"Really B*TCH?"

For the past few days I have been thinking about what I should make this blog post about. I had a few ideas in mind but one classmate's blog post greatly influenced my decision. That's when I decided to write about the word “b*tch” and how it degrades women in any setting no matter who says it. Now don’t get me wrong, I have used this word before in heated arguments but it was not gender discriminatory in the sense that I have referred to both men and women as being a "b*tch", not just women. As the years went by I really started hating the word. It made me feel so disrespectful to whomever I was calling it too and even disrespected hearing it even when it wasn't directed towards me. I wouldn’t call my worse enemy a “b*tch”. The word “b*tch” is an insult no matter how you use it. I honestly think I began to lose faith in my generation when the trend of putting the word “bad” in front of it became a a highly praised compliment. Like who said that was ok?! Who said being called a bad b*tch” should be a compliment now and not an insult? Last time I checked the word “bad” was not used for anything good. Prime example would be bad children or bad people but bad "b*tch" is ok even though it still refers to people? I guess it is ok when you put two negative things together it is now positive but life isn't math. Matter of fact, Trina the rapper has a song called “Da Baddest B*tch”. Maybe it was Trina that started this trend because she calls herself that all the time. I think the worst part of the whole thing is that woman are using the term more than men but get offended when a man calls them that. Even when it is not in an offensive way, these females still get offended. Like he is just calling you what you call yourself. Wale could not have said it better than in the song “The Kramer” when he said “Bitches ain't shit, but women ain't bitches, See, women are the queens, and bitches just bitches, And bitches say bitch like bitch is not offensive, When niggas say bitch, all of the sudden, they offended”. From that small piece from his verse he is saying everything I am saying (listen to the whole song it is amazing). We could even look at the fact that Lil Wayne tried to make the term sound better in the song called “A Dedication” from his Dedication 3 Mixtape. He couldn’t even say anything nice but then had the nerve to thank his mother. I am not sure what is going on with our generation and thinking that it is ok to call a female a “b*tch” just because you put a special label in front of it. Let us ask the ladies of this generation this if a man calls another man a “bad b*tch or even just a b*tch” is it a still a compliment? Here is a video with exactly what I am talking about.

But mom I HATE pink!

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http://www.livescience.com/34105-favorite-colors.html

After reading and commenting on another classmate's post, I decided to write my newest post on the idea that women LOVE PINK! I am a woman who, in all of my years of living, has never liked the color pink. It was just something about that color that rubbed me the wrong way. It is intriguing that changing the color of something to pink may change the representation of that particular thing from masculine to feminine. There are however, a few men who do wear pink without any feminine feeling about it. I for one believe those very men are so comfortable and confident in their masculinity that a small statement such as wearing the color pink does not at all define who they are. But, it almost seems as though a woman cannot go out and purchase very many items that are not pink or do not come in pink. For example, breast cancer awareness symbols are all pink. Now mainly women get breast cancer but there have been some instances that men have also been diagnosed with breast cancer. Never the less, we are able to determine that breast cancer is a predominately female illness. But why must the color pink represent the awareness of breast cancer when pink is also meant to represent a presumably "weaker" portion of society? Yet we use this same color to represent the birth of little girls, cosmetics, flowers, etc. Even the woman emojis on our smart phones and tablets are wearing pink. There are new ear buds for women that are pink and state they are "softer, smaller and more comfortable" for women as if a woman's ear is that much more sensitive than a man's. The color pink and the representation of women has gotten pretty ridiculous over the years. The baby section is a store is pink for little girls but blue, green, orange, gray, red, black and even white for little boys. Are women to wear no other color? What does this instill in a young girl as she's growing up? Are we telling little boys that pink is only for females while telling little girls that the only color for a female is pink? To be sexually fair, either gender should have either one color they may have or one color they may not have not one having all but one while the other has none except one. The ultimate sexual fairness would be that colors are kept unisex as they were when they were created. Pink is what represent women but who is determining this? Because a survey taken among our very own Maryland women shows that these same women favor purple over any color followed by blue for second place. In many different surveyed states, women prefer blue over pink. So why are we still pushing pink onto women when statistics and surveys have proven that pink is not a favorite among them? Must pink represent us because it's a softer looking color? Are we the women who bare children time and time again weaker than the men who are free during those same nine months it took to make them? 

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These "New" Male Rappers

In today’s society the image of male rappers have changed dramatically. In the early years of rap, males wore tight erotic clothing that showed off their muscles and things that were appealing to women. As time went on, those look evolved into a new type of style. Many rappers today are now starting to wear female clothing or clothing that fits similar to women's clothing. I personally do not have a problem with this. However, they contradict their selves while wearing these clothes as they degrade the same women they are starting to dress alike. It’s a little ironic that they are dressing like them but choose to disrespect them as well. Now I am not saying all male rappers are starting to wear female clothing and accessories but a majority of them do. And to go along with that, not every male rapper disrespect females. Let's view Lil Wayne or A$AP Rocky and even Lil B who all wear things such as leggings, big flashy earrings and even pearls which are frequently found in women wardrobes. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with the way they dress if it is something they enjoy and an expression of self. Rappers try to portray a tough image through their lyrics and songs but wear feminine clothing, which is the most contradicting thing. A few years ago, a show called “The Boondocks” had an episode on how male rappers style of dress have dramatically change over the years. The author of the article goes into depth about how rappers' style have changed while also bringing back some of the older styles such as bright and loud clothing. The article also states how rappers in the 2000's were all about how flashy they were and wore big diamond chains and fur coats as well as expensive animal skinned shoes and clothes.  There are still some rappers who wear looser clothing and do not portray a physical image of a female. They do still dress as flashy as possible with large chains and name brand clothing. The actions of male rappers have also changed from the 90's to the 2000's but not as dramatically as their style of dress.

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