#TwitterThugs

Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr. All of these social networks provide us a place to say what we want and be what we want. Many people are influenced by the virtual words on many levels. Twitter one of the newest and hottest trends to hit social networks even connects Hollywood stars to everyone. Just recently Pop stars, Rihanna and Ciara were caught on twitter having an altercation. Words were thrown around. An issue that was so little was blown up instantly! For the many young fans that see this what affect could that have on them? Although the reality of the words they exchange were not that bad; does this provide the idea that bad mouthing/bullying on any level is okay? These are two young ladies who many girls look up to, how does this present a good image that they would bad mouth each other in public. Twitter often sets the premise for people to say and do as they please, with the trend of #subtweeting or statements like #oneofmyfollowers; they fein for controversy. These trigger phrases often make it okay for anyone and everyone to address whoever they want with out Really saying there names. I feel like this could soon get out of hand, should Stars watch what they say on social networks and advocate the use of language in terms of speaking to others? You decide.

BYU- Not too Sexy!

As we know Religion can play a huge role in someones life. What is valued in one culture or religion might not even be noticed in another culture. Here in a America, there is an overrall widespread of Christianity. Over the past decade, we saw conflicts and intolerance towards other religions rise, especially with the happenings of 9/11. After this incident we began to see many incidents regarding rape within many christian churches. With all of these happenings many have seen religion displayed at its worse. As I mentioned before religion plays a big role in many peoples lives and often dictates what can and can't be done. This can provide a anti-social environment at times when people often disagree with what is being portrayed. With so many different denominations of christianity there is often much controversy of what is considered, ok. Just recently Hoop player, Brandon Davies was dismissed for allegedly having sex with other students, which is premarital sex. Now to some of us this does not pose as a problem, but at BYU this is against there honor code. With the rising basketball star out of the league how will this effect the team. Do you think that they can't just rely on these Reliable sources for such information, do you believe this is something that could've easily been swept under the rug?

Dark Art?- Pro-Social

You can get with this , or you can get with this!

Some of you may be wondering who the person is on the left hand side, while some of you may not. To be clear, it is Beyonce Knowles featured in both pictures above. The rising Queen of Pop has caught herself in a controversy much serious then she imagined. Recently Beyonce was ask to pose for a photo shoot in Paris. This photo shoot was for L' Officiel with an African theme behind it as a tribute to Human Rights Activist and famous Musician Fela Kuti. She modeled and shot in very intricate designs representing the vast cultures throughout the motherland. Then came on the painted "blackface". What is this representing? Blackface for those of you who do not know was a technique used in Entertainment before typically in Minstrell acts. These were demeaning to the African American race, hense why it is not used today. The purpose of her blackface was to show how different african rituals in face use paint. They saw nothing wrong with this, the makeup artist saw this as beautiful and inspiring. From the makeup artist point of view, it was given a Pro-Social outlook. A sense of Pan-Africanism, fashion forward, showing the beauty of Africa and straying away from stereotypes of Africa. Why could they have not used a darker complected model then? I find many issues with this, this is not truly a way to show our progression as African American people. Is this pro-social, fashion forward or a dark look into our past?? You decide!