Ok, so before I get into this blog, I just wanted to share with you, the proud mommy that I am, that my son is in a band called Empty Presence, and this Sunday they had a gig at the Harley Davidson "Easy Rider Music Fest". So, of course, being the very proud mommy I am, I just wanted to share with you a video here on the blog. You can also click on their band name and it will take you to their youtube account where you can leave them some words of encouragement. They've been invited to perform at Drakes in Kendall so I'll make sure to keep you all posted! (BTW, my son is the one with Black hair, he's 12, his best friend is the bassist he is aslo 12 and the drummer is the bassist's brother who is only 10)
So what kind of effect do you think the media has on you? Do you think it has any influence on you? Have you ever thought about it or are you quick to say that the media has no influence on you, what you do, eat, dress and say? Why would it right? You are your own person, you make your own choices, your own decisions, you know what you like and what you don't like? Or do you? How much control do you really have?
When my oldest son was in Kindergarten, the first Spiderman movie was released. Of course he wanted to see it, as did we, and so we went off to see this great classic superhero movie. A few days later I was in his class, helping the teacher. We were chatting away and then she begins to tell me that my son had told her that he had seen Spiderman, but that he was a bit confused about something. He said he thought it was wierd that the Green Goblin was a white guy and not a black guy.
Did your mouth just drop to the floor? Well, you can imagine mine. Rest assured though, this is not something taught at home.
How about the correlation between "Girl Power" and The Powerpuff girls? Three very different girls, each one seemingly emboddying a "typical type" of female?
Mmmm, how about an oldopic revisited.....Sarah Palin in the media. Is it at all possible that many in our society are jaded about this "VPILF", as she has been referred to, because of the way the media has exploited her as a woman. It's quiet interesting how there is so much focus on her being a beautiful, hockey mom/woman of 5, in an effort to seduce the women in this country, rather than to be focused on her abilities and capabilities as a politician. The proof was in your journal entries for prompt #2, when many of you wrote "It's time for a woman", "If she can handle being a mom of 5 she can handle being VP", etc.etc. It left me wondering, of those of you who are excited about voting for Palin because she's a woman and because it's "time for a woman", how many of you have stopped to ask what her credentials are, besides being governor for several months, or how about what her education is? Do you know what her degree is in, or if she even has one for that matter?
Moving on to something else....SEX!!! Everyone loves this topic. We can talk about it and expose our kids to it everywhere we go and everywhere we are, but let's not do it in the classroom (according to Palin's view). Well, I want to talk about it in the classroom and no one can stop me. LOL!! Let's take a look at Sex in Spongebob. LOL! Spongebob? you say. Yup! Spongebob!! If parents aren't teaching their kids about sex at home, and they aren't learning it from friends at school, or being taught about sex in school from trained professionals who know what they are talking about, no worries, Spongebob is here!! Check this out....... :) Oh, and don't be thinking, "I'll never let my kids watch spongebob" because if you think it stops at Spongebob, you're kidding yourself. Think back to all those good old holsome DISNEY movies. Oh yeah, lots of sexual inuendo in them, never mind the direct implied notion of the power structures between a man and a woman. Anyways, I digress, check out this viedo.
Now what about music, tv shows and movies that you listen to and watch?? Why do you listen to the kind of music you listen to? Why do you watch the shows you watch? What kind of effect do you think they have on you? Do they influence the way you dress? The way you talk? The way you behave? No way, right? We are all individuals with our own minds and make our own choices because we have the freedom to so, right? Well, of course there are those who beg to differ. Here is an interesting video on..... well I don't want to spoil it. Enjoy!
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Patrick: "say it"
SB: "I'm ugly"
Patrick: "You're ugly and you're proud. Say it"
SB: "I'm ugly and I'm proud"
P: "Louder"
SB: "I'm ugly and I'm proud, I'm ugly and I'm proud!!!..."
Squidward (SP?): "Is that what he calls it?"
LMAO..
SB: "Who wants to get dirty anyway.."
Sandy: "And sweaty, plus we all know who would get to the top first."
Both - "Hahahahaha"
HAHAHAHAHA. This is awesome.
Those were my favorite as well! =) lol
Dirty Spongebob innuendo videos? Where was this when I took the class?
Playing Devils advocate here, lot of those "innuendos" where not clear cut and would, for the most part, be caught only if you where thinking in context(sexuality).
If our children are able to comprehend these "innuendos", they know FAR MORE than they are letting on. Man does not know what a crooked line is unless he knows what a straight line looks like. If that is the case, the source of the issue it to be found elsewhere.
As far as the medias effect on the self, that too is complicated. The most vulnerable to the effect are the ones that don't know much else besides that world. But you can also argue that those forced to live with the type of people mentioned above are forced themselves to be more "mainstream" to gain social acceptance. The roles the genders are "meant" to play also fall into this category.
On a side note, Spongebob watching the "dirty channel" when Gary walks in always makes me crack up.
Talking about innuendos( if you got a pseudo dirty mind), check this video out:
http://www.gigglesugar.com/638491
Dirty Spongebob innuendo videos? Where was this when I took the class?
Playing Devils advocate here, lot of those "innuendos" where not clear cut and would, for the most part, be caught only if you where thinking in context(sexuality).
If our children are able to comprehend these "innuendos", they know FAR MORE than they are letting on. Man does not know what a crooked line is unless he knows what a straight line looks like. If that is the case, the source of the issue it to be found elsewhere.
As far as the medias effect on the self, that too is complicated. The most vulnerable to the effect are the ones that don't know much else besides that world. But you can also argue that those forced to live with the type of people mentioned above are forced themselves to be more "mainstream" to gain social acceptance. The roles the genders are "meant" to play also fall into this category.
On a side note, Spongebob watching the "dirty channel" when Gary walks in always makes me crack up.
Talking about innuendos( if you got a pseudo dirty mind), check this video out:
http://www.gigglesugar.com/638491
ah Ruben! How wonderful to read words from a great rhetorician as yourself. Perhaps you could be an inspiration to my students?
Well said, Ruben!
You know... it wasn't till recently after watching some of the cartoons I used to enjoy when I was really young that I realized the dirty jokes behind the obvious script. The writers of these shows do a brilliant job of gearing their works towards multiple audiences. This is why we see people of so many ages enjoying shows like Spongebob, Scooby Doo, The Simpsons, etc...
I agree, children that are able to comprehend this kind of humor know far more than they let onto. But, then again, hasn't this always been the case? Growing up we have always known a little more than our parents want us to know about certain things... in some cases we know of things that THEY don't even know about. This is the kind of culture we have grown up with. As the years pass many people become more and more open to accept what other people do. For some people this has gotten so out of control that they use r-rated content blockers on their computers and Parental Control on their TV's.
One thing I remember is that less than ten years ago seeing homosexuals on the MTV's The Real World was shocking. Even though from the start this show was somewhat liberal, most of the action that involved these characters was not included. The characters were there, but their exposure on TV was somewhat limited. The show is a totally different story today. Every season of the show includes one homosexual/bisexual person. Even when the show doesn't include this kind of "entertainment" we see that these people are put in situations where drinking occurs and homosexual encounters (particularly among women) tend to happen. The main goal of the media is to put things on TV that will appeal to people. The reason why the whole sex, drugs, and alcohol thing works so well in the media is because these are things that appeal to us because of our own experiences (or lack of experience for that matter).
What it really comes down to is the way we deal with what our children are exposed to. Our kids are eventually going to see a lot of things we don't want them to see. It's part of life. If we let them watch it, if we know they are going to watch it, and if we know their friends will talk to them about it even if they themselves don't go looking for it, then we have to be prepared to talk to them about what really goes on in life instead of pretending it doesn't happen.
-S.
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