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Garcia Blog 8
The song I’ve chosen is by the artist P!nk, she has several songs like “Beautiful Trauma” that explore different messages in today’s society. P!nk is unapologetically herself, as she’s spoken about her own issues in life and through her work she brings awareness of topics that she’s passionate about. The music video for the song […]
Blog 8 Shu Wen Hsu
“Under My Thumb” is a pop rock song and written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richard in 1966. This song mainly described the pride of a male who revises the power from his ex-girlfriend and how he treated their relationships. Woman for him is just like the domestic pet. “she’s the sweetest, hmm pet […]
Peltonen Blog 8
I chose to write about, “The Man,” by Taylor Swift. Taylor Swift is a huge pop artist today. I chose this song because it completely breaks away from traditional gender roles set by society. Women are supposed to act passive, emotional, kind, and dependent. A woman who sticks up to a man usually catches people’s […]
Blog 8 Raj
I choose the country music genre, title “The Pill” released in 1975 by an American country music singer Loretta Lynn. The song was written even earlier by multiple writers; Lorene Allen, Don Machan, T.D. Bayless and Loretta Lynn herself. This song was recorded back in 1972 the same year birth control was legalized for all […]
Mora blog 8
The pop R&B song from Beyoncé known as “If I Were A Boy” was published in 2009. This song emphasizes on the gender roles of how a man should behave when he is in a relationship with the woman he thinks he’s in love with in which Beyoncé portrays within the lyrics. At the beginning […]
MARKOWITZ8
P!nk is an example of an artist who breaks gender boundaries with her music. A lot of her music, especially her song ‘So What’ , is angry and prov active. She goads people into fighting with her and she most definitely has an ax to grind. Most female pop singers stick to songs abut love […]
Prompt for Blog 8
As we discussed in class, gender roles and gender expectations often play a role in the creation of a piece of music or how people respond to it. Carmen’s aria, for example, broke all the rules for how a woman should behave in front of a man she’s just met, which excited audiences through controversy. […]
Reynoso Blog 7
Having parents that were born in Mexico, and still have deep ties to their culture even to this day, one genre of music that is very distinctively, “Mexican”, is the genre of Mariachi music. This genre of music originated in the 1860s, almost hand in hand with the French occupation of Mexico, where Mariachi music […]
Blog 7 Corrales
Both of my parents originated from Latin America, but I decided to focus on the music from Colombia (where my dad is from). More specifically, I’m focusing on Cumbia, which is a folkloric genre of music and dance that is popular in different parts of Colombia (especially Medellin). Cumbia originates from the 17th century when […]
Blog 7 Singh
Both of my parents were originally from Guyana, a small country in South America. Although it is not physically part of the Caribbean, it’s still considered part of the West Indies because there is still a shared culture. Specifically, I’d be considered of Indo-Caribbean descent because most of my ancestors originate from India.There’s so many […]
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