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The cultural artifact that I am analyzing is the show “Kim Possible” from Disney Channel. This show aired from 2002 to 2007 and it was an animated action television series created by Bob Schooley and Mike McCorkle. I watched this show from the age 5 all the way to 10 years old. For 5 years, I used to watch this show every day after I got home from school. Kim Possible was a show about a teenage girl named Kim Possible and her best friend Ron Unstoppable, that has a double life. She would be a normal teenager that goes to high school, confronts the average problem of a teenager trying to balance school and extracurricular activities while maintaining a social life. While at night she would fight crime and safe people from danger. I feel that this show impacted my life in a way that I saw Kim Possible as a role model. I’ve always been shy and not really outgoing, Kim was the total opposite of me, she was brave, outgoing, always fought for was it was right and she was her own hero. ...
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Prompt 1 The cultural artifact that I will be identifying is the song and music video “I’m all about that Bass” by Meghan Trainor. I picked this music video because I feel that Meghan Trainor is one of few artists that celebrates diverse body types. She doesn’t fit the standards of beauty that the music industry has upon female artists and she embraces what makes her different. Prompt 2 The song and music video were released on June 30, 2014. The song was co-written by Meghan Trainor and Kevin Kadish. The main theme of the song is about self-acceptance and body positivity. The music video uses various techniques to attract the attention of the people who are listening and watching the music video. The tempo is the song is very fast which helps keep the rhythm of the song upbeat and catchy. The color scheme of the video is pastels but mainly pink and evokes a very fresh and youthful vibe. What really caught my attention was that the backup dancers didn’t look like the usual blon...
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Gender Prompt 1:  This cultural artifact is an ad for the deodorant Old Spice from the company P&G. This is an image of a guy on an elevator that on his outer layer shows him wearing a sweater and a hat with a more friendly face. On the inner layer it shows a more toned and attractive silhouette of the same man with a more aggressive expression on his face. Prompt 2: This cultural artifact shows that there is a specific way a man should look. At the bottom of the ad it has a caption that says: “there’s a man in there”. Meaning that under that layer of sweaters there is a "real" man.This is reinforcing the idea that a man should look aggressive with muscles and he is so manly that he eats explosives for breakfast. The ad is not attempting to challenge or push back the traditional ideas of what a man is supposed to look rather than just keep the same old stereotype that being sweet and sensitive is not a characteristic that fits the mold of what a man is accord...
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