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[pilotrebeccasmith]

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.

[sociologyproject2018]

White privilege isn’t something to take lightly, but at the same time it isn’t a super serious matter. I feel that there are those white people who give the term a bad rap, that white privilege is all bad but it’s not. Just because someone in privileged doesn’t automatically make them bad, the way the use that privilege is what makes them bad, for lack of a better term. I think that if these privileged folks learned to use their privilege in the right way, then the term ‘white privilege’ wouldn’t have such a negative connotation. No one asks to be born with privilege, and therefore, no one should have to feel bad about their privilege. More of these privileged folks should learn how to use their orivilegein the right way.

[sociologyproject2018]

This video speaks measures to privilege that white people and white passing people have. Every time i see this video on tumblr, it never fails to blow my mind. It’s the tale of when her and her sister-in-law went to the grocery store, however her sister-in-law goes through the grocery line, writes her check and everything is okay. However, when the narrator writes her check, she’s also asked for two pieces of id, and has her drivers license number in the book of people who’ve written bad checks. The sister-in-law then used her white privilege and got the manager involved and called the checker out on what she was doing. Even though the narrator’s sister-in-law is half black and half white, she is white passing and she lives her life with white privilege and she is able to identify when she can use it to better a situation, such as this grocery store situation. The narrator adds that white privilege can and should be used to “educate and make right a situation that was wrong,” and I agree. More white people should be taki these steps and helping out when they see something going wrong like this.

How to be an ally.

[elkedageenwoord]

Hoi! Ik heb een nieuw blogproject: www.elkedagzin.be en het is ook te volgen op tumblr, hoera!

[woeful2016]

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

[missmumbler-blog]

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

[greatsouldream-blog]

“Introduction”

Hello, my name is Stephen Little II and I am beginning my first blog. I am a full time college student in the state of North Carolina. I have multiple hobbies and enjoy to be outside, hanging out with friends and family, gaming, sports, and a workout enthusiast. 

[pilotrebeccasmith]

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. 

[sociologyproject2018]

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.”

[woeful2016]

Day 6/30 #30days30styles: Cornrow Trio I would say I am 100% a member of the #strugglebraidgang. It’s never an easy process for me and I’m amazed at some of the videos I’ve seen of people speed braiding, braiding with crazy nails on, braiding hair that is so short you couldn't even comb it. It blows my tiny mind. My hair from start to finish took about 30 hours over 4 days. I know, why didn’t I give up after about 10 and just put a #headwrap on? But nonetheless, me and my sausage fingers perservered to pull off this protective style I’ll be proudly rocking for the next 4-6 weeks.  . 📷: the lodger . #woefultofrofull #hairchallenge #cornrows #cornrolls #braids #healthyhair #naturalhairstyles #purplehair #bluehair #longhair #mustard #blackgirl #naturalhairstylist #braidedhairdontcare #braidedhair #kinkychicks #worldofbraiding #myhairisart #naturalhairuk #ukbloggers #hair #kinkyedges #blackgirlswhoblog #blogproject #braidsofinstagram #braidsbyme #becreative #hairspiration

[allgender-genderneutralrest-blog]

Post Ten: Reflection

           This topic proved to be challenging due to most of the existing literature and research mainly just discussing why gender neutral bathrooms are necessary. The real task was finding information on how these are accessible to the most people and how they are physically constructed. My interest was in what types of gender neutral bathrooms seem to be the best option. At this point it seems that the single stalled bathrooms are the most sought after and provide the best safety and privacy for folks. Creating these are better for cost and are accessible to the most people.

           Doing this research taught me to look more at the individual and not just collective experiences. Unisex bathrooms do not just have to be for people that don’t identify with male or female. They can be for anybody regardless of gender even if they identify as cis and have never had an issue in a gendered bathroom. Having a single room where you can use the bathroom in peace with nobody else physically there to police your experience in that space creates greater feelings of safety. What struck me the most were the personal narratives because as a person that does not come off as female presenting I could really identify with some of the harassment experiences of the people in the articles and videos.

[transdiscriminationgws101-blog]

Gender Identity and Workplace Discrimination: The Transgender Experience

Dietert & Dentice

The article explains the statistics about discrimination of trans individuals in a very gendered work place. Though the study was performed in the UK it I likely that similar countries such as Canada or the U.S. would have similar numbers. Interestingly, the numbers they explained were quite surprising. Post transition trans males actually reported being paid more than before their transition as well as being treated better by their male co-workers. Post transition trans females however were recorded to have a significant decrease in their salary as well as receiving negative attitudes and comments. One woman said she had people in her workplace call her an embarrassment and refuse to work with her.  

It also describes in detail how our society is very much focused on binary identification. Whether it’s poor or rich, male or female, white or not a person’s identity is limited to two choices. Because of this much of society views that deviating from this binary or even choosing the side of the binary opposite what society chooses for you to be wrong. This refusal to acknowledge identities that lay outside the binary limits and silences the expression of those individuals through discrimination.

A big part of transitioning is pronouns and they are a very important way for some in which they can know that others acknowledge their transition. Not having one’s pronouns used properly can be frustrating, offensive, and quite hurting. That is to say that sometimes people make mistakes but it is their making a big deal out of the mistakes that can be more harmful. And though someone might not be actively trying to discriminate, they refuse to work towards or make an effort to get pronouns right. The recounts of several trans males explain that some upper levels of management are too lazy to make an effort to make sure the employee is addressed using the proper pronouns or they actively deny it and make a point of denying them the right to be called their proper pronouns. Some supervisors also claim after telling employees not to come out as trans that it is simply for their own good, so that other employees are not upset.

I think this article raised some interesting points of gender discrimination that do not often get talked about. When the trans males were treated better after their transition, one might think “That’s not discrimination, its progressive because they are accepting a trans male as male.” However it is because, though it may not be discriminatory against trans individuals it is discriminatory against females as it shows that men are more valued in the work place than women. Referring to an employee by the wrong pronouns, whether intentional or because someone can’t be bothered to learn them, is discriminatory because they are only doing so because the individual is trans and using their proper pronouns is viewed as less important for trans individuals than cis individuals. I like that this article brought up interesting points that I haven’t read about before but I wish they would have included trans women more so that both sides could be analyzed.  

[nelasa2-blog]

Introduction

The problem that I will be discussing will be the misconception of Muslim women being automatically oppressed. On a basis of gender this is a large issue of oppression because it is isolating a certain type of women based on their religious beliefs. An issue like this should be closely looked at because as a feminist society we should be invested in how all women are perceived and treated. A problem like this can cause many Muslim women to be treated unfairly and stop them from many opportunities in life and also draws the conclusion that all Muslim men are oppressive which creates a more severe aspect of unfairness. I am interested in this topic because I myself am a Muslim woman. I feel that it is important to me to share my experience and express that I am not oppressed and not all Muslim women are oppressed.

[pilotrebeccasmith]

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. 

[sociologyproject2018]

lyrics for the song found at: https://genius.com/Bo-burnham-straight-white-male-annotated

Bo Burnham is a white, comedian, he is in fact very funny and still manages to make jokes about some of the more serious problems this world faces. He wrote this song titled, “Straight White Male” to poke fun at the white, privileged men of the world who feel that their “problems” get blown off or made fun of. The thing is, their problems, much like those problems that Bo sings about aren’t even problems, for example, “I state my problems, other people roll their eyes, three trips to the mall and zero khakis in my size.” Well jeez, I wonder why people would roll their eyes when there are other, more important problems in this world to worry about, such as racism, sexism, homophobia, etc. This song was written as satire, however the amount of straight, white men who are really out there and really offended by this song is absolutely insane. 

This song mostly pertains to male, white privilege, which is different from female white privilege. For example, Bo uses his male, white privilege to write and perform this song. If a male from another race or even a white female had written and performed this song, the backlash would have been unbearable, but it was written by someone who recognizes his privilege and used it, in a sense, for good. Male, white privilege is not having to be on a constant look out when walking down the street alone. Male, white privilege is not having to worry about someone slipping something into your drink at a party. Male, white privilege is being called “Stanford Swimmer” after raping an unconscious girl at a party AND getting out of your jail time. Male, white privilege isn’t something to be taken lightly, there are so many factors that turn white privilege into male, so many privileges that not even white females get to experience. My advice to white men is next time they think of complaining about something as silly as having bought the newest iPhone with the older model’s case, or before you begin to “mansplain” something, or have the audacity to exclaim about “reverse racism,” don’t. Take a step back and rethink everything that you have and everything that has already gone well for you, that other people don’t get to experience.