghan Trainor’s music video “All About That Bass” effectively shows opposition to society’s views on women’s bodies. The composition of the video aides in effectively opposing the media’s image of a perfect woman.

Beyonce Knowles and Christina Aguilera had similarities and differences expressing beauty and society’s take on it. Beyonce communicated in her video that women don’t need to conform to society to fit in and be like everyone else. If that were the case we would’ve all been created the same way. In Christina Aguilera’s video, she communicated that the opinions and words spoken about you or even said to you shouldn’t be the perception that you gain for yourself. The intended audience of the two videos were slightly different based on what you saw in the video.