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    Throughout time, the objectification of women within pop culture has become an increasing issue, that not only degrades women, but also portrays negative stereotypes for younger generations of girls to see. Many theorists and writers have given their opinions throughout different academic articles, and with these, have examined how this issue is intertwined within society today. More specifically, it is evident that women are hypersexualized throughout commercials, are portrayed as “weak” and “powerless”

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    Does Pop Art form a critique of post-WWII society and culture or is it a celebration of high capitalism and consumption? Pop Art emerged in Britain in the late 50’s and the United States in the early 60’s.(Mamiya 1992) Pop Art is generally known today as a representation of celebrating popular culture and consumerism, however it’s background and origins are far more broad and extensive. There are many factors and influences that lead to the creation of the Pop Art movement such as adjusting to

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    novel subculture called “Teddy Boys”. Teddy boys is a working class youth culture that the British teenagers wore oddly uniform to create an identifiable look among people. According to the video, the influences of American pop culture cause this phenomenon. In the early 1950s, Rock and Roll emerged among young British teenagers, and these teenagers eagerly want to consumer the products that related to the American pop culture in Britain. Teenagers in this group took the ideas from movies and records

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    tourists have the opportunity to indulge on the American invented Krabby Patty. With new technological advancements created in the past century, it has become far less difficult for America to ship its culture around the world, and push for it to be adopted. The export of American popular culture has unfavorably affected the world, and America itself in a highly significant manner. A powerful few distribute the

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    According to dictionary.com, pop culture can be described as,” contemporary lifestyle and items that are well known and generally accepted, cultural patterns that are widespread within a population.” With that, some background information regarding pop culture in college starts in a humanities course. Humanities addresses how pop culture is portrayed by the media and displayed to the younger groups of societies, in hopes of changing current trends that bring people to falsely believe in what is “in”

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    1930s A ten year gap can really impact a society. This is evident in the times of the 1920s through the 1930s. These decades are very different from one another. This paper compares and contrasts the traits of these times in the world of pop culture. Pop culture is an accurate way to observe the past because it shows everything that was mainstream and a staple of the time. The 1920s is notorious for the amount of partying people did at the time. People in the 20s had attitudes that said “yeah, why

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    from the end of World War II with the strict culture ideas to the many trends of today. Culture does not only include the religion that people had it also includes how people dresses, what was common during pass times, what influenced the children of the time, and what event really effected the people and made them change how they do things. All these things effected culture in America and the effect that they had was labeled as Pop Culture. Pop culture includes the popular things they were going

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    How the 1980’s Inspired Pop Culture The 1980s started out like every other decade. There were new trends, music, and culture. But there was something about the 80s that set it apart from any other decade. It was the way its culture weaved it’s way into people’s hearts, and minds. The 80s fashion was influenced by music, and people wanting to try something new. Pop Culture in the 1980s can be summed up as trend setting and iconic because many things that were relevant during the decade are still around

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    It has become a concern of many people that what we are being to exposed to through media, may be harming society. It is controversial whether popular culture is beneficial or not to the younger viewers. Some argue that popular culture is a bad influence and has “gone too far”with certain topics. While others believe we can incorporate it in a way to enlighten our youth. A trending dance move seen all over social media with a drug related name, widely known as the “dab”, has gave many the wrong

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    appropriation. Cultural appropriation is taking aspects of cultures and using them without understanding the history behind it or the problem with doing this. A great example of this is using pop culture icon, Kylie Jenner. Recently Kylie Jenner posted a photo to Instagram with her in cornrows. This sparked a large controversy with her and a popular black celebrity, Amanda Stenberg. Jenner is a celebrity who loves to appropriate black culture, and it goes deeper than just some braids. She supposedly

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