write two response about 150 words to each(total 300 words) First response  While addressing our ability to the experiences of girls and girlhood, the author Treva B. Lindsey points out in her article “One Time for My Girls: African-American Girlhood, Empowerment, and Popular Visual Culture” about the bad influence has made for girls and girlhood. Especially black girls and black girlhood have absent from their place in the culture, author asserts that “ the hip hop generation, while attempting to navigate the complicated but interwoven terrains of racism, classism, patriarchy, sexism, ableism misogyny, homophobia, and a politics of pleasure and sexual erotics”(Treva B. Lindsey 2012). The current pop culture survives in such circumstance, is easy to affect the girls and girlhood. Some stereotype is even worse for them, from the article when a black said that she loves her hair, is actually a relief, but is not the case for many, the culture trend sometimes might lead us to a misunderstanding about the destination of beauty. See from the tons of hair products for black girl's hair is heartbreaking, is an action of reinforcing white. It also reveals “ The popularity of internet-based child pornography coupled with an inglorious history of sexual exploitation of girls presents a potentially dangerous media context for black girls”(Treva B. Lindsey 2012), all the influence might let people think about, how do girls and girlhood grow up somewhere like that, these current culture is poison and manipulate the minds of girls and girlhood. In the article it also implies that “ Similar to other disenfranchised communities, however, black girls can use popular/public culture to depict their lived experiences and to challenge stereotypes that negatively affect their lives”(Treva B. Lindsey 2012), it prompts us not to only imagine social change on a global level, also people can do something about it. Girls and girlhood in such phenomenon will deny themselves, get more depressed, affect the mental health for all young generation. Once these girls and girlhood life and culture even their environment get to explore, they got that chance to led the current culture to something meaningful, let more people see the different beauty from a different people, learn how to embrace themselves. From the article “Debunking these stereotypes and the development of a cogent and cohesive discourse of black girl empowerment requires an intervention led by and on behalf of black girls and black girlhood” (Treva B. Lindsey 2012), the girls and girlhood should be their won leader in case people want to change the experiences of girls and girlhood. The experiences of girls and girlhood let people see the situation for them, the result is going to get in the future. It is impossible for girls if they don’t know have to participant in their own culture, have a bad influence bay the culture at the same time. they even can’t embrace themselves, see the beauty in themselves. .

1. write two response about 150 words to each(total 300 words)
First response
While addressing our ability to the experiences of girls and
girlhood, the author Treva B. Lindsey points out in her article
“One Time for My Girls: African-American Girlhood,
Empowerment, and Popular Visual Culture” about the bad
influence has made for girls and girlhood. Especially black girls
and black girlhood have absent from their place in the culture,
author asserts that “ the hip hop generation, while attempting to
navigate the complicated but interwoven terrains of racism,
classism, patriarchy, sexism, ableism misogyny, homophobia,
and a politics of pleasure and sexual erotics”(Treva B. Lindsey
2012). The current pop culture survives in such circumstance, is
easy to affect the girls and girlhood. Some stereotype is even
worse for them, from the article when a black said that she
loves her hair, is actually a relief, but is not the case for many,
the culture trend sometimes might lead us to a misunderstanding
about the destination of beauty. See from the tons of hair
products for black girl's hair is heartbreaking, is an action of
reinforcing white. It also reveals “ The popularity of internet-
based child pornography coupled with an inglorious history of
sexual exploitation of girls presents a potentially dangerous
media context for black girls”(Treva B. Lindsey 2012), all the
influence might let people think about, how do girls and
girlhood grow up somewhere like that, these current culture is
poison and manipulate the minds of girls and girlhood. In the
article it also implies that “ Similar to other disenfranchised
communities, however, black girls can use popular/public
culture to depict their lived experiences and to challenge
stereotypes that negatively affect their lives”(Treva B. Lindsey
2012), it prompts us not to only imagine social change on a
global level, also people can do something about it. Girls and

2. girlhood in such phenomenon will deny themselves, get more
depressed, affect the mental health for all young generation.
Once these girls and girlhood life and culture even their
environment get to explore, they got that chance to led the
current culture to something meaningful, let more people see
the different beauty from a different people, learn how to
embrace themselves. From the article “Debunking these
stereotypes and the development of a cogent and cohesive
discourse of black girl empowerment requires an intervention
led by and on behalf of black girls and black girlhood” (Treva
B. Lindsey 2012), the girls and girlhood should be their won
leader in case people want to change the experiences of girls
and girlhood.
The experiences of girls and girlhood let people see the
situation for them, the result is going to get in the future. It is
impossible for girls if they don’t know have to participant in
their own culture, have a bad influence bay the culture at the
same time. they even can’t embrace themselves, see the beauty
in themselves. The poisonous thoughts and objects change their
mind, they have no way to control it. Also hard for society to
put future hope on these young generations, make them safe.
Second response
In the reading “Sexual Knowledge and Practiced Feminism: on
Moral Panic, Black Girlhood and Hip hop”, the girl hip hop
performance group, P.T.A.F, published an extremely
controversial music video “Boss Ass Bitch”. The group
members are all high-school students. Their experience of
turning girls’ everyday conversations in to hip hop songs
prompted me to imagine that the popular culture in the future

3. will give more freedom and respect for female artists to produce
sexually explicit songs and to strengthen female independence.
Ruth Nicole Brown pointed out in the reading that
the performance of those sexually explicit hip hop songs could
be classified as “Reckless Theatrics”. By engaging in “Reckless
Theatrics”, the black girls from P.T.A.F became the producer of
the knowledge, which was rarely the case in the past. This
reminds me to think about how black girls enter in to popular
culture in recent years. In the 2000s, people always associate
hip hop, such as hip hop dancing and rap with male. However,
the experiences of P.T.A.F reflected the trend that more female
hip hop artists become successful and well-known in the recent
years, such as Beyonce and Cardi B.
This phenomenon indicates the gender equality have been
improving in the global music industry.
In addition, it makes me think about my own
experience as a female hip hop dancers. I started dancing hip
hop when I was in high school. Most people including my
parents would give me a strange look as I told them I was
interested in hip hop dancing. Seven years ago, Hip Hop dance
was still too masculine and not elegant enough for women to
learn. People accepted girls to do contemporary or ballet but not
hip hop. However, people gradually had accepted women as a
hip hop dancers in the last five years as more celebrities invited
hip hop dancers to perform in their music videos and as more
females dancers became popular via Youtube and Instagram.
Although most female artists are being accepted
to the popular culture, there are some female hip hop dancers or
singers being criticized because their choreography or songs are
too sexual. In the reading, the author talked about how memes
on social media warned the parents that their daughters were
under attacked by those sexually explicit songs. Those memes

4. only addressed the lyrics of the songs, such as bitches, while
ignoring the nature and motivation of hip hop songs, which was
to express the “gender nonconforming declaration of erotic self-
determination”.
Another example, Aliya Janell, is a very
controversial dancer on Youtube. When I first saw her video,
she was dancing in her underwear and high heels. Her moves
involves touching genitals and touching male dancing partners
in a sexual way. As a female dancer, I didn’t view Aliya’s
choreography as inferior or horny. Instead, I think she is a brave
dancer who dedicated to show the beauty of the female body. I
can feel her confidence in her body, although she is neither
skinny or tall. Her artistic production affirmed female freedom
and ability to live their life independently and confidently.