Racist Sports Names

Racist sports names used in American culture and media was brought to my attention this semester and I haven't been able to let it go.

This is probably one of those times where I would see a nice looking white middle-aged man complaining on the news about how America has turned into giant sissys, who care about ridiculous things that don't matter.

"Like a Girl"

In the summer of 2014, when I was in an advertising class, I saw the Always #LikeAGirl commercial and immediately loved it and was moved by it. I have gone back to it a few times to use as an example in classes, and when I came across "You Play Like a Girl," by Elena Bertozzi, it reminded me of the campaign and why I am so passionate about the issue is confronts.

Here is the commercial:

Quitting Social Media

I've seen a whole bunch of people sharing a post lately about an Instagram famous, 18-year-old Australian girl who quit social media, despite her enormous fan-base and income from her photos. Thinking it was going to be a buzzfeed article about some artsy kid who's mom deleted their Instagram, and now people were upset because they're missing out on the world from her perspective, I scrolled right passed it. After seeing it several more times, from other friends that I trust, and sources that I know, I decided to talk a look; and, what I found was pretty important.

Essena O'Neill, a beautiful, young, thin, and artistic girl with access to a smart-phone and social media apps, an understanding of personal public relations, and en eye for picking and editing the best photo's of herself, found her way to half a million followers commenting and liking her posts daily.