Good Girl Gone Bad
Good Girl Gone Bad: Rihanna
Since the beginning of time women have been uniquely viewed as a source of human life. Historically, however, they have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. As one reflects back upon history he or she can easily conclude that women have made significant progress. Traditionally women roles were understood to be wifehood and motherhood. However, time has greatly changed and women have acquired several rights. This has been easily personified in pop music. One of today’s top pop music artist Rihanna has made these accomplishments noticeable to society. Rihanna has made it evident to millions of people around the world that it is ok for women to be promiscuous, sexy, and bold. There is plenty of reason to be concerned about Rihanna’s musical career. The question, however, is not whether or not Rihanna makes good music or whether she tops the billboard charts. The real concern about having a young female music artist (Rihanna) in main screen media is whether she portrays a positive influence on society.
According to www.biography.com, Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20, 1988, in St. Michael Parish on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Rihanna endured a complicated childhood, flawed by her father’s addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine and her parent’s martial problems. Rihanna also struggled with crippling headaches for several years during her childhood, a condition she attempted to hide from her friends and classmates so they would not think she was abnormal “I never expressed how I felt ,” she remembers. “I always kept it in. I would go to school . . . you would never know there was something wrong with me.” As an adolescent, Rihanna found a sense of relief in music from her tribulations at home. Rihanna’s music career began in 2005 at the age of 16 when music producer Evan Rodger landed her an audition for Def. Jam Records. Eight months later, Rihanna
Since the beginning of time women have been uniquely viewed as a source of human life. Historically, however, they have been considered not only intellectually inferior to men but also a major source of temptation and evil. As one reflects back upon history he or she can easily conclude that women have made significant progress. Traditionally women roles were understood to be wifehood and motherhood. However, time has greatly changed and women have acquired several rights. This has been easily personified in pop music. One of today’s top pop music artist Rihanna has made these accomplishments noticeable to society. Rihanna has made it evident to millions of people around the world that it is ok for women to be promiscuous, sexy, and bold. There is plenty of reason to be concerned about Rihanna’s musical career. The question, however, is not whether or not Rihanna makes good music or whether she tops the billboard charts. The real concern about having a young female music artist (Rihanna) in main screen media is whether she portrays a positive influence on society.
According to www.biography.com, Robyn Rihanna Fenty was born on February 20, 1988, in St. Michael Parish on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Rihanna endured a complicated childhood, flawed by her father’s addiction to alcohol and crack cocaine and her parent’s martial problems. Rihanna also struggled with crippling headaches for several years during her childhood, a condition she attempted to hide from her friends and classmates so they would not think she was abnormal “I never expressed how I felt ,” she remembers. “I always kept it in. I would go to school . . . you would never know there was something wrong with me.” As an adolescent, Rihanna found a sense of relief in music from her tribulations at home. Rihanna’s music career began in 2005 at the age of 16 when music producer Evan Rodger landed her an audition for Def. Jam Records. Eight months later, Rihanna