Popular culture

and tough decision for me to attend MACU but I wouldn’t want it any other way. Critical thought and popular culture was a required course to take and to be honest, I thought it was going to be a super boring class. But, it taught me a lot about myself and made me examine my calling in life a little deeper than before. In turn, I thoroughly enjoyed this course. Critical thought and popular culture taught me a lot about who I am. These realizations came from class discussions, learning my strengths

has a varying portrayal. No two zombie movies are exactly the same, but many themes can be found similar in all of them. Supposedly apocalyptic, zombies are generally destructive and devilish. If this is true, why are they becoming so popular and is today’s culture portraying zombies correctly? Zombies, generally, are any human beings that are mindless, show now emotion, and are driven to a specific motive. Being this way,

Mark Antony and Popular Culture: Masculinity and the Construction of an Icon by Rachael Kelly, is a pathbreaking analysis of how Antony (the pop culture icon, hopeless lover and drunkard) differs so substantially from Antonius (the historical figure, esteemed general and statesman). Kelly successfully lays out—with great quality and depth—how the mythology itself performs a deeper socio-cultural function. In order to further examine and engage with this idea, this informative and original study employs

     Many forms of popular culture today are inspired by themes, characters, and other references in various types of classical literature. John Denver’s song “Calypso” parallels with a number of the themes in Homer’s the Odyssey. The Odyssey’s themes involving Odysseus’ journey back home and the aid of gods and goddesses directly influence “Calypso.”      The first stanza in Calypso is influenced by Odysseus’ journey to back to his homeland. The

Pop culture has positive effects on communities around the world for many years. This topic had been up for discussion throughout history, and how beneficial different pop cultures have on society. Pop culture influences children and young adults in our society to develop skills in their life. Gaming and fashion build skills and create community around our nation. In our modern society gaming has beneficial impacts to people in our world. People believe that gaming builds skills in everyday life

2006; Roberts 2006). Lesbians, and specifically butch lesbians, have always had babies and been mothers; however, the recent growth of lesbian families is simultaneously occurring with an emergent presence of lesbian familial relationships in popular culture. To ascertain if representations are serving the growing community they represent, it is vital to understand how these pop cultural representations portray and affect lesbian mothers.

Although people’s body had always varied in all different shapes and sizes, the present body image in popular culture have influenced millions of people to be insecure about their individuals’ body. When there is discussion about body image insecurity, females typically are the subject relating to the body image topic. However, males have concerns and insecurity about their individuals’ body as well. Since the internet allows instant communication with other people and various options to share information

Lykyty Lysongtseng Professor Lauren Zwicky Gender, Race and Popular Culture 9 December 2015 Models and Mortals In 1998, a new TV series premiered on American cable television Home Box Office (HBO): Sex and the City. The Genre of the show is comedy, and it is based around four fashionably sense single women in their mid-thirties. In this episode I will discuss on the beauty myth and the power of beauty. A quick rundown on the charters bio on the show, the main character is Carrie Bradshaw, is a

Table of Contents Film: The Wasp Women- 25 points Film: The Black Scorpion- 25 points Poetry: Haikus- 6 points Poetry: Short Poem- 5 points Insects in Popular Culture – 10 points Original Comic- 30 points References Honor Pledge   The Wasp Woman, 1959 The Wasp Women tells the story of Janice Starlin, owner and CEO of a cosmetics company. To bolster her declining sales she enlists the help of recently fired beekeeper Dr. Zinthrop. Zinthrop was fired for experimenting with wasps

For my final paper where we had to pick a topic from current popular culture, I decided to write my paper with the focus on Disney movies. More particularly with the focus on the Disney princess movies. When it comes to the Disney movies they have always been and will always be such a huge part of our society. While growing up most children grow up watching these movies and get the idea that that is what they want to be when they grow up. When you ask a young girl what she wants to be when she