Women < Men

    Sexism is the discrimination against a certain gender or sexual preference. One of the most common ways sexism is displayed in the media is through degrading women and marginalizing their rights, and the glass ceiling effect. The glass ceiling is the metaphorical barrier between men and women in corporations and other organizations. The glass ceiling is defined as an invisible limitation that doesn’t allow women to ever be as high up in corporations as men. In the media they use advertisements, TV and other media devices to display the glass ceiling effect. A statics I found on the internet said that at the current rate of increase, it will take 475 years (until 2466) before women are as equally represented at the top of the career ladder as they are at the bottom, This might not seem like it has much to do with media but it does; If the media was to promote women’s rights and stop all sexism shown in TV and advertisements this static would drop drastically and would probably take less than half the time. I think to make the media realize this is wrong we need to first stop it in society and show them that it is not acceptable.  With all this being said It is not only men and the media that is at fault for this, it is women too, women need to stand up for themselves to make a change.  There is no reason men are better than women and there is no reason women are better than men. We are all people. We are all equal.

Mash-Ups

     My personal definition of a mash-up is a song created through the use of other artist’s songs. I think mash-ups are a new form of music that is becoming more and more popular throughout our generation. In today’s world it’s hard to come up with new music that still entertains the youth and is completely new. In all realty no song is truly unique if you take out the words and listen to the beat you can find a song that has a beat very similar so what’s the difference? At least the artist making mash-ups are showing the audience where they got it from and not pretend they made it. In my opinion mash-ups are fun and entertaining and should be legal as long as the artist creating the mash-up is giving credit where credit is due. I think most of the people who are against mash-ups are just looking strictly at the fame and money that can come from creating them, which shouldn’t be important.  Music should be about the music and trying to portray a certain image or feeling to the listener, it should be about the actual music itself; not about the money.
This is a Mash-Up of some songs I like that were mashed into one to create one new song...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvOrveYsHRo

Homosexuality displayed in the media

What do you picture when you picture a gay guy? Many will say flamboyant, outgoing, well dressed, nice hair etc. Now tell me what you think of when you think of a lesbian girl? Tough, strong willed tom boy, frumpy clothing, short hair etc. These are the stereotypes for homosexual people, which are displayed way too often in the media. One of the only times when a homosexual in the media isn't shown like this, is when they're making a joke out of the stereotypes. In all reality when you walk down a street in somewhere like Toronto you will pass a homosexual that most likely doesn't follow the stereotypes. I think the media should display homosexuals without these stereotypes. They should be displayed like everyone else. I think that would stop a lot of the homophobic behaviour in today’s world. Look at this picture; now tell me can you tell which is gay. No you can't, the outside image of someone doesn't prove anything.