PIC: Issues In Pop Culture

Exploration into the Other, Less PICturesque Side of Pop Culture

• Introduction
• Authenticity
  • Who Are You Calling Crazy
  • Talk Show–Authenticity in Lady Gaga’s Fashion
  • Do Disney Child Stars Have a Harder Up-Bringing?
  • Pop Stars: Boys Are Best and Why That’s Bad
  • Fall Out Boy’s Journey to Authenticity
  • The Sin of Selling Out: Is It Such a Bad Thing?
  • ‘Get Your Heart On!’ The Gender Appeal and Artistic Value of Pop Punk
• Fan Base
  • Parody and Music Videos, Is It a “Bad Romance”?
  • “Wrecking” Hannah’s Image and Racking Up Success: A Look at Miley Cyrus
  • Conquering the US Music Industry; What Does It Take for British Artists to be Successful in America?
  • Lady Gaga, Social Media and the Fanbase Phenomenon
  • Justin Bieber: Issues in Feminism and Celebrity Worship Syndrome
• Female Performers and Artists
  • Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliott: One Bad Bitch
  • Taylor Swift Grows with Genre Switch
  • Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift: How We Can Never, Ever, Ever Stop Putting Them Together
  • Miley Cyrus: The Rebirth. Is She Becoming a Train Wreck or Is She in Complete Control?
• Sexualization of Women
  • Cunnilingus and Cunts: A Study of Female Oral Sex in Pop Music
  • Increasing Women’s Ass-ets
  • Nipples Making Ripples: The Oversexualization of Female Nudity
  • Female Pop Stars Keeping Their Clothes On
  • So Love Songs Are Less About Women and More About Men
  • Fighting Misogyny in Hip-hop