Stereotypes In Same Love By Rapper Macklemore

In the article, “BOW DOWN, MACKLEMORE: Why Same Love is NOT My Queer Anthem,” Kelly Fox argues that Macklemore’s song Same Love is homophobic, racist, and that Macklemore is a poor excuse for an LGBT ally. While Fox may have a few good points, she rants throughout her article, and establishes almost no credibility with her audience. All of this makes finding those good bits really difficult and not worth it.

As mentioned earlier, Cohen’s role in the photograph as the middleground arguably highlights the reality of today. LGBT teens and young adults have a hard time coming to terms with their sexuality and do not necessarily receive the right amount of support from the community around them. While the photograph aims at breaking the walls of insecurity that these people feel, it definitely highlights the struggles of the LGBT community regardless of the time and

Furthermore, the goal of the music video is to inspire the LGBT community to be proud of who they are, promote the gay right movement not only in America but globally and to make a change toward all of humanity with speaking his belief. Macklemore’s “Same love” targets teenagers, adults, any race, any gender, in efforts, to raise awareness and stop discrimination, support equality and gay marriage. To begin he starts by targeting adolescents who are suffering from feeling different from the norm of society, then proceeds through the life span of a homosexual stressing the need for expectance. The older generations are a little more old school and have a harder time accepting changes in today’s society, such as, homosexuality for this reason some do not believe in equality like gay rights. The strictly religious communities follow what they were taught in the bible resulting in not believing in gay rights because God made Adam and Eve not Adam and Bob.

By doing this, he is succesful in showing that gay men are the same as anyone else. The only difference is who they choose to share a sexual life with. Once again modeling reality, several characters are confident in their sexuality but are hesitant to admit to it.

In the music video "Same Love", Macklemore used pathos, history, and symbolism to emphasize on gay marriage, marriage equality, and homophobia in hip-hop. It follows a storyline of how a boy started to feel like he was gay in the 3rd grade, but his mom reassured him that it was just a phase. Throughout his life, he still had that strange feeling that he could not shake. He was even pressured by his peers to play a game called seven minutes in heaven. He became very uncomfortable which caused him to leave to another party. One day, he decided to bring his partner to his parents' house for dinner and disclosed that they were getting married. As usual, the parents are surprised to hear that their child likes the same sex. Towards the end of the story, the two men get married and by their sides were their families supporting them in every way. Finally, they were happy with a child

Songs have been portraying society as far back in history as we can research. A song that exemplifies society in a positive way is the song “Straight Outta Vagina” by Pussy Riot on the album XXX. This song portrays women as strong and independent, it also outlines some of the amazing things women have done throughout history. This is shown though the imagery of women portrayed as vaginas. Throughout the song, there are many examples of how Pussy Riot defies gender stereotypes, fights gender norms, exemplifies gender performance, power, and violence.

He says, “no freedom ‘til we're equal, damn right i support it” (Macklemore). What this line means is that justice and freedom is only fair when everyone is equal. He supports everyone being equal. “Whatever god you believe in we come from the same strip away the fear underneath it's all the same love”(Macklemore). He is saying everyone is equal and should have liberty and freedom. Lastly he says, “its human rights for everyone, there is no difference.” (Macklemore). He believes everyone should be treated the same no matter what.

Macklemore’s song, “Same Love,” with Ryan Lewis, featuring Mary Lambert, tells the younger generation about discrimination against gays, homophobia, and inequality. The song calls out people who want freedom, where our country came from, and what are religion says to show how if we don’t accept gays, there is a lot we can never have. Macklemore is disappointed with the way hip hop and rap talk about gay people without realizing how difficult they are making gay’s lives. It is also great when Macklemore practically asks religious people how exactly they do not support gay rights, and why they believe it is wrong because God is supposed to love everyone. Macklemore gives his honest opinion on how he feels everyone should be equal, and there are no “buts” or “ifs.” I stand by his opinion about love being love no matter what. Macklemore’s song, “Same Love,” he talks about societies false ideas of gays, the way the term “gay” is used in hip hop music, and that we are not equal until we allow gay rights with a huge change at heart.

“My love, she keeps me warm.” Without context, these song lyrics have no impact or power behind them. However, if told that these words were sung by a female vocalist, and preceded by the lyrics “I can’t change, even if it tried, even if I wanted to,” suddenly the words have meaning as a woman sings of her love for another woman (Haggerty, Lewis, Lambert, 2102). These lyrics come from the 2012 song “Same Love” by Macklemore with Ryan Lewis and featuring Mary Lambert. In the song “Same Love,” Macklemore raises his voice against the issues of discrimination, gay rights, and marriage equality that we see in today's era. He uses two fallacies in the song, but Macklemore’s use of the three rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos in his

There is a bit of rhyme in this song as well, for example; “I thought that I’ve been hurt before, but no one’s ever left me quite this sore. Your words cut deeper than a knife, now I need someone to bring me back to life.” How it rhymes at each end gives it a bit of a rhyme scheme but the rhyme scheme changes in the pre chorus. The tone of the song shifts at the pre chorus, then at verse 2, then at the pre chorus again, then at the bridge and halfway through

This artist ,Kevin Abstract, uses the “Miserable America” song as a way to show the world his sexuallity while explaining the hardships he’s gone through as a gay man of color. Abstract talks about everything from his mother and bestfriend being homophobic to his boyfriends parents not accepting him due to his skin color. Abstract uses “Miserable America” to show the world many things most people don’t realize or even consider is an actual issue some people experience in their lives. This artist persuades his listener with the use of rhetoric such as euphemism.

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(“From Beyoncé to Usher, 1) This performance had mixed reaction. Some people like the performance while others called it outrages. Other artist would also make their statements with music videos. Another person who spoke up about “black lives matter” was Macklemore. “In the song, he criticizes cultural appropriation with the lyrics, ‘you’re Elvis, and you’re Iggy Azalea.

Being gay is a major stereotype in our society and the label that society has given gay and/or lesbian couples is that it is improper act of love for one another. They deal with the common gestures and looks when they show affection towards one another in public places. The lyrics of "Beautiful" give this stereotype a reason to believe that what people say or do does not affect them and they are beautiful to themselves and each other. It seems as though this would be an easy task to master, however it is not. When people

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