In class we watched the Rihanna and Eminem video for the song "Love the Way You Lie". Honestly, when the song comes on the radio, I sing along with it. I don't like the lyrics at all, but I don't ever really stop to think about what I'm singing because the song is pretty catchy. After watching the video, I think I will probably change the station when it comes on now.
It was completely awful and really made me rethink the kind of stuff I listen to without really thinking about what the artists are singing about.
We are fed so much garbage by the media, and if you are like me at all, we don't really think twice about the things we are listening to or watching.
It isn't just the music industry either. No matter where you look, whether it’s advertising, movies or magazines, we are being told how we should be.
It kind of relates to the documentary we watched a few weeks ago about women's views of themselves. We are told how we should look and act and think and feel. And we don't stop and think about how it affects us or younger girls.
In the case of this particular music video, it affects men and women alike. It seemed to say that if you're in an abusive relationship, there's no getting out of it, and you should just accept the way things are. And it blows my mind that Rihanna would make a video like that after her awful relationship.
And the video sparked a pretty heated discussion in class that I don’t think I’ll get into, but it made me glad to hear that the majority of the class disliked the video and everything it was telling people. I’m glad that they want to go into their respective fields after graduating and make a real difference there.
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