Blogs I comment on each week !

sept 2......http://ashleymhelmke.blogspot.com/
Sept 7.....http://aeschuster.blogspot.com/
Sept 14 ....http://dustinspopblog.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-on-chapter-3.html?showComment
Sept 16.....http://ashleymhelmke.blogspot.com/2010/09/blog-on-chapter-3.html?showComment
Sept 23......http://aeschuster.blogspot.com/2010/09/reading-blog-4.html?showComment
Sept 28......http://royshoemaker.blogspot.com/2010/09/reading-blog-4.html
Oct 5......http://kimthornton07.blogspot.com/2010/09/reading-blog-5.html?showComment
Oct 7......http://generalewok.blogspot.com/2010/09/reading-blog-5-labeled.html?showComment
Oct 19.......http://royshoemaker.blogspot.com/2010/10/activity-62.html?showComment=
Oct 21......http://ashleymhelmke.blogspot.com/2010/10/reading-blog-6.html?showComment=
Nov 1......http://dustinspopblog.blogspot.com/2010/10/reading-blog-7.html?showComment=-
Nov 4......http://ashleymhelmke.blogspot.com/2010http://cjspopcultureblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-blog-9.html?showComment=
Nov16.... CJ'S blog and
http://royshoemaker.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-blog-9.html?showComment=_
Nov 22....http://cjspopcultureblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-blog-10.html#comments
http://dustinspopblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/reading-blog-10.html#comments

Hegemony

This picture is a good example of hegemony because it speaks for it self. It is really the oppisite of it which helps explain it better for me. The two babies are holding hands to show equality. No one baby is better then the other or more powerful. The quote says the dont want to live in a hegemonic system where human rights are ignored. In hegemonic systems there is a dominant group a group that is over another. so when you think of hegenomy just think of the oppisite of this adorable picture!

This picture is a great representation of hegemony. It has corporation on top of corporation in order of dominance. It shows howNAFTA has more power then walmart but the WTO has dominance over NAFTA. Also if you close at the bottom you see bulls with blood running down its back and under that you see people pushing the bulls. this is showing how the working man is below all of the corporations trying to carry all the weight. then above every thing comes uncle sam the biggest thing in the picture. He also has the whip that has been hitting the animals back with blood at the tip of it. This is a great example of how a hegemonic system works the bigger the object in the picture more power and dominance!

This third and final picture is also a good representation of Hegemony. This is the cover for hip hop artist Kanye West's new song called power. The song basically talks about how no one man shoud have all the power that he does. This  is showing how something can be dominant over something else. He feels like do to his money and fame he holds alot of powe over many people. Kanye does not see him self as equal to everybody else he feels as if there is some dominance he holds.You notice in the picture power is over everything and ends up k9lling the king says alot !

Research Decision

 I am going to do the mj community.....http://www.mjjcommunity.com/site/

Research blog part 1

http://www.animecons.com/
http://www.theforce.net/
http://twihards.com/
http://www.mjjcommunity.com/site/



I found four sites  to look at for research  they were really the first four that came to my mind. I have a friend name Karen who is obessed with anime. personally I think it is super weird and that she is a dork but to each its on. Anime is a japanese cartoon similar to dragon ball z. she is actually really big on the japanese culture in general so much to where she rencently move their to teach. The seond site I picked was the force net when I think of communitys like this the first group that comes to mind are treekies. I know they have those start wars conventions and all kinds of fan clubs for this community. They even get dressed up like the characters out of the movie.Ive always wanted to know more about this community so i didnt think twice about choosing this.
     The third community I chose was twidhards , this is a fan club for the movie twilight. I chose this because i love twilight!I have seen the first and second twilight still have to see the third. Although I am not big on vampires i still love the spin the put on the movie. I would not consider myself a twihard becauseI am not that in love with . You want catch me in one of those team Jacob or team Edward shirts lol but i am still intrested enough to do research on the topic.Lastly, but not least I chose the MJ community. This is a community for Micheal Jackson fans. I am a fan my self whichi is why I chose this community also due to his death last year I figured it would be a good topic to research. basically I chose all four because I take some kind of intrest in them so this should be a fun assignment!

Consumption

I picked a picture of the words I shop therfore i am to represent consumption. Accordig to wikipedia Consumption is the use of final goods by a consumer until disposal. final good are things that arent use in production for another good.we consume things everyday something as simple as going to mcdonalds and buying a cheeseburger is consider consumption. Personally I love to shop so the picture really stood out to me .

Commodity

August 18, 2010


I chose a picture of myself to represnt commodity. The reason I chose this is because a commodity is something that is in high demand and well I am ! I am smart,cute,and well rounded, i have alot to offer that many people tend to want. Guys are always trying to date me and my friendship is in high deman as well. Also people love to be around me so my time is in high demand.I am in pretty good shape and being fit is really a big thing for my generation. Basically im what you can call me a hot commodity ! :)