TELEVISION......THEN & NOW!

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.