Thursday, October 6, 2011

Women Roles in Relationships




--> What is a successful love relationship between a man and a woman?
              - there needs to be trust and good communication
                - be open and comfortable in yourself
 

Women and Men Roles
--> What are the roles of women in relationships?
          - "submissive" to the man but it must be reciprocated
          - balance the relationship out ( if I can't then he can)
          - this has changed over times which could be a good and bad thing
                      - The rise of extreme feminism
                      - Marriage is legal prostituion?
                      - A legal business transaction where services are exchanged

--> Is it okay for a man to wear the pants in the relationship?
          - No
          - Its a woman's role to let the man think he does but in reality we wear the pants in the relationship
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Would you work full time and let your male partner stay at home?
       - Hell naw... it challenges his masculinity

Steve Harvey
     - A male's perspective on the "issue"

JJ Smith
     - A female's perspective on the "issue"

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Geisha and Stripping/Prostitution



Geisha are female Japanese entertainers who play music, sing, act, dance, and even offer sexual services. In the Japanese culture when the geisha culture was at its rise, men were not constrained to being faithful to their wives and used geisha women to fulfill their sexual fantasies. However during this time, geisha women were also imprisoned for selling sex. In order to be a geisha woman there are training methods. However in today's time, geisha women are seen as prostitutes by non-Japanese, however in reality they do not take part in sexual acts. Instead they flirt and entertain their clients. Men are said to amused by the possibility of what could happen; their own illusions and fantasies with these women.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIdgqWPdsA0

Feelings? Thoughts?
Is this different from strippers? What about prostitution?
If so, how? why?

Players Club
strippers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fx3SrhmqOtQ
16 yr old stripper
Telling Mom

Comments:
How is this different from prostitution?
Aren't Geisha's respected in society?
Maiko girls are respected because they are virgins.

Do you think it is acceptable to compare Geisha women to prostitutes and strippers?

To strippers yes, prostitutes no.

Geisha means a "person of the arts"; Providing male entertainment

Geisha, the way they dress and held themselves are how they please a man although they are not taking anything off their motives are still to please a man.

Do Geisha's get paid?
Some do some don't.

Everything a Geisha does is very sexualized. How they put on their make up, and tie their robes all have meaning.
Why do most strippers strip?
for quick money.

It may not be moral for some but it's someone's choice to dance/strip or not.

Some people just enjoy to do it.

What's worse my daughter coming to me saying they she's pregnant or stripping?

I wouldn't tell my parents that I was stripping. That's the worse thing to deal with.

"Prostitution is not the world's oldest profession it's the world's oldest oppression"

You can't compare prostitution to stripping it's not the same context.

Our Generation Making Moves

Raven-SymonĂ© Christina Pearman was born on December 10, 1985. She began her career as an actress at the the young age of three but before that she was doing commericals for products such as Riutz Crackers, Jello, and Cool Whip. Soon after her premiere on television she was casted as Olivia, Cosby's granddaugher, in The Cosby Show. When the show ended, Raven  began her career in the singing industry. At five years old she was taking voice lessons from the very talented Missy Eliott and dropped her first ablum titled, Here's To New Dreams. Although her single reached #68 on The Billboard, the overall album was not successful Hwoever that did not stop Raven; that following year she landed a role as Nicole in Hangin' With Mr. Cooper. From there she continued to grace the movie and televison screen in The Little Rascals, Dr Dolittle, Dr. Dolittle 2, and her self-titled show and star of That's So Raven. While on that show she starred in movies such as the Cheetah Girls and Cheetah Girls 2. Even when her series ended, raven kept busy with her music, clothing line, and her acting career. She is still acting and lending her voice out for features such as Tinkerbell and is said to be working on a nwe series titled The Great State of Georgia. For more information, click here.

Selena Gomez (July 22, 1992) was first introduced to us in 2002 in Barney & Friends and in 2003 in her minor role in Spy Kids 3-D, But it wasnt until her role in Another Cinderella Story  where we realized that she was a force to be reckoned with. She continued on in the Disney Channel movie The Princess Protection.  The following year she began her role as Alex Russo in Disney;s sitcom Wizards of Waverly Place. She also had roles on Hannah Montana and The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.  She currently has an ablum with The Scene titled Kiss and Tell. Her songs are heard on the radio, on the Disney Channel, and in her films. Gomez is also the UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador. SHe continues to run organization and take part in movements to help those less fortunate. Here's More

Keke Palmer (Born on August 26, 1993) entered the scene in her role as Akeelah  in Akeelah in the Bee. This film was not only a way for everyone to see her talent as in actress but also to bare witness to her talents as a singer. Her single "All My Girlz" was featured on the film. In 2006, she played the role f Mary in a Disney Channel Movie Jump In and had her vocals on the soundtrack. Two years later, Palmer was given the leading role in her Nickeldeon show True Jackson were she plays a young fashion designer. Even with her busy schedule she still makes sure to act her age and be a postive role model for young boys and girls. Her roles on television and her songs very much reflect the generation of the youth today. She has also started a clothing line at WalMart which includes dresses, jumpers, and other fun items. For more information

Born on October 31, 2000 Williow Smith has taken the world by storm. At only the young age of 10 she has released two singles, Whip My Hair and 21st Century Girl. These songs find themselves playing in little girl rooms, on road trips and even in the clubs. Prior to that she received a Young Artist Award for her role in Kit Kittredge and she has also played a role in the amazing movie, I Am Legend, alongside her father, Will Smith. This young girl has so much potential and the industry seems to be excited. She is the works of dropping her first album and starring in the remake of the comic strip Little Orphan Annie. More...

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Thursday, March 17, 2011

Tisha Campbell-Martin and Tichina Arnold

Tisha Campbell-Martin started her career at the age of 6. She was very active throughout her childhood and attended many talent shows. She won many awards for singing as well as acting. In 1992 she was casted as Gina, girlfriend to MArtin Lawrence in Marin. A year after the sitcom's debut, Campbell-Martin relaesed a self titled album, which sold 40,000 copies. In 1996 she married her husband of almost 15 years Duane Martin, they have two sons together. Another amazing start and Tisha's life was her role as Jay in My Wife and Kids.  She portrayed a strong mother and loving wife who also wanted to make her dreas come true. She was light-hearted and energictic in her roles and continues to do guest appreancas in shows such as Rita Rocks and Everybody Hates Chris.


Tichina Arnold is another respected actress born on June 28, 1970. She is the best friend of Tisha Campbell-Martin. She began her career at the tender age of 8, with her first role in the play The Me Nobody Knows at the Billie Holiday theatre. In 1987, she was cated in her first fulltime role in a soap opera titled Ryan's Hope. She is well-known for her role as Pamela James on Martin. She also played the mother of Kyla Pratt on the sitcom One on One.  Her career includes roles on Evrybody HAtes Chris, Big Momma's House, The Cosby Show, and The Boondocks. She has also producted a line of hair accessories that have been modeled and purchased by many celebrities such as JAnet Jackson, Christina Aguliera, Tisha Campbell-Matin and Regina king, to name a few. However she stopped producting her line when she had her daughter in March of 2004.

Regina King was born January 15, 1971. She is currently datin Malcolm Jamal Walker but has a on from her previous marriage which ended in 2006 due to drug abuse, physical abuse, and extramatrial affairs. She is best known for her role in sitcoms such as Jerry Maguire, 227, Boys N Da Hood, Poetic Justice, Higher Learning, Daddy Day Care. The list goes on and on. She is currently featured in the series Southland. She is seen as the a woman who embodies female empowerment by both the way she carries herself off and on the scene.

Comments:

Body Image affects everyone across the board no matter your gender, race or personality.
These images are some examples of people that have a desired body. Very sexualized pictures.
Very little statistics on minority cultures that state eating disorders and problems with body image.

Eating disorders are typically "American" disorders. People in China and elsewhere refused to eat for different reasons such as punishment for bad grades, and incompetence which doesn't directly have anything to do with body image and eating disorders.

We eat foods that we know are not necessarily healthy for us but it helps us look a certain way.

Are we satisfied with our bodies?
It depends on the culture. I feel like minorities are more satisfied and people in the white culture are not because they see one perfect ideal beauty. Beauty varies in different cultures. Black men tend to focus on a Woman's large buttox, others go for length of hair, and others for the color of the eyes. Black culture, accepts and embraces the body much more.

Some cultures go the extra mile through plastic surgery to change the way their body looks.

What is the ideal body for women of color?
African American and Hispanic is just CURVES.
Asian communities, Small, slender and dainty.
A lot of Asian women have issues with Lucy Lieu's photos because they feel that she's showing too much.

A lot of people are willing to give up years of their life, to have surgery.
Diet pill commercials. Why is it you have to look like this? Why can't it be work out to be healthier.
Overcoming insecurities to start losing weight.

Everything has their own definition of beauty.

You have to be comfortable with who you are.
Not everybody looks right skinny.

Why is there a misconception that these women are beautiful?
I don't feel like we promote dieting and being skinny, this isn't all of the media's fault but they portray what is beauty.

People have different genetics. People have to learn how to eat right, exercise regularly if your still not the ideal weight you're still okay.

Sometimes women who are big have so much anger towards women who are small. For some people there isn't anything they can do. Don't attack them for it.

Which criticism is more harsh to be fat or to be skinny.
What is fat? I consider fat 400 lbs. Fat means obese. The definition is different.

People are underweight, she needs help and we feel pitiful and those who are over weight there is so much anger. Some people really need help and can't control their eating.

Eating is a drug.

You shouldn't have to change the way you look to please your man.

How does the white culture see us?
I think they think we're fat.
Some white people want curves, but the majority doesn't.

Body Image

Body Image is something that effects both men and women of all of races, sizes, religions, and socioeconomic class.



There has been a multitude of research done that suggest there are no eating disorders or dissatisfaction with one's body in the African-American/Black and Latino/a culture.

Is this true? Are we satisfied with our bodies? Or are we just more satisfied then white women and men? Why are we more protected?

What is the ideal body type for a woman who is of color?

Stats






http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlbFrtkTKFs
Cocoa Brown
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mOQh3evqsI
 Tyra Banks
http://www.spike.com/video-clips/iw38y9/phat-girlz-i-was-talking-about-your-beautiful-plump-friend
Phat Girlz

How does this effect younger girls?
Can we solely blame the media?
What about how other cultures perceive us?
Did you know that in some cultures beauty is defined by fattening girls by the time they lose their teeth?
Are these women any less beautiful?

Thursday, March 10, 2011

Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks

Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi.  She has done countless things. She is an actress, talk show host, and entrepreneur. Her talents and compassion seem to be endless. She began her career in 1986 after receiving a Golden Globe and Academy Award for her supporting role in The Color Purple. She has won over nine awards for the Oprah Winfrey Show and has added to her list of achievements co-founding the Oxygen Media and has started her own magazine O. Oprah is also well-known for supporting causes she has her own charities such as Oprah's Angel Network and she has also opened up the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls in South Africa. "She has been ranked the richest African American of the 20th century, the greatest black philanthropist in American history, and was once the world's only black billionaire. She is also, according to some assessments, the most influential woman in the world." The list goes on and on. To find out more click here

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr9SAEuejU8
2.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKbRMcmAfVg&feature=related

Tyra Banks is a model, talk show host, businesswoman, and actress, born December 4, 1973 in Inglewood, California. She started her career as a model at the age of 18. After spending years making herself a household name, Banks started appearing in films such as Higher Learning, Love & Basketball, and Life-Size.  She has won the Daytime Emmy Award for her daytime talk show The Tyra Banks Show. Banks was the first African American woman on magazine covers such as Sports Illustrated. For more information on Tyra

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OWopqRCLsw&feature=related
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29SuuEKztPc&feature=related

Cristina Saralegui was born in Havana, Cuba on January 29, 1948. When she was twelve her family escaped from Cuba and moved to Miami. In 1979 Saralegui worked for three of the most successfully published magazines in Latin Amreica. Saralegui is now referred to as the Spanish Oprah; she spent over 21 years bringing news, gossip, and comfort to many homes in and out of America. She was the talk show host and executive producer of her own show El Show de Cristina on Univision. She had guest appearances and support from people that range from Jorge Ramon, Selena, Shakira, Gloria Estefan and Jennifer Lopez. She has even made some guest appearances on television shows such as the The George Lopez Show. Please click here to learn more


1.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdMG9u3Klx8&feature=related
2.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wMnZGQbIh4

Thursday, March 3, 2011

Perspectives on Meagan Good

Quick Bio

Ms. Good has appeared on many different television series, movies, and talk shows. Starting at the age of 4 and continued on from there doing small guest appearances. She then moved on to bigger roles including her first film in 1995, Friday. Years after getting her career on the road, she transitioned from amateur roles to a mature role. But in what ways are her more mature roles depicting her? Or even in a larger sense, how does it depict us as black women? How has the characters Meagan Good portrayed in the last couple years, affected the way other people view African American women?

Different Roles Meagan Good has played


 Waist Deep ---CoCo

Stomp the Yard--April


Appearances in Music Videos


50 Cent-- 21 Questions


Tyrese--One

Comments:
She a Hoe! Meagan Good is always in a typical girlfriend/sexual role.

She could play any role but she always gets casted in the same roles.
Waist Deep, Stomp the Yard, The Game. She's always that distinctive role.

Is it a bigger issue, is it Blacks in the mainstream.

When it comes to being a celebrity you get one role and you can choose to stick with that role. In Novela's you always have the same person who has the same characteristics. When people call you to be in the role its based on the past roles that you've been casted.

She is a great woman, she's gorgeous and she has a potential to be something greater than whats portrayed of her on tv.

I liked her innocence on cousin Skeeter.

Meagan Good is not the only sex symbol there are a number of women who have been casted in the same roles like Angelina Jolie, Meagan Fox, Halle Berry...but they have a variety.

Meagan Good has aspirations to be casted as Aaliyah maybe that will show a different side of her.