As I sit here and think of the way that Popular Culture has been a part of my life I realize that overall I do not follow the "mainstream" flow of things. In middle and high school when, like all other kids at that age, I was trying to fit in of course I wanted the newest coolest clothes and the most expensive shoes and I thought that without all of that the people that I wanted to be friends with would not even know that I existed. That is when I realized that I did not need all of that to have some of the most amazing friends a person could have. So now I do not go looking for what is new and cool but I have developed my own unbiased opinion on what I believe is cool. When i get up in the morning I don't dress to impress I wear what I feel most comfortable in.
Now, when it comes to music I am the same way. I listen to everything from rap and hip hop to country and alternative and the list goes on. My sister is into bands like "Boys like Girls" and "Misfits" and I like artists like "Jordan Sparks" and "T-Payne" and we are constantly telling one another to listen to one song or the other from various artists. When you look through my mp3 player you can find just about anything you are in the mood for.
So I guess you can say overall Popular Culture has been a factor in my life in some form or another weather it is music or clothes or the television shows that I watch. But I don't think that affects all of the choices I make.
4 comments:
I agree. I don't feel that popular culture affects everything we do, but I do believe it is in our everyday lives. Anything from gossip to religion. I like the definition the paper gives us when it says that popular culture is "differing forms of expression and identity." It fits where you talk about having your own "unbiased opinion" on what you feel is cool.
This is true. Everyone is affected somehow by popular culture but we all have our own unique ways of doing most things. I used to be a "follower" back in highschool to fit in with the popular groups but in time I got tired of following and became my own leader and did things my way and to my appeal only. So far so good...lol.
My playlist on my ipod is the same way. I listen to everything, not just one type of music. I still think that popular culture has affected us. I agree with lana that commented. If says that popular culture is about being an individual so you listening to differnet music and dressing different still makes you apart of popular cuture. Little do you know you might be setting a trend listening to differnet music.
i would have to agree with a lot of what you said. i know when i was younger i wanted to be like evreyone else. times change people grow up. im glad to have finally found me you know? as far as music i listen to a variety as well, but i think you should have talked more about how society has tried to shape our young minds. because if you sit back and think about things you do or stuff you see on the street,it has a lot to do with what people are being told to do.
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