SNAPPED

One of my favorite shows is called Snapped. The show addresses the topic of women who commit crimes of murder.The show has a successful rating and audience who are interested in understanding why many women continue to kill their lovers, friends, or anyone else that makes them upset. I have watched Snapped for years and it seems that each season their continues to be more stories of women who kill. Before this show started, I was unaware of the number of women who killed. The stereotype before this show was that women who killed was a small number and the killing method that women used were poisons instead of brutal murders. The killings on this show range from shootings, hit man plots, and poisoning one spouse with anti-freeze.

The reason that the majority of the women featured on the show killed is because they wanted to collect their spouses insurance policies. In class when we talked about violence we did not address the topic of women who kill. I think this is a topic that I could have given my opinion on since I watch every episode of Snapped and try to understand why women continue to kill.

http://o2.oxygen.com/player/?fid=915601


http://www.oxygen.com/tvshows/snapped/photos/episode21.aspx

Transform Me Season 2 Drag Race Winner

Another Show that debuted this season is Transform me, the concept of this show is for a group of transgender people drive around in an ambulance and give women makeovers. This show is showing that television is changing and that one day every group will have a television show that they can identify with.



http://www.vh1.com/shows/transform_me/series.jhtml





Tyra Sanchez is the Winner.


These last few months, the one of many show that has been getting me through the nightime television is Rupaul’s Drag Race. I love this show. I had to alway see it on Tuesday nights at 10PM. After all the petty drama a new Drag superstar won. The three finalist were Tyra, Jujubee, and Raven. Tyra throughout the season was flawless, but was always the circle of drama when the girls fought. My favorite queen finalist were Jujubee and Raven. I can not wait until season 3 of Drag Race.

http://www.providingnews.com/tyra-sanchez-winner-of-rupaul-drag-race-season-2-finale.html

Women Soldier Homeless After Military Service

I recently saw a news clip addressing the issues of women serving in the military. The two women's stories that were addressed in the news clip related to the issues inequality between the gender roles in society. The service women who come home from serving in Afghanistan and Iraq are at a higher risk than men soldiers at becoming homeless. The reason this happens is because the women's lack of education level and lower wages compared to men.

I was unaware of the alarming number of women becoming homeless after protecting this country and I thought this was disappointing to hear. We as a country have been at war for close to a decade and some people are becoming unpatriotic for this country and for these women to want to service and know that they possible can be killed and they continue to be soldiers. I think more benefits should be given to the soldiers. Not just women soldiers, but men soldiers as well.




http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/women-vets-face-battle-home-10100438

I Want to be A 1,000 pound woman

Who says they want to become a 1,000 pound person? I think maybe a small child who thinks this is cool and does not know about the negative stigmas associated with being an 1,000 pound person. I do not think any mature adult would be willing to want to eat themselves to the weight of a 1,000 pounds.


The controversy of a woman wanting to become bigger in an American society, where the marjority of the American people are struggling with weight issues and health problems. Then an infamous woman seeks attention by publicizing that she want to gain more weight. She has a right to eat and become bigger, but she needs to realize the burden she will be on caretakers and that her health could possible fail. It is reported that this woman has children. I wonder does she thinks about the affects this will have on her children. Her quality of life is already very poor, she has to ride on a motorized shooter to get places.



This is a reference to a New Jersey woman named, Donna Simpson, who currently weighs six hundered plus pounds and want to reach her goal of weighing 1,000 pounds. This doesn't seem like an actually news story. Now days people want to be famous for anything. What will be the next publicity stunt from another average Joe or average Jane?



A bizarre twist to this story is that the six hundred pound woman is making money off her obsession to gain more weight. Yes, people are paying to see Donna Simpson eat huge amonts of food. I wonder who are these people who are paying money to see a woman eat until she is about to bust. There are things I want pay to see and this is one of them. What is the infatuation with this type of behavior? I am not impressed and think people who deserve media coverage, should be people doing positive things not shocking things. Will our society continue to be looking for the next shocking thing or will one day soon all this nonsense stop.



Donna Simpson represents a small portion of the extremely obsese people in our society and it seems that she is trying anything to receive attention. My advice would be for a professional to help her with her problems that if she has problems.

http://www.postchronicle.com/news/strange/article_212290513.shtml

Jessica Simpson Back With Another Reality Show

She is back, but for how long ? Hopefully this will be better than her last reality show. The new show is called, The Price of Beauty on Vh1, that premieres Monday, March 15, 2010, at 10PM. This is a show to express what is beautiful in other countries. Jessica Simpson and cast will travel to countries in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Their mission is to experience the culture and show the viewers different types of beauty. The concept of the show seems interesting, but I wonder if the star of the show can keep the audience entertained. There are some who like her, there are some indifferent to her, and there are some that dislike her. I will be waiting for the show to began to see if Jessica Simpson is able to redeem herself from the once self-absorbed and pampered pop star wife on newlyweds and really help people with her message of beauty.

The viewers are suppose to witness a changed Jessica Simpson, a person who is no longer the person that she was 4 years ago. Maybe the time has changed her. It has been a 4 year break from her first reality show and her marriage that abruptly ended, she has had many failed relationships with celebrity boyfriends, there also was the sad news of her dog eaten by a coyote, and the infamous picture where she was wearing mom jeans. Maybe Jessica Simpson is unlucky with her personal life and needs a second chance to prove the critics that she has changed. There is the possibility that these negative images of her past might become the only Jessica Simpson that people see. Will Jessica Simpson every be able to obtain her once pristine image of the All-American Girl? Or will today's Jessica Simpson be the only one that the viewers will remember?

As supporters and critics watch tentatively as Jessica Simpson's fails or succeed. I know where I will be at 10PM, I will be home watching the show and giving my opinion on the new Jessica versus the old Jessica and if the show is what it claims to be.

The following is a linked to an article that I read about the criticism of the show and of Jessica Simpson:

http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/14/AR2010031402318.html

Colleen LaRose: A.K.A. Jihad Jane, Fatima Rose and Other Alias That Might Follow

The profile: a middle-aged, American born, Caucasian woman, blonde haired, blue eyed, suburban resident, and caretaker for an elderly man. This is not the description of an alleged jihadist, but the description of an American woman.

What made this American woman decide to become an alleged terrorist and plot to kill in Europe,Asia, and eventually America?

I do not have an answer to this question as I have read newspaper articles stating that the numbers are increasing for Americans to become members and recruiters for known terrorist groups in the radical world.

My only advice for the following: Americans who do not like America, the Jihad Janes, and other profiles of terrorist who have not been identified yet.

I say,"You can express your feelings of dislike towards America, but please express yourself off of American owned soil or water, please relinquish your American rights, move far away, and hate America from afar. This hardworking, blue-collared worker will not miss you.

America is not perfect and none of the other countries are perfect either.I am proud to be a patriotic American and I love the rights and freedoms that I do have.