Here I am, Finals Week, grading your blog projects. It seemed like such a great idea to have you all work this project into pieces parts, four parts of ideas that created a whole. It didn’t occur to me when I put all the parts together that there would be a pretty large [...]
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Bertha don’t you come around here anymore.
Posted in music on December 16, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Tis’ the season!
Posted in leisure, music on December 4, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I don’t know about any of you but I have been dragged to many a production of The Nutcracker this time of year. Everyone seems to think that it is a great idea to bring little kids to this ballet—especially little girls—but I have yet to attend a production in which the kids in attendance [...]
Topic for class discussion: Mayer essay
Posted in advertising, class discussion post, music on October 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
In “The New Sexual Stone Age,” Andre Mayer introduces his essay by noting the Britney Spears Pepsi commerical that ran during Super Bowl XXXVI. He then argues,
“In song, females are oppugned; in videos, they’re trotted up like bimbos and objectified” (284).
After viewing the commercial below, let’s discuss how you either agree or disagree with Mayer’s [...]
It’s Britney, bitch. And it sure is!
Posted in music on September 27, 2008 | 8 Comments »
this new song of Brit Brit’s isn’t even officially out yet and I am ALREADY SUCKED IN! I simply adore her. And more so now that she is making a comeback.
I am going to be humming this thing all weekend.
ETA: if you haven’t read the comments for this post yet, check them out. Katie [...]
FW5: Waking up as someone famous 2
Posted in in-class freewrite, music, television on September 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
yeah boooyyyyy! get my grill! find my clock! I got a crib full of women downstairs and they need naming and kicked out one by one. damn, I sure hope I find my true love this time…I am working on evening out my kids and I still need two more to make an even 20.
these [...]
