Lady Gaga video

Not only have advertisements become increasingly sexual, music videos have had a turn for the worst as well. Sexual content and the idea of sex are starting to play a big role in recent music videos for popular songs. A main cause for this of course coincides with the fact that lyrics of many popular songs, whether it is straight forward or implied, talk much about sexual ideas or dancing or hooking up with the opposite sex. The music video I decided to analyze is Love Game by Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga is known by many, and there are many different opinions about her circulating throughout the country. Either way, she is popular in the music industry, and is known for her very interesting and unique style. Her music video for this song is definitely out there, but could be very controversial to some for its extreme sexual content.

In the beginning of the video Lady Gaga is dressed a bathing suit type outfit that is very promiscuous, and she is surrounded by several guys who are all dressed in black, all of them have their abs showing, most have alcoholic drinks in their hands, and some of them are grabbing their “stuff” while looking at her like they just want to do her. Throughout the video it flashes to scenes of her completely naked, with her covering her breasts. Nothing is actually shown, but it shows as much as possible. The whole idea to the song is that love is just a game, and she wants to fool around with guys. The men look at her like she is a piece of meat, but the thing that is shown by the video is that she likes it. She wants the attention from all of the men, as she dances and allows any one of them feel her up. In one part of the video one of the men blatantly cops a feel of her breasts, and again, they, including Lady Gaga, feel themselves up. This video portrays the idea that getting attention from several guys by being seductive and sexual is normal. It is definitely influential to many teenagers and young adults, and promotes sexual activity.

My favorite Authors

When I was little, I used to read quite often, but once I got into high school I became extremely busy and just found other things to do in my spare time. I kicked reading to the curb, not seeing any importance or interest in it, but I have decided to start reading recently. But even still, I do not exactly have one favorite author, so I will talk about a few of them. I started reading the Harry Potter series when I was in 4th grade, and I fell in love with the creative and imaginative writings of J.K. Rowling. I love how she creates a fantasy type world, but still makes it seem so realistic. There are 7 books in the Harry Potter series, and there are so many ideas and plots that tie into each other, and she writes in a way that makes you attached and able to envision the characters. Her imagination for the books just leaves me in awe.
Much like the Harry Potter series, I absolutely loved Lemony Snicket’s A series of Unfortunate Events, which include a total of thirteen books! And yes, I have read them all! I love how Snicket makes the books such a mystery, and every time you think you have it all figured out, he throws a twist. It was rarely ever what you expected would happen, and that always kept me on the edge of my seat, wanting to keep reading. He is such a clever author. Every time I read a new book, I couldn’t even imagine trying to think of all of it and tying it all together. His way of writing just always fascinated me.
The last two authors somewhat fall in the same category. R.L. Stine and Stephen King are both authors I really like for their frightening and scary sense of imagination. During middle school, I always read the Fear Street books by R.L. Stine. I wasn’t much into his Goosebump books, but I probably read all of his Fear Street ones. He never made them too long which was nice, but they were so suspenseful and I loved how he let you try to figure out the suspect or how everything was happening. I’ve never actually read any Stephen King books, but I’ve seen many movies based on his books, and I love his somewhat twisted imagination and unusual plot lines. People a lot of times think of him as creepy and sick, but I find his story lines intriguing and interesting.