For many years, there has been an ongoing argument as to why women do not receive the same compensation as men do for similar jobs. There have been several suggestions as to why women may not do as well in the work field including having family duties, not having the
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If you look up a rap video, chances are you will see an attractive woman in a bikini next to a cool car. Women are often targets to help promote products to increase sales using their bodies or good looks. What are the two best ways to get a man’s
Listening to the radio might be a relatively passive activity, but in some cases, the process of curating the public’s listening experience is not only active and deliberate; it is targeted. To the average listener enjoying a country radio station, there may appear to be nothing amiss or overtly discriminatory
Everyone wants to find someone who is “unique” or “different,” right? Well, the upward rise of awareness of the “pick me, choose me” person takes this concept to another level. While the idea of wanting to be viewed as different in comparison to “competition”, the concept of a Pick Me
The rap industry, in general, is notorious for demeaning and sexualizing women in the most derogatory fashion. Slurs such as b*tch and whore are among the regular verbiage used to depict women. Women are objectified lyrically and in the majority of the music videos promoted by rappers. Moreover, women in
You probably have never seen anything like the work of Robert Crumb before. What lives inside his mind is sexual, racist, disturbing, sometimes pornographic, and in every instance, odd. Much of his work tells stories of incest, necrophilia, assault, and pure mayhem. In the 1994 documentary “Crumb,” we uncover every
There have been countless clothing items in recent years made by companies that were largely offensive and in bad taste. Whether it has to do with cultural appropriation, racism, or eating disorders, companies continue to be insensitive toward their audiences. One topic that interested me is the sexism aspect displayed
The Guerrilla Girls are an anonymous group of feminist artists whose focus is to expel sexism and racism in politics, the art world, film and the culture at large. The members wear gorilla masks to hide their identity, but they are guerrilla in their approach and methods. Their actions and
“The Triumph of Civic Virtue” by Frederick MacMonnies has sparked many controversies in Queens. The statue depicting a nude male standing on top of several female figures, who are “allegories of vice.” The most notable opposer is Democratic representative Anthony Weiner. He wrote to commissioner Edna Wells Handy, “It’s time
There has recently been a trend in videos of people playing out roles in public. A woman videoed herself walking around New York City and got cat called over 100 times wearing just jeans and a t-shirt. The video got thousands of views and brought out many opinions. This video