Ok lecture on Monday was very interesting. Growing up in the
late 90’s/early 2000’s we had plenty of shows that I can say exemplified GIRL
POWER. For example, That’s So Raven, Sabrina the teenage witch, and lastly
Lizzie McGuire. All of these shows have women playing teenage roles as
daughters, they were all in school, very social, and played the lead roles in
their show. I cannot say that they all rejected boys, but that was not their
main focus. All of these shows proved to
us that girls can have lead roles and how young women should value their
education. They showed young girls many valuable lessons and how to mostly overcome
fears. When I was younger that’s what I took from these shows. Girl Power is
all about embracing women and letting them have all control and power. Even
though society has changed and we start to see more shows such as BASKETBALL
WIVES, REAL HOUSEWIVES OF ATLANTA, REAL WORLD and many more, the shows today do
not show or prove to us any Girl Power. The media shows what the people like
and in today’s society people enjoy watching shows that involve sexual intercourse,
drinking, and fighting. There is no way we can ever go back to the GIRL POWER
movement with things like that entertaining us. It not only affects us, but the
upcoming generations. We need to find the link between popular culture today
and GIRL POWER back then and tie them together in a way we can represent women
in a positive way as well as empowering others.
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