Monday, May 11, 2009

3 Article Mashup

Instead of posting all the articles here and having the page be about a billion lightyears long here are the links to them instead:
Obama: http://uk.reuters.com/article/motoringAutoNews/idUKTRE5406CF20090501
Madonna: http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6611/madonnas_impact_on_society.html
Prada: http://articles.latimes.com/2008/feb/19/image/igw-fashion19

Mash Up Power- Women:

If you percieved someone as powerful, they would become powerful. With the ability to push through ambitious plans and American's giving him leeway Barrack Obama as the president of the United States has never had more influence. A Clinton White House is engaged in an internal struggle over how to recover from devastating election losses and would be in disarray. Or would they? What if Hilary Clinton had incorporated Madonna's attitude into her own persona, such as a strong belief that women should be as powerful and domineering as men and that a woman should be free to express her opinions and sexual desires as a man does, without the fear of a backlash? Mirroring this opinion is Prada. A woman's sexuality is part of her power. Woman who look powerful are always on top. Bodies have the potential for exerting power and can be propelled to demonstrate this power through the institutions that are perceived by the public to be knowledgeable. This means that the society implicitly submits power and knowledge to institutions, in this case, the entertainment industry, and allows those involved in the business to inform the popular culture of their judgments (perceived by the public as knowledge) of what type of body is beautiful and what is fashionable. If Clinton had the magic of Miuccia Prada during the election last year perhaps the Republicans would not be reduced in numbers and engaged in an internal struggle. And be revelling in presidential power and influence unseen in Washington for decades. Not because of Obama but because of a powerful woman president.

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