Six months before the popular Fifty Shades of Grey hit bookstores was the release of a 30 Seconds to Mars music video featuring BDSM themes for their song "Hurricane" in 2011. From the album This Is War, Thirty Seconds To Mars' video "Hurricane" premiered on MTV on November. 29th, 2010. It was banned by several networks on the … Continue reading 30 Seconds To Mars’ Banned Video for “Hurricane”
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History in the Media: The Destruction of the Beloved City of Pompeii
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Theathres_of_Pompeii.jpg/438px-Theathres_of_Pompeii.jpg View of Pompeii ruins with Mount Vesuvius in the backgroundElfQrin, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Daily Life in Pompeii For over 250 years, the city of Pompeii was a popular vacation spot until 79 AD. The city had extravagant villas for wealthy visitors. Markets and bath houses were part of daily life. There were … Continue reading History in the Media: The Destruction of the Beloved City of Pompeii
The Social Significance of No Doubt’s “Just A Girl”
Gender Reveal Poster. Photo by author. Writing "Just A Girl" Lead singer of No Doubt, Gwen Stefani wrote Tragic Kingdom's 1995 single "Just A Girl" to express the self-awareness of her gender's implications in society. She was living at home with her strict parents into her twenties--a situation that many struggling millennials currently understand. One … Continue reading The Social Significance of No Doubt’s “Just A Girl”
Not the Entertainment: Suicide, Mental Illness, and Society
An essay about Chester Bennington, society's reaction to those of us with mental illness, and what makes suicide more likely. If there's a chance that articles on suicide trigger you in some way, I'm going to urge you to read something else. Love and light! Black Rose by Social Thoughts Before doing research for this … Continue reading Not the Entertainment: Suicide, Mental Illness, and Society
Christina Aguilera: Domestic Violence Survivor
Summary: Christina Aguilera found release from domestic violence through music. Now, she uses music to speak out against it. Christina María Aguilera was born to parents Fausto and Shelly on December 18th 1980 in Staten Island, New York. Raised in Wexford, Pennsylvania, Christina's life was surrounded by violence. Fausto abused and terrorized his family, until Shelly … Continue reading Christina Aguilera: Domestic Violence Survivor
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