I am a Grenade

Here is a link to our midterm presentation!  Enjoy~

And in case you wanted to see my thought process, here are my notes! :)

Maybe I was just really tired when I read this and the copy was wicked bad, but I did not like parts of this article.

Generally, I just felt like there was a severe lack of intersectionality in this discussion.

But I'll back up...

MARILYN MANSON: DISPOSABLE TEENS

And I'm a black rainbow and I'm an ape of God
I got a face that's made for violence upon
And I'm a teen distortion, survived abortion
A rebel from the waist down

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

I wanna thank you, mom, I wanna thank you, dad
For bringin' this fuckin' world to a bitter end
I never really hated a one true God
But the God of the people I hated

You say you want an evolution
The ape was a great big hit
You say you want a revolution, man
And I say that you're full of shit

We're disposable teens
We're disposable teens
We're disposable teens
We're disposable

We're disposable teens
We're disposable teens
We're disposable teens
We're disposable

You say you want an evolution
The ape was a great big hit
You say you want a revolution, man
And I say that you're full of shit (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

The more that you fear us, the bigger we get
The more that you fear us, the bigger we get
And don't be surprised, don't be surprised
Don't be surprised when we discover it

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You say you want an evolution
The ape was a great big hit
You say you want a revolution, man
And I say that you're full of shit (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

You say you want an evolution
The ape was a great big hit
You say you want a revolution, man
And I say that you're full of shit (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

We're disposable teens
We're disposable teens
We're disposable teens
We're disposable

We're disposable teens
We're disposable teens
We're disposable teens
We're disposable

1. "Happiness means getting a man, and transformation from wretched conditions can be achieved through consumption--in their case, through new clothes and a new hairstyle" (133).

This quote particularly struck me as neatly summing up the role of advertisements and how they interact with (and are masked by) the media itself.  For this example of Cinderella, on a subtle level we are taught at a very young age that happiness comes from something outside of ourselves that must be purchased.  That somehow we will derive an abstract (non tangible) "feeling" from physical goods.  The fact that we must buy something in order to be happy appears to give us control over our lives, while in actuality these messages are transcribed into our personal ideologies without our consent through childhood movies.

We are taught, as children, that our ultimate goal is to be a consumer and that will make us happy.

In Croteau's piece on "Media and Ideology" the author addresses the role of the Media in ideological representation.  Croteau states that the media helps to "define our world and provide models for appropriate behavior and attitudes" (159).  Essentially, the author argues that the Media plays a large role in showing (not necessarily telling) us how to appropriately behave in this society--as well as the consequences that can occur if one deviates from what is appropriate.

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