Blog 2

Prompt 1: My cultural artifact is Robin Thicke music video Blurred Lines, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyDUC1LUXSU. Through the music video the woman are half naked and there dancing while getting stared at by the male singers. Not only were the images of the woman showing that a woman is only useful for looks, but the lyrics were portraying the same. Using the lyrics “I know you want it” was very passive toward the woman especially because they were half naked dancing in front of the singers. Also, the lyrics “You’re far from plastic, talk about getting blasted.” Was showing gender representations that a woman should not get anything done to their bodies because being plastic is not attractive to other men.

Prompt 2: Highly known pop artist, Robin Thicke, T.I., and Pharrell created these images. The funky beat of the song itself gets audience attention and also the woman through the music video. When looking at the music video others might not see the gender representation being portrayed because most rap and pop music videos have woman seen in this way, so it is nothing new. A value that was important to these artists was “you’re far from plastic” because it was consistently repeated it seemed important for them to share that women’s bodies are better without being altered. This type of message of how a women’s body should be and how it should stay “thick” and natural is sent through all rap and pop music because that is what men want out of a woman.