Popular Culture Jaz

 Both Cameron Russell and Tom Chiarella talk about how your appearance effect your experiences. Tom Chiarella dresses in the uniforms of four different professions to see how people react. One  interpersonal/relationship example of when he does this is when he dresses like a priest people automatically feel comfortable enough asking for advice from him, and feel like they're his friend. When he dresses like a security guard it's the opposite. People avoid eye contact, and don't talk to him. An economic example is when he dresses as a mechanic he gets no attention from anyone. This shows that working class people blend in, and people don't pay attention to them. Cameron Russell talks about her experiences in relation to her beauty. She even starts her talk by changing her outfit from a tight black dress and tall heels, to a long skirt, flats, and a long sleeve shirt. She did this to demonstrate that what she's wearing changes how people perceive her. She explains tha...

 In class we learned some misconceptions people believe about weddings. One of these misconceptions is that big white weddings are a very old tradition. In the video "Adam Ruins Weddings" Adam explains this tradition has only been around for about a century, and began when Queen Victoria got married in a white dress to show off her wealth. Another thing the wedding industry plants in our minds is that the more money a couple spends on a wedding, the happier their marriage will be. In the same video Adam reveals that couples who spend more money on a wedding are actually more likely to divorce. In the ABC video "Wedding Confidential" they discover that companies will charge more if they know their service/product is being used for a wedding. The example they used was a DJ hired for a birthday party was almost 50% cheaper than the same DJ hired for a wedding.

Rehtaeh Parsons and Belle Knox shared similar experiences. They were both bullied and sent hate messages from classmates. Rehtaeh experienced bullying by her classmates to the point that she transferred high schools. Belle was sent hateful comments by classmates, but also received hateful comments from other porn stars.  One difference is why they were bullied. Belle Knox was looked down upon because she made pornography films to pay her tuition, and was exposed for doing so by a "friend". Rehtaeh Parsons was bullied because she was raped at a party. Someone took a picture of her while being assaulted, and shared the photo to people at her school. A lot of people said she wasn't really raped, and called her a slut. Belle was also a victim of sexual assault. She doesn't go into a lot of detail about it other than her assaulter never faced consequences. She was raped before she became a porn star. Another difference between their experiences is that Rehtaeh's situat...