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Comment on nicoles-notes-blogproject blog: A Place Further Than The Universe

Your insight into the anime’s deeper themes is really interesting! The idea of the girls’ journey symbolizing Japan’s desire to break free from Western influence adds a whole new layer to the story. It’s fascinating how their personal growth mirrors a broader societal struggle!

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What to do when you can’t leave your room? A look into Disney+

The recent announcement by Pennsylvania State Governor Wolf, which extends the closure of schools across the state through the end of the academic year, means that parents and caregivers must come up with more at-home activities to keep their children stimulated. In the mind of Bob Iger, what better way to keep the family entertained than Disney+.

Disney+ is an online streaming service for Disney fans of all ages. When it was launched on November 12, 2019, users say that it “broke the internet” due to the high volume of users signing up for the service at one time. Now, it has hit 50 million subscribers who can enjoy content from Disney Channel, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, Pixar, and more.

This announcement of healthy subscriber growth comes at a time when Disney+ is bringing in a higher percentage of overall Disney revenue than ever before. Theme parks, hotels, and resorts run empty across the world as COVID-19 runs its course, meaning the iconic Main Street chute up to Cinderella’s Castle is closed to tourists, cast members, and Minnie and Mickey, too. Disney+ has taken some steps to capitalize on the strategic uncertainty that is this pandemic by releasing feature films to Disney+ instead of the movie theatres.

One of these releases is the movie Onward. With the voice of Tom Holland (aka the most recent SpiderMan) as the star of the show, the movie was highly anticipated for an early March release into theatres. With theatres being closed, Disney+ can market its service as a home theatre by adding Onward and Frozen 2 to its subscription. See below for the trailer for Onward.

Disney is not alone in releasing feature films digitally. Universal has released multiple movies for home video release, yet the price tag to rent these movies is steep at $19.99 per movie for only a 48-hour rental. Disney+ is much easier on the wallet, with a subscription starting at $6.99 for a month of unlimited streaming. In my mind (and it seems like most consumers agree with me based on the increase of Disney+ subscribers), I’ll choose the cheaper option.

As the pandemic forces families to stay home for longer than expected, parents can use the large variety of movies offered through the service to keep their children entertained. Last week, my mom hosted a family movie night and played The Apple Dumpling Gang, a comedy-western from her childhood that’s available to watch on Disney+. Seeing the memories of this movie come flooding back for her allowed my family to create new pandemic memories of our own. The range of movies and TV shows bring me back to my childhood as well (although it was only a handful of years ago) and I’m able to add Hannah Montana, Kim Possible, and Lizzie McGuire to my binge-watching list.

With all the time that we now have on our hands, I wonder if throwback TV shows and movies will become popular again. I could see schoolteachers assigning movies like Aladdin or The Lion King to their students to watch and write a reflection on. Perhaps English professors will adapt their coursework from comparing the plots of plays to comparing the plots of Pixar movies. When the world stops turning, I wonder if creativity does, too.

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Day 23/30 #30days30styles: The Parting It’s amazing the difference moving your part can make, especially when your hair is two different colours! The exact colours are #JB-Pc-40A-Brilliant Blue and #JB-Pc51-Purple from @hairtrade. I almost wish they named hair colours like they named paint, like it can’t just be called grey or mushroom, it’s called Elephant’s Breath. That is real btw… . 📷: soulmate . #woefultofrofull #acceptance #loveyourself #hairchallenge #DIYbraids #haircolours #brightcolours #leftorright #protectivestyles #simplehair #letyourhairdown #blueorpurple #purplehair #bluehair #longhair #longbraids #hair #blogproject #worldofbraiding #voiceofhair #afrohair #lengthcheck #waistlengthbraids #blackbritishbloggers #hairblog #naturalhairblog #splithair #blackgirlswhoblog

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ALONISSOS, HET EILAND WAAR JE THUISKOMT

Als ik zeg dat ik naar Alonissos ga, kijken mensen me vreemd aan. ‘’Alonissos, zeg je? Nooit van gehoord. Spreek je het wel goed uit?” Wanneer ik vertel dat het een van de drie bekendste Griekse Sporaden eilanden is, wordt er voorzichtig geknikt. Ja, dat komt wel wat bekender voor, maar nog steeds gaat er niet echt een belletje rinkelen.

Gelukkig  maak ik deel uit van het Ilovegriekenland project, zodat ik je kan vertellen over dit wonderschone pareltje.

Puur Griekenland Alonissos is gezegend met een natuurlijk landschap en omringd door kleine eilanden, verspreid over de archipel. Hier voelt alles nog onbedorven en echt. Dennenbossen en olijfgaarden bedekken het eiland. Het ligt enigszins buiten de gebaande paden, in het noordwesten van de Egeïsche Zee en ver weg van alle hoofdwegen en steden, maar toch kun je er makkelijk komen. Omdat Alonissos zelf geen luchthaven heeft, vlieg ik van Amsterdam met TUI naar Skiathos, met zijn korte landingsbaan die eindigt in zee.

Om 22.15 uur komt de ferry Flyingcat aan in de haven van Skiathos en we vertrekken richting Alonissos. Ik kom in het donker aan bij het Atrium hotel en zie geen hand voor ogen. Wanneer ik de volgende morgen wakker word en de gordijnen opentrek, ben ik verrast door het prachtig uitzicht. Een musje springt, luid kwetterend, van dak tot dak om me te verwelkomen. Volgens mij heb ik de allermooiste kamer van het hotel en ik sta te popelen om de rest te ontdekken. De tweede verrassing komt, terwijl ik onderweg ben naar het ontbijt: Twee zwembaden met panoramisch uitzicht op de omgeving. De lavendel die vol in bloei is, geeft zijn geur af, terwijl ik de trap afloop naar het terras. Wat een heerlijke plek om te vertoeven.

De verleiding is groot om mijn bikini aan te trekken en in het zwembad te springen, maar er zijn plannen gemaakt. Kiki Anagnostou, de gids komt me ophalen om naar de oude stad Chora te gaan en om een aantal strandjes aan te doen. Gewapend met cameratas en bikini past alles maar net in haar Smart. Klein, maar handig om je te verplaatsen. Je kunt ook de bus of taxi nemen, een quad-fiets of scooter huren, maar al wandelend kom je ook een heel eind.

Chora (Palio Chorio) ligt trouwens op een hoogte van 250 meter en heeft een schitterend uitzicht. Na de aardbeving in 1965 is het grotendeels gerestaureerd en ademt een relaxte sfeer uit. Met een geheel eigen schoonheid,  pastelkleurige huizen, galeries, tavernes en fraaie doorkijkjes is de stad zeer fotogeniek. De Byzantijnse kerk is nog intact en er is een deel van de Venetiaanse vestingmuren te zien.

Het oude Ikos Op het klif, bij Kokkinokastro liggen de restanten van Ikos, de antieke hoofdstad uit de Minoïsche tijd. Alonissos, wat vreemd genoeg ‘ander eiland’ betekent, was eigenlijk het eilandje dat vandaag de dag Kyra Panagia heet en ten noorden van Alonissos ligt. Heel bijzonder, net als de oude verhalen over de piraten in de Byzantijnse periode. Alonissos was de plek waar ze zich verscholen in het groen om aanvallen uit te voeren. De nalatenschap is zo groot dat ik ieder moment verwacht dat er piraten uit de bosjes kunnen springen.

De havenstad Patitiri is de meest levendige plek van het eiland, maar slaagt er toch in om een ​​gevoel van ontspannenheid te behouden in plaats van te veranderen in een gekkenhuis van mensen. De meeste hotels, appartementen en kamers vind je hier op loopafstand van restaurants, terrasjes, cafeetjes en hippe winkeltjes.

Boven op de helling, vind je hier het Volkenkundig museum dat eigendom is van Kostas en Angela Mavriki. In het museum, dat uit vier etages bestaat, worden diverse voorwerpen tentoongesteld uit de lokale en Griekse geschiedenis. Er is ook een serieuze piratenverzameling uitgestald. Gaaf! Jack Sparrow is leuk, maar hier ligt hét echte werk. Het eiland zou trouwens niet misstaan als decor voor een van de nieuwe Pirates of the Caribbean films.

Excursie met de boot naar Marinepark Het National Marine Park, opgericht in 1992, is een toevluchtsoord voor zeldzame zeevogels, dolfijnen en zeehonden met de naam Monachus Monachus. Veel van deze zeehonden leven vooral in zeegrotten ten noorden van Alonissos. En over grotten gesproken: tijdens de excursie kun je de ‘Blue Cave’ bekijken. Het water is hier prachtig van kleur en we mogen rond de grot zwemmen en afgelegen strandjes bezoeken. Omringd door lucht en water kun je hier op het eilandje Kyra Panagia ook een wandeling door het ruige landschap maken, of de steile trap nemen naar het honderd jaar oude klooster, dat nog bewoond wordt door twee monniken. De levendige verhalen van Kapitein Pakis en zijn boot Gorgona maken de ervaring compleet. Verveling is uitgesloten.

De Kastanorema-kloof Sportief, als ik ben, heb ik mijn zinnen gezet op een wandeling door de kloof van Kastanorema, ten noordoosten van het eiland. Eenmaal door het hek (om geiten binnen te houden) buigt het spoor af en wordt het steil. Gelukkig heb ik goede wandelschoenen aan, want de rollende stenen lopen niet zo makkelijk. Voorbij het eerste deel wordt het pad gelijkmatiger en loop je door een geurig dennenbos. We lopen de kloof opwaarts en in een cirkel (vanwege de auto) en doen er drie-en-een-half uur over. We drinken de meegebrachte koffie op de allermooiste plek van het eiland. Hier heb je een geweldig zicht op de stranden van Micros en Megalos Mourtias, het eiland Evia naar het zuiden, de twee broers (troetelnaam voor de twee eilandjes), naar het oosten en het eiland Peristera.

Geen strand hetzelfde Milia (Apple tree) Beach, Chrisi Milia (golden apple tree), Kokkinokastro (red Castle) Agios Dimitros (The long one) en Glyfa (near steni vala) zijn slechts een paar namen van de vele stranden. Houd je van een fijn zandstrand of juist kiezelstranden? Houd je van open of van verscholen strandjes? Hier kan het allemaal. Is er aan de ene kant te veel wind, dan pak je het strandje aan de andere kant.

Een echt nachtleven hoef je hier niet te verwachten, denk meer aan loungebars of restaurants. Maar heel Alonissos is easy-going. Geniet van de relaxte sfeer en maak contact met de lokale bevolking, die te allen tijde zijn passie, gewoonten en tradities wil delen.

Reisblog & Foto's : Linda de Jong

Meer weten over dit toffe project? -waarbij maar liefst 100 bloggers  naar de 100 mooiste plekken in Griekenland gaan. Zij ontdekken alle highlights en little secrets van Griekenland. Van Andros tot Zakynthos. Droom weg bij de blogs, ontdek bijzondere tips en plan jouw perfecte reis naar Griekenland. Meer info op de website van: www.ilovegriekenland.nl

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Introduction.

     An issue that needs to be realized and resolved is the issue of machismo. In more specific terms, machismo and its effect on Mexican American children. These families, especially those with immigrant parents, have experienced some sort of machismo that practically molds most children’s lives. This is a problem because the social gender roles Mexican American children are raised with will later have a great effect on how they will be in the future. Children are constantly learning and for them to learn about oppressive ideas and the negative effects it can cause can prevent sexism.

     The relevance of this issue is based on how many Mexican American families reside in the United States. This issue is close to home for me  because I am a Mexican American that grew up with the gender norms that most Mexican American children most likely grew up with. By shining light to this particular issue of gender oppressiveness, machismo can soon not be considered as a social norm. 

-Nancy Q.

To find out more about this topic, click here

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Introduction to Blog Post

~Conversion Therapy~

By: Jenna Morin

These series of blog posts will revolve around the topic of conversion therapy which is also commonly referred to as reparative therapy. This form of therapy aims to “correct” people who are sexually variant meaning they identify as something other than heterosexual. Obviously this related to the LGBTQ community in that it is a therapy constructed specifically for people that identify on the wide spectrum of sexual orientations. This therapy operates under the assumption that everybody is born heterosexual and that any other sexual orientation is a choice.  These efforts to “convert “ people back to heterosexuality can often be traumatic, physically harmful, emotionally harmful, and even seen as torture in some situations. This topic is relevant today because although conversion therapy has been banned in some states it is not illegal in all. Fortunately there is now protection for minors in regards to banning the allowance of these practices on them until the age of consent. There is also now an amazing campaign called Born Perfect: The Campaign to End Conversion Therapy that has been promoting the idea that everybody is born perfect the way they are and has been fighting to protect minors and young people from these practices. This is also an organization that supports people who have experienced conversion therapy and provides resources for them.

I am specifically interested in conversion therapy because last year I attended MBGLTACC ( The Midwest Bisexual Lesbian Gay Transgender Ally College Conference) where Sam Brinton, who works with Born Perfect, spoke about his personal experience with conversion therapy. It was an incredibly powerful narrative to share because you sit in that story with him and really feel how much this can hurt a person as well as stay with them for the rest of their lives.

For facts and info on conversion therapy visit:

http://www.nclrights.org/bornperfect-the-facts-about-conversion-therapy/#q6

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Want to become the next musical star? Move over Dance Moms, TikTok is here

Charli and Dixie D’Amelio. Chase Hudson. Addison Rae. What do these names have in common? Theses 4 teenagers are mega-popular American creators on TikTok, the 2nd most popular app of 2019, with over 1.5 billion downloads worldwide since its creation in 2016.

Developed in China, TikTok has quickly become one of the most popular apps for those under 30, with a US study showing that 49% of American teenagers have used the app in the month prior to the study. Overall, the app has 800 million monthly active users. Why are so many people attracted to the app? Well, the premise of the app is to create short videos, up to one minute long, and add another user’s prerecorded audio on top of the recorded video. This makes TikTok the ideal platform for lip syncing videos, dance trends, and reactions.

TikTok users can post an unlimited number of short videos per day in hopes of going viral. The largest star on the platform, 15-year-old Charli D’Amelio from Connecticut, caught the “hype” in 2019, and in a matter of months has amassed almost 50 million subscribers. Charli’s MO is to create brief dance trend videos while sipping on her Dunkin Iced Coffee, something which has landed her recognition, free merchandise, and brand deals. In fact, Charli’s most liked video posted in April 2020 is a ‘How I make my Dunkin Coffee at Home’ Quarantine Tutorial. In total, Charli has 3.1 billion likes on her videos on the platform. 

Charli’s sister, 18-year-old Dixie, is also a star on the platform, and her funny videos and dances have gotten her modeling and talent contracts, plus the ability to take lavish vacations with her family. Charli and Dixie, along with Addison Rae, a 19-year-old from Louisiana, and Chase Hudson, a 17-year-old from California who goes by Lil Huddy, have pooled their TikTok clout and joined the Hype House, a house of 20 of the biggest TikTok stars in the world. Together, they rent a mansion in Los Angeles to create, film, and edit TikTok videos together. Having so much hype in one house has lead to a large number of paid brand deals for these stars, as companies get the influence of all 20 TikTokers instead of just one. 

While it may seem like a far-fetched dream for a normal high schooler to become one of the nation’s most famous teenagers overnight, TikToker Haley Sharpe made this dream a reality. She choreographed and posted a dance to musician Doja Cat’s song ‘Say So’. Her dance took off and became a huge trend on the app, eventually leading to Doja Cat performing the dance in the official music video for ‘Say So’ and inviting Haley to have a cameo in the music video as well. Since the premiere of the music video, Haley’s dancing career has taken off, with her announcing college admissions and scholarships on her TikTok account because of her clout.  Members of the Hype House have also collaborated with Jason Derulo, David Dobrik, and James Charles, and have become neofluencers to the world through their sponsorships and promotions on the app. 

Typical highschoolers have the ability to create a future for themselves on TikTok and have even shown more success than the stars of the hit reality TV show Dance Moms. Dance Moms Dancer Mackenzie Ziegler’s 16.4 million subscribers pale in comparison to Addison Rae’s 33.1 million. Future dance stars are able to showcase their talent and market their abilities to major stars on the app. Up-and-coming artists can also use clips of their songs to gain traction on TikTok, just like rapper Lil Mosey did with his song ‘Blueberry Faygo’. Just since February 7 of this year, ‘Blueberry Faygo’ went from an early single from an unknown artist to having over 2.2 million videos featuring his song on TikTok, over 175 million streams of his song on Spotify, and peaking at number 19 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts. Without his effective use of TikTok as a self-marketing campaign, it’s unlikely Lil Mosey would have developed the fame he needed to hit number 19 on the charts himself. 

With the creation of TikTok, aspiring performers no longer need to move to LA, attend thousands of calls, or spend years trying to make it into the business. All they need is a smartphone, originality, and a desire to succeed. However, TikTok is not appealing to all users. Since it is very easy to create an account and start posting, there is a very large threat of new entrants to the self-marketing industry. Also, the large number of users creates a lot of competition between hopeful performers and it also poses the threat of not being deemed ‘original’ or being a ‘content stealer’. This is why the TikTokers with the most consistency and highest volume in their postings are the ones with the most success. 

But, will large brands find success in advertising on TikTok? With teenagers as the main target audience on the app, interested brands will need to branch out from their typical marketing style to advertise on with video on the app. Additionally, I wonder if an increase in paid promotions with TikTok stars on the app, seen as fake and not genuine by users, will decrease the number of subscribers that said TikToker has. Only time will tell, and as the free time users have increases due to the pandemic, brands who want to advertise on TikTok should do so soon to expose their product to the maximum number of users. 

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Works Cited

Burnham, Bo and Christopher Storer, directors. Bo Burnham: Make Happy . Netflix, 2016.

Crosley-Corcoran, Gina. “Explaining White Privilege To A Broke White Person.” The Huffington Post, TheHuffingtonPost.com, 7 Dec. 2017, 

McIntosh, Peggy. “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack.”

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Discussion of An Everyday Example

I think the only ones directly affected by this are the immigrant women who come to this country seeking for work and a better life for their families. The only way for us to feel their suffering and exploitation is to research and be aware that this is real. These women are trying to seek certain freedoms in a country that promises that. However, when they arrive they see that their status leaves them with very little options and the only jobs they are able to obtain are those at manufacturing facilities where they work countless hours with very little to no pay. These women are constantly getting threatened with deportation and often sexually harassed, as well as an incentive their managers or supervisors have them believe will grant them favors or higher positions. We as consumers of the products they are making are affecting them indirectly, too. Having holiday season upon us, and living in a materialistic society, we are pushing for more product at a faster rate and this only causes for these companies to vigorously over work their employees. For a garment or toy that cost us thirty or forty dollars they only see a fraction of that.

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Void Two

This was video by Alexander Dupuis from Dartmouth College.

I have to admit, I was in awe watching this film, couldn't take my eyes off the screen. It just amazed me what one can create using computer. Only a 5 minute video, but I can only imagine how long the tedious task of creating the video was.

It was so intriguing to watch. It seemed as if the actual screen was talking. Reminded me of something straight from a Science Fiction or Horror movie. The texture was not only in the visual of the silver spinning object, but also in the score, with the raspy-ness and jaggedness in the "voice" and it going in and out. This helped to create the effect of a voice talking.

The pace also helped in the viewing pleasure, slow build up to the explosion of the visual moving faster and sounds of the "voice" getting louder, phones ringing and an engineer roaring.

Just for it to suddenly stop. Was almost waiting for something scary to pop up.

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A Letter To My Parents

Dear Mami y Papi,

I don't blame you. How can I?

You guys grew up in a small pueblo where small-minded ideas grew and were cultivated.

Ideas that seemed harmless, but were in fact damaging to yourselves. Sort of like pesticide covered roses.

Speaking the language of past generations because it was the only thing that made sense in the machista world you guys lived in.

Phrases like, " Para, no eres niña" or " Como te vas a casar si no sabes calentar tortillas."

As if straying from gender roles were a way of bringing shame to the family. Which, in most cases, it was.

I don't blame you for limiting me for being a woman.

I understand where you are coming from when you say I shouldn't be out late alone or even when you say I shouldn't be alone in a room full of guys.

You're just trying to do your job as a parent to protect your daughter and prevent whatever danger that can come across.

You have lived in a world where women were seen as fragile flowers who needed protecting.

But.

Words passed down generation will be retorted with more liberal views shaped from the world I currently live in.

Phrases that limit me because of my gender will be answered with questions on how it exactly does this shame the family.

Slowly uncovering the hypocritical, illogical layers these phrases were earthed upon.

I know that you see it more protecting rather than limiting. But you can only protect me from so much.

I don't need protection. I need support. When things do get bad, I need to know that you will be there. That's when I will need you the most.

I understand you. All I ask is that you understand me too.

 Sinceremente,

tu hija, Nancy.

  Basically, this letter is my inner dialogue that I would want to say to my parents, but haven't yet. Even though this is more for my personal reasons, the dialogue can illicit a response from any person who has had clashed heads with their parents. People will relate to this because I believe there is this inner battle of love/hate relationship most people have with their parents. Maybe not my letter, but the concept of understanding both sides of the problem can help make people better advocates for gender justice. Just because you understand something, does not mean that you have to agree with it.

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Post 5: Discussion of Real Example: Sam Brinton

           A way of bringing this research on conversion therapy into everyday life is through the example of Sam Brinton. He is a public speaker and representative for the movement titled #BornPerfect. He travels all over doing workshops which are like a mini course on conversion therapy in which he discusses the history, medicalization, religious affiliation, and his own personal experience receiving these treatments.Sam starts by discussing the history of conversion therapy in regards to it being a medical treatment through examples such as the procedure of transferring testicles of heterosexual men into homosexual men in hopes of changing their sexuality. He also speaks about how after homosexuality was taken out of the DSM we saw a rise in conversion therapy practices being carried out by religious communities. Reasons for this could be the changes in how the APA (American Psychological Association) has questions the ethics of this therapy due to it not being something that follows their guidelines resulting in less participation in these treatments. People that used religion as a reasoning for the necessity of this treatment were no longer protected by medical professionals and therefore carried out this therapy on their own.

           Sam also shares his personal narrative with being forced to participate with conversion therapy when he was a minor. He discussed the mental and physical ways they harmed him. Some being ways of trying to condition his mental state to “cure” his sexual variance. Other ways were more physical like attaching hot wires to his hands or even submerging him in ice cold water until he gave in. These treatments did not work as Sam still identifies within the LGBTQIA community today and is not an advocate for ending these types of therapies. He works to provide resources and support for people who have or are going through these treatments while also fighting to end conversion therapy.

           Attending one of his workshops last year at MBGLTACC (Conference) proved to be one of the most influential and educational workshops I have attended in my college career. To know about these horrific practices is one thing but to see how they translate into real life when somebody right in front of you is telling you their story along with how it impacts your entire life was a powerful narrative to hear. Hearing Sam speak about specific stories and see that it still triggers his physical and emotional reactions even to this day while hearing explanations of how he just interacts with people differently was emotionally exhausting but in a good way. It should have had that impact on the people in that room because he was taking us on a journey with him through traumatic experiences.

Sources- MBGLTACC February 2015

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Social Media Success: Not all platforms are created equal for social media success

Charli D’Amelio is TikTok’s largest star with nearly 50 million subscribers. Felix Arvid Ulf Kjellberg, or better known as PewDiePie, is the person with the most subscribers on YouTube with 103 million. Twitter’s top profile is President Barack Obama, followed by 115 million users. On Instagram, soccer player Christiano Ronaldo takes the prize with 213 million followers. 

But why is there such a large difference between the top performers on these social media platforms? Below is a list of the top performers on each platform as well as their performance on other social medias. 

When we look at this data, we can see that the numbers vary drastically on all platforms, with President Barack Obama having the highest number of users on Twitter but not being active at all on TikTok or YouTube. 

Part of this has to do with the characteristics of the social media platform. Using social media is essentially self-marketing, meaning each decision made on the platform is a decision about your personal brand. Therefore, the use and strategy of social media is your personal marketing strategy. 

For example, TikTok and YouTube are video platforms. To be successful on these platforms, one needs to be comfortable in front of the camera and in creating original content. TikTok and YouTube tend to include collaborations between other users as well, which expands brand awareness and audiences. The more collaborations that a user does, the more potential followers they can expose their content to. 

On the other hand, Twitter and Instagram tend to be more still content. Photos can be staged and retouched, tweets are well phrased to fit the character limit. Additionally, Twitter and Instagram have more room for audience engagement through the form of replies, retweets, and interactive Instagram stories. Twitter and Instagram also tend to be more popular among celebrities with packed schedules because they can be run by a team as opposed to the one celebrity. With a video, the celebrity needs to spend time to make the video. With a photo post, a staff member can upload a few-weeks-old photo to the celebrity’s account to gain traction. 

Social media usage is also dictated by the personal brand and unique features. PewDiePie became famous for livestreaming him playing video games and has since branched out into collaborations with other YouTubers. But this skill set and this audience is not likely to find a 140 character tweet interesting, since it does not align with his brand. Therefore, PewDiePie has chosen to align his social media usage with what is demanded of him by his subscribers. 

Additionally, Charli D’Amelio is famous on TikTok for dance videos and modeling. It makes sense that her largest social media platforms are TikTok and Instagram as that is where she can best highlight short dance clips and stunning photos. 

Personal Marketing is so similar to Corporate Brand Marketing. Once you figure out the product you offer better than anyone else, you have to find where you can best sell or market that product. After that, you have to determine how to make money off yourself, whether through paid brand promotions or acting/modeling contracts, etc. Then, you have to continuously put out content on your chosen platforms to keep promoting yourself and your personal brand. The 4Ps apply to every kind of marketing, even if you’re a 15-year-old TikTok star from Connecticut who is marketing in your bedroom. 

As platforms rise and die, it will be interesting to see what platforms take over in the future. YouTube is beginning to fall as younger users prefer short clips to long videos. Instagram is taking over Facebook, and many in Gen Z don’t even have Facebook accounts. So, which platform do you think will withstand the test of time? Is TikTok going to win this battle? Will Twitter become the next MySpace? I guess we will have to wait and see. 

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Introduction:

Role of Sex Education in the discrimination of LGBTQ's

I will be looking at the role of sex education in the discrimination of the LGBTQ community. Looking at why there are certain issues that schools refrain from teaching all the students. In schools the sex education being taught is mostly towards heterosexual people. Why not explain how there is more just two genders, male and female? The school system is in a heteronormative structure and therefor the sex education is as well. This seems to reinforce the idea that there is a gender binary. This is a significant problem because it leads to the LGBTQ community to continually struggle to be accepted in a heterosexual society. This is an issue that matters because there is not only a gender binary. Maybe if people were informed about this through sex education there would be a broader understanding of gender and people would be more accepting of one another. Maybe the LGBTQ community would not have to struggle as much to try to be accepted into society. This is an interesting topic because in many instances it seems like even with sex education towards those who are heteronormative seems to not give enough information to people. They focus more on abstinence as a way of not getting pregnant or getting sexually transmitted diseases rather than thoroughly explaining how to protect one's self.

-YP 

http://www.ngrguardiansnews.com/2015/08/how-moral-sex-education-can-enhance-teenagers-life-worth/