Sophia Grace Thesis

Maria Tallchief was a famous ballerina who faced many obstacles, but overcame the challenges and became very successful. She was an Osage native american. As a child, she was bullied because of her race. Later on, she earned titles for her hard work. Tallchief never gave up no matter how many troubles she went through.

I chose to analyze “Rich Girl” performed by Gwen Stefani. She is one of my favorite singer. Her rebellion temper and colorful style is capturing along with her outstanding voice. Stefani was born (1969) in Fullerton, California and begun her musical carrier at age 17 (Billboard,.2017). I would consider Stefani a performer with Dionysian influence. Her music has always been passionate and reflecting her life experiences and views on current issues. Stefani’s life could be described as a rollocoster, ups and downs that provide plenty of inspiration for her music.

Hi, I'm Grace Grothe, I'm a junior at Danville High School, and I live in Danville, Iowa. I currently work at Dairy Queen in Burlington. I am the youngest of three kids, but I am the only one living with my parents currently because my brother is married, and my sister currently goes to the U of I. My sister and I barrel race throughout the summer, and we have had horses in the family my whole life. After high school I plan on going to college at the U of I like my sister, and I would like to go into dentistry. I am in three sports, which include basketball, volleyball, and track, so I spend most of my school year in the gym, or on the track.

A baby bottle gets shoved away, a plate of noodles get's a no-no reply, and a pacifier is rejected, but one certain item put a huge smile on this baby's face. 14 month-old Abigail Aybar was not happy with any of the tricks her parents had up their sleeves when they were trying to make their cranky daughter happy, until they flashed an item in front of her she couldn't resist.

“Rome, Paris, London. Maybe I could stay for more than a semester and not come back until graduation.” Reality is Grace Collier is just a highschool girl that wanted to have a fun night with her friends at a party drinking. This party consisted of her four main friends and others but in particular, Zac being god’s gift to laurel Point and Grace’s ex boyfriend from just a couple days of dating. Miranda was one of Grace’s best friend but she liked Zac. Lindsey was also Grace’s best friend. Finally Ian was Zac’s best friend and teammate on the lacrosse team.

The one thing that we all need is Food. In the U.S. and all over the world there are many people who lack the funds to buy food and millions of starving children. Anna states in her essay that most kids have trouble getting food when school is out because that is the primary source that provides breakfast and lunch. “Summer is really ground zero in the battle to keep kids fed.” (pg 224)

Alias Grace caught my eye because I watched another show inspired by Margaret Atwood’s novels, called The Handmaid's Tale. Alias Grace is a short series about a woman murderer, Grace Marks, who is referred to as a murderess. Usually shows depict a man playing the role of a murderer, and that’s what makes this show so different from other murder mysteries. It is set in the 1850s and during this time, women were not taken seriously and their roles were mainly maids and housewives. It was such a big deal that a woman actually murdered someone, or was thought to have murdered someone anyways. There are many pieces to the murder and to Grace’s story through foreshadowing and flashbacks.

Tyra King, a senior at Lennox High school has a big interest in music. She has always grown up with music and it has always been a big part of her life. She doesn’t listen to a specific genre of music, she likes to listen to any kind. Tyra is working on being in a band, Forever Secrets where she is the guitarist and lead vocals. In her band she is accompanied by Santana Kitsen along with a few other friends. Tyra has experience with three years of vocal in high school, all through middle school, show choir from sixth grade all the way through senior year.

Jillian Armenante is a prominent American television and film actress. She is best-known for playing the role of Donna Kozlowski on the TV shows Judging Amy.

Every person who is living and who has lived has a story and a past that makes them the individual they are or were. For Margaret Peterson, a young girl who lived on a farm with her parents and siblings started her passion for reading as a young adolescent. Margaret had grown up in an time where electronics and technology was up and coming. No families in her time and area had TV, cell phones, video games and almost anything that is found in the average home today. For entertainment and hobbies she would spend hours reading at home, in the car, and even on vacation. She lived in an densely populated area, that was not prevalent. Her father was a farmer, like most men in the community were. She lived at home with 3 siblings, 2 brothers and

Born in Italy in 1364 but relocating to Paris, France a few years after, Christine de Pizan wrote her literary work in the French vernacular. She was on her way to becoming a skillful scholar as a child with a high intellectual interest and as a part of the royal court of Charles V, she had many learning opportunities, “Christine was exposed to a wide range of experiences that she apparently used to her full advantage” (Birk 17). Her most significant work was her involvement in the querelle des femmes (the women’s quarrel), in which she participated in a years long debate known as the Debate on the Romance of the Rose. Christine’s argument in the debate was an important benefactor in the advancement of women in the Middle Ages. With her literary contributions, such as the God of Love’s Letter,

I have a very wide variety of taste in music. I enjoy listening to many artists that play drastically different styles and genres of music. Although, one of my all time favorite musicians is the one and only Stephanie Lynn Nicks, better known as “Stevie”. She was born on May 26th, 1948 in Phoenix, Arizona. Her grandfather, A.J. Nicks, was the first person who influenced her to begin singing. During her adolescence she did some soul searching and truly found her place in the musical world. She received her first guitar at age of sixteen. During her senior year of high school she met Lindsey Buckingham, and they immediately formed a connection that would lead to a romantic relationship. Together they played in a band called “Fritz.” This band opened for several famous musicians; such as, Jimi Hendrix

I got a completely didn't vibe form Patricia Grace. I found her to be very passionate and grateful to have grownup surround by her family. I know she says her parents "were not role models as far as actual writing" but she goes on that talk about how their stories or one liners sparked her imagination.

Many young people seek to use music to help themselves be more accepted in the world, so that they can be easily categorisable in the mainstream. Many girls of ages 9 – 13 may have an interest in a popular ‘boy band' of the time. This is an example of how, though a girl's identity could be partly influenced by such a band, ultimately, their music and appeal is limited in scope because after four or five years the band is likely to have split up. The media promotes such a band because it targets girls who are seeking to find an identity and because these years

“...it should be remembered that the gendered character of the music industry… and music generally both reflects and serves to constitute the gendered character of wider social and cultural realities.” William A. Hamlen Jr. writes in his article, “Superstardom in Popular Music: Empirical Evidence”, about the music industry market. Hamlen’s article expresses how the music industry is male dominated because the “lack of female role models” allows for masculine culture to continue. Thus, male domination in the music industry creates a space that is difficult for women to enter. Female singers navigating through this male dominated space may have to compromise the brand, image, and music they would like to create for their own self. Succumbing to the gendered expectations that come from a male dominated industry allows for males to make executive decisions on the way women are portrayed to consumers. This paper will briefly share the mechanism that the music industry employs to produce and brand popular twenty-first century female singers. Worldwide success and recognition are attained by the perpetuation of look alike, sound alike female artists’ (and music) due to the music industry’s hesitation to invest in brand new talent and break away from societal expectations.