Feminism is constantly represented in media, unfortunately in primarily negative ways. Brummett suggests that gender is socially constructed (Brummett, 2011). This is evident infamous "cat fights"between celebrities are constantly making news headlines. These "girl fights" label girls as drama queens, unforgivable, and even being emotionally unstable. Because people believe what they hear on TV and the internet it has caused representations of real life in some sort. I feel that most female celebrities give other women false representations which makes it difficult to gain positive representation.
The popular TV series American Idol thought they would spice things up and possibly gain more viewers by signing fueding pop-stars Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj. Throughout the last season of Idol the co-stars engaged in several different confrontations from on stage, behind scenes, and even on twitter. These two popular artists have been feuding for a period of time and it does not seem to get better. Personally I enjoyed watching the two judges and anticipating the moment where one of them said something negative directed toward the other.
In a resent interview Mariah Carey admitted that for her "Being on 'Idol' was like being in hell". Although she toughed it out throughout the season she will not be returning this next season. The Yahoo post pointed out the coincidence that Carey just released a new single titled "The Art of Letting Go" however, she is still holding on to her bitterness toward Minaj. (Yahoo) This feud will be represented in media as long as the two women continue to feed it. They both criticize the other for being insecure and immature yet neither of them will take steps to resolve the issue. Since this fight is so popular I hope that it does not send misleading messages to girls who are in a feud. Although these two artists have failed to move past their differences it does not mean that they are satisfied with their relationship.
Parker, 2013, http://tv.yahoo.com/blogs/tv-news/mariah-carey-says-being-idol-being-hell-214816434.html
Brummett, 2011
This is what happens when you have too many ego's on a team, staff etc. However I feel as though they should've work things out with one another they were getting paid too much money not to.
ReplyDeleteThe feud is beyond childish but so entertaining. Mariah Carey seems high on her painkillers so the shade she throws is always hilarious. The fact that these women really have a strong dislike for each other is crazy, but I understand. If someone said something negative towards me i would have to throw some rude comments their way as well even if we are on national tv.
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