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The Girl on Bloor
I'm a busy 20-something about town living in downtown Toronto and creating fun, easy recipes for those on the go!
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Tag Archives: Rap Music
How I Rediscovered My Love for George Orwell
I was doing the Monday night routine helping tutor my usual group of high school girls when one of them presents her essay assignment about George Orwell’s Animal Farm, wanting to brainstorm some of the key themes with me and … Continue reading →
Do as I Say, Not as I Do: French Montana’s Pop That Video
In considering my extended family, and discounting my younger brother, I am technically the baby of my family. My parents were both born quite a few years after their other siblings, both of them the results of unplanned pregnancies (well, … Continue reading →
Posted in Critical Perspective, Life Stories, Marketing & Advertising, Pop Culture Commentary, Shaking My Head All Day
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Tagged Cognitive Dissonance, Cousins, discrimination, Drake, family, French Montana, Hip-Hop, love, Misogyny, Music, Opinion, Pathways to Education, Pop Culture, Pop That, Rap Music, sexism, Sexist Marketing, Social Commentary
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Lupe Fiasco has Good Intentions…
But he still misses the mark. This week, I’m borrowing from one of my favorite gender studies lectures this year. Early last semester my pop culture prof had us watch rapper Lupe Fiasco’s “Bitch Bad” music video, one of his … Continue reading →