LDH2B Meaningless - Pop Culture Analysis Project - Pt 1

1. What is the song basically saying about how to live a good life? Paraphrase the main idea.
The "Lip Gloss" song is basically that its not the lip gloss that made her cool, its the confidence, she thinks its the lip gloss but it isnt and thinking that it would make her feel better, she did.
2. What lyrics particularly speak to that perspective? Use quotes as evidence.
"is that my lip gloss is poppin, my lip gloss is cool, all the boys keep jockin, and chase me after school"
3. How do the video images support, re-orient, or challenge the dominant theme of the lyrics? Analyze. Because as you are watching the video, as soon as Lil Mama puts on the lip gloss, and the boys want her and chasing her and everyone wants some of that lip gloss
4. What else do you notice that's interesting? Look for internal contradictions, aspects of the message that resonate with other messages from the pop culture, points that connect to your own perspective, etc. Analyze squared.
that at the end of the video her mother or whoever it was that picked her up from school, tells her it wasnt the lip gloss but it was rather her confidence and then she realizes it.

The Election

My opinion on this election is that Barack Obama should have won the election by alot more but it suprised me because he got the youth's vote but he ONLY won 52% to 46% . Yea, there were plenty of people who voted for him JUST because he is black, but he was clearly the more intellectual and sophisticated candidate for President. John McCain is a 72 year old man who is bound to die any second now. The only good thing he had going for him is that hes a Virgo just like i am and his birthday is a day after mine, if only America knew, he could have been our next President....but it just did not turn out that way for him . He is another version of George Bush , the same guy who has turned our country and the economy into what it is now, a complete mess. Imagine 4, possibly 8 years of that. I wouldnt want to. Now I imagine what Andy mentioned in class about the election saying that "if Obama's mom was a drug-addict and he didnt go from poor to rich, would this election have been different?" I think it would have, I think the voters would prejudge Barack and all his success in Harvord and in life, and base their vote on his skin color and what most people see when they prejudge black people . In the end, I think our country is better off with Barack Obama as President, but hey- let the time pass and we will all find out.