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    He’s got a goofy personality- Harry’s 21‚ but 6 at heart. For example Harry started twerking to the host of the show beatboxing‚ then later that night he tweeted “Note to self. Don’t ’twerk’.” Then after that he was casually sitting behind Rihanna peeling and eating an orange‚ you would think an 18 year-old would be more sophisticated at an award show‚ not Harry! On the topic of being sophisticated at award shows he‚ and the whole band‚ decided to eat hot dogs instead of drinking champagne. What

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    Control On August 25‚ 2013 the world watched in disgust as celebrity Miley Cyrus twerked and gyrated on stage at the Video Music Awards Show. People caused a fuss over her back up dancers all being African American women with large derrieres‚ her twerking‚ pointing to her feminine area on her body‚ pushing her face in one of her dancers derriere while smacking it‚ grinding on a foam finger‚ and grinding on a married man. The sociological perspective on deviance is described by “sociologist Howard

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    In Nicki Minaj’s Anaconda‚ women are portrayed as being their own individual‚ and that they should not be held down by social boundaries. The song could be described as a “head nod” to Sir Mix A Lot’s Baby Got Back where this song caused controversy with its blatantly sexual lyrics about women‚ as well as specific references which some people found objectionable. It is argued that something as small as the sexual nature of the cover may be too sexual and distracts from her accomplishments and independent

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    I am your typical pseudo intellectual liberal‚ but don’t get me wrong pop culture does not turn me off. Mention the Kardashians and I won’t run away in disgust‚ roll my eyes‚ or give you the side eye. My google searches range from ‘Is twerking a good exercise?’ to ‘What is Putin’s economic/political interest in Syria?’. I don’t find Woody Allen films boring and I don’t think Sharknado is trash. I will argue with any film snob about why the entire Shrek series is more profound than de Sica’s The Bicycle

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    while dancing and bending over‚ having all her audience members take a look of her small bottom‚ coming out of her bikini. She was dancing very sexually using a foam glove‚ while rubbing it on her lower body. Her performance shocked everyone by “twerking” on a married male performer. Her voice was loud and clear like a siren‚ while singing her new hit single. This pop star represents a young and wild teenager. She does what she wants and does not care about what anyone thinks‚ that’s what makes her

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    Television has a big influence on the black community as shown in the video; rappers especially‚ women twerking‚ half-dressed or not dressed‚ our men calling them out their name; tearing them down forgetting they come from a black woman. Black families are not educated “Most” live in poverty and kill amongst themselves on top of being gunned down by others

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    It is Easy to turn on the T.V and watch a performance or a musical video and see that they are promoting a dance that belongs to a certain culture. Most of the time‚ the dances are modified‚ where only some elements of the real dance are shown‚ which then makes the audience believe that whatever the video or performance has shown is what the real dance is like. Unfortunately‚ when you apply some cultural practice of a dance the audience perceive things differently and most of the time stereotypes

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    As I was contemplating about what my views are on critical and rhetorical thinking‚ I found myself struggling with forming my opinions on the subject. In my experience‚ I have always been taught in depth about what critical thinking is‚ but never rhetorical thinking. Rhetorical thinking deals with using a persuasive use of language by appealing to emotion. Critical thinking is about engaging in reflective and independent thinking. Do people speak differently with friends than they do with teachers

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    kept denying and me and Stephenie started laughing and called you palm tree because you had a retwist. That was the funniest day in your class but there were plenty more. We had good laughs from the start of class to the end. I use to come in class twerking everywhere LOL!! I loved your class and now I miss it. I just wanted to say thank you for being such a wonderful educator as well as a person. From the first day‚ I came into your class and experienced your

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    In the year two thousand fourteen‚ everybody thinks about themselves and almost nobody is compassionate and considerate. Everybody is too self absorbed and concerned about how many likes they get on an Instagram post or how many retweets or favorites they got on Twitter to do anything productive with themselves. Nobody seems to want to help anybody else anymore‚ it’s just a universe filled with the world revolving around us. It’s times like this where we need Renaissance people. Someone who is

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