Response to: The Power of Bieber

After watching this video, I am still on the fence as to Justins intentions for the video. You mentioned the polarization of whether it was to actually bring awareness to critical issues or if it was just a marketing scheme. While Justin can benefit much from releasing a song with such dept, due to his large scale popularity. It is a song which inevitably betters civilization and interaction with others.

I think that celebrities are in a bit of a bind, as to deciding which charities they should support. In your article you mention how one of Justin's tweets created a surge of donor transplants. This proved greatly beneficial for the ottawa woman who needed a lung transplant. But what about the millions of people who aren't privy to his grace. Due to his superstar platform it would be impossible for Justin to help every single person in need. On the flip side, is it actually too much to ask to say celebrities should be completely and unconditionally indebted to the millions of people who lifted him to the status that he is?

Most people can tell when a celebrity is just making a appearance or singing a song to promote them selves as an artist. It is also clear when a celebrity takes steps to ensure that they help change the world for the better. A great example of this is Justin's Believe Charity Drive. Justin puts his celebrity status in the hands of regular citizens to take initiative and create a fundraiser of their choice. This site has gained awareness for copious issues. This all may be a political move for Justin, but in hindsight lives are being helped and saved so all is well in the world of popular culture. This is a contrast from the popular superstars who use their riches for there gluttonous means.

The Socialogy of Jesus

This week in class we uncovered  many ways in which Jesus is presented in the media. We cover a good variety of depictions from the novel such as, The Last Temptation of Christ written by Nikos Kazantzakis, Jesus Christ Superstar, a rock anthem by Andrew Webber, and Most notably The Passion of the Christ by Mel Gibson. While analyzing how Jesus is portrayed in each character I was drawn away with one commonality that I found in each of the depictions. All Jesus's are Male. 

This got me thinking why are most figures, with Godly traits, represented in the media today as men? Then the realization dawned that, in actuality. Demonic figures in the media today are disproportionally represented by women.

This got me thinking, "where in the christian tradition would support the depiction of women as devils?'. Im sure you all are already at the realization of the creation story. In this story Eve is manipulated by a serpent. She then persuades Adam to eat an apple that God prescribed Adam not to go near. We see that a lot of social norms, customs, and culture is in someway a derivative of christianity. It is safe to assume that these same perspectives have found their way to dictating gender roles. 

To add to that revelation, in movies where there is a demonic female figure, there is also a equally supportive role that is most often played by a male. This allows us to see the juxtaposition of good vs. evil relative to gender lines. 

Society today has taken this gender structure, and has manifested it in the minds of western civilization. For example, go to any halloween party for the last 50 years, and you will most likely see a women in a she-devil costume. Why is being a devil sexy?