Research portfolio on Rihanna by Zeina Nessim https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2 An analysis of Rihanna's star image and it's development over time en-us 2022-11-11 03:21:46 UTC 2025-10-25 06:21:53 UTC hello@padlet.com 1- The Discovering of Rihanna (2005) 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379681653  Robyn Rihanna Fenty, born on the 20th of February 1988 started her path to superstardom at the age of merely 16. Teenage pop sensation Rihanna was originally seen by American record producer Evan Rogers while he was in her homeland, Barbados. Rogers assisted her in recording a demo after hearing her sing. Her demo was pushed ahead to Def Jam Recordings, where it was heard by Jay-Z, the company's new CEO. Rihanna was asked to audition by Jay-Z. She then travelled to New York to try out for Jay-Z. "She was fierce, like Kobe Bryant," he said, "and I knew she was a star." She walked away from the audition with a six-album record label.]]> 2022-11-11 03:55:35 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379681653 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379686088 2022-11-11 04:01:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379686088 2- First Album Drop and Top 10 Single 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379690706 It wasn't long until Rihanna's debut album, 'Music of the Sun,' sold over two million copies worldwide. The world was subsequently gifted with the song 'Pon de Replay' in May 2005, which means 'play it again' in Bajan Creole, one of the official languages of Rihanna's native nation Barbados. The song was on her first demo, which got her the record deal. The song sold over two million copies and reached the top ten in the UK, US, and throughout the world.]]> 2022-11-11 04:06:52 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379690706 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379692352 2022-11-11 04:09:08 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379692352 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379693588 2022-11-11 04:10:52 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379693588 3- Her No.1 Single (2006) 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379697288 Rihanna's second studio album, 'A Girl Including Me,' was released in 2006, and included hits like 'Unfaithful' and 'We Ride.' The album also included 'SOS,' her first number one hit.]]> 2022-11-11 04:15:49 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379697288 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379700609 2022-11-11 04:19:56 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379700609 4-'Good Girl Gone Bad' (2007) 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379704651 Rihanna went from young popstar to legendary icon in 2007. With the release of her chart-topping track 'Umbrella,' She  revealed her new, sleek appearance, which critics have called as a pivotal point in her career. The celebrity discarded her innocent youthful image in favour of an edgier, bad girl feel.]]> 2022-11-11 04:25:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379704651 5- Her first Grammy win 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379709337 After getting four nominations at the 2008 GRAMMYs, including 'Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals,' 'Record of the Year,' and 'Best Dance Recording,' Rihanna walked away with the 'Best Rap/Sung Performance' trophy - her first ever GRAMMY crown!]]> 2022-11-11 04:31:23 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379709337 "This thick skin has been developing since my first day at school. It didn't happen after fame; I couldn't survive fame if I didn't already have it. So sometimes the toughest thing in life is to be vulnerable." 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379711894 2022-11-11 04:34:33 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379711894 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379712865 2022-11-11 04:35:55 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379712865 Becoming a Fashion Icon 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379721011 Rihanna has become one of the most streamed singers of all time in the 19 years since signing her initial recording contract with Def Jam Records. Her tracks have been at the top of the Billboard charts 14 times. She has received several honours. And she's done something as, if not more, impressive: she's rewritten the standards for the fashion and beauty sectors.]]> 2022-11-11 04:45:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379721011 Fashion and popular music are intrinsically intertwined. Rihanna, like one of her heroes, Madonna, has always recognised the power of clothes to impact perception. "I think Madonna was a big inspiration for me, especially on my early work," Rihanna once told Love Pop. If I had to examine her evolution through time, I think she successfully reinvented her clothing style and music every time." 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379721261 2022-11-11 04:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379721261 6- Rated R (2009) 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379725153 2009 saw the release of the hard-hitting album 'Rated R,' which featured singles such as 'Rude Boy,' 'Te Amo,' and 'Russian Roulette.' The mature album touched on the star's previous tribulations and was dubbed "her most deep and emotional attempt" by reviewers.]]> 2022-11-11 04:50:08 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379725153 The R&B star has described the Rated R sessions as "theraputic," and the vitriolic, rough, raw end product is about as brutal as you'd expect. 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379725759 2022-11-11 04:50:54 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379725759 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379726670 2022-11-11 04:52:04 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379726670 7- Relationship Drama 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379729530 2022-11-11 04:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379729530 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379733215 Following the incident, Brown was arrested and sentenced to community service, domestic violence counselling, and a restraining order. The night before the Grammys, Brown attacked his then-girlfriend Rihanna in a Lamborghini. The image of the latter, which showed a cracked lip, a black eye, and bruises on her face, spread like wildfire over the internet.]]> 2022-11-11 05:00:25 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379733215 Rihanna was forced to miss the Grammy awards because her then-boyfriend, singer Chris Brown, attacked her 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379737073 2022-11-11 05:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379737073 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379738080 2022-11-11 05:06:25 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379738080 The Russian Roulette video and Rated R, an album that arrives crammed with songs that link relationships with violence and criminality: weapons are licked, lives flash before eyes, crime scenes are picked over, heads bang into vehicle windscreens. It's worth noticing that several of the songs feature Rihanna as a daring revenger on an abusive male. 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379741255 2022-11-11 05:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379741255 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379743960 2022-11-11 05:12:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379743960 Rihanna stopped being a milquetoast pop robot at that specific point and began to build her own image. 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379746062 2022-11-11 05:15:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379746062 8- 'LOUD' 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379749358 Now, 2010 was a big year for this starlet; she ditched her typical black hair for a bold red do. She also released her fifth studio album, 'Loud,' which earned her her first ever GRAMMY nomination for 'Album of the Year,' and featured a first-ever collaboration between her and Drizzy Drake. The album included the iconic collaboration 'What's My Name,' as well as 'S&M,' 'Only Girl (In The World),' and 'Love The Way You Lie (Part II).' Rihanna and Drake have collaborated on several additional songs since then, including 'Take Care.']]> 2022-11-11 05:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379749358 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379750202 2022-11-11 05:20:27 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379750202 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379752384 2022-11-11 05:23:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379752384 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379754114 2022-11-11 05:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379754114 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379755436 2022-11-11 05:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379755436 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379755932 2022-11-11 05:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379755932 Musically, the Barbados-born singer is frequently chastised, accused of not being a skilled vocalist due to her unique voice, which is not quite a powerhouse, but rather ambient, rumbling, and breathy at the same time. Rihanna's voice may not be the most classically stunning, but it is one of our generation's most varied. She can contribute her voice to a bass-pumping club song, a muttered Caribbean dancehall mix, or a tear-filled, weeping ballad best served with a side of whiskey, and it'll almost certainly chart. Her recognisable voice, diverse and adaptable enough to slide as smoothly through that tropical debut album as it does through her subsequent albums, has contributed to her durability since the publication of Music Of The Sun is due to his distinct voice, which is diverse and adaptive enough to float as smoothly across that tropical debut album as it does over the guitar chords of Rated R. Chris Martin reportedly likened her voice to a "beautifully squeezed tube of toothpaste...this huge, rich thing, solid as a tree trunk." If you listen attentively to the radio, you can detect influences of Rihanna's vocal approach in everyone from Sia to Lorde to any bass-pumping club-house smash starring a lesser-known female vocalist. 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379760315 2022-11-11 05:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379760315 9-' We Found Love' 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379768048 The world received one of Rihanna's most popular songs, 'We Found Love,' with wide arms in 2011. The diva collaborated with Scottish DJ Calvin Harris to create this masterpiece, which appears on her sixth studio album 'Talk That Talk.' Aside from being an adolescent disco and/or house-party fixture, the song went on to earn the singer honours for 'Best R&B/Urban Dance Track,' 'Best Commercial/Pop Dance Track,' 'Video Of The Year,' and 'Best Short Form Music Video.']]> 2022-11-11 05:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379768048 10- Acting career begins 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379773070 Rihanna makes her big screen debut as Petty Officer Cora Raikes in the summer blockbuster 'Battleship' in 2012. As a result, she won the Teen Choice Award for 'Choice Movie Breakout Star - Female.' ]]> 2022-11-11 05:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379773070 Battleship may not be highly remembered, but it demonstrated Rihanna's screen presence, and producers believed she could do well if given stronger roles. She appeared in another action film, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, in 2017, and she was perhaps the greatest part of that film, portraying a shape-shifter with numerous clothes. In fact, there was another example of a film that fared better worldwide than it did at home. 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379773459 2022-11-11 05:49:16 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379773459 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379774279 2022-11-11 05:50:13 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379774279 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379776816 Rihanna went on to secure what many consider to be her most high-profile film role, the all-female Ocean's 8. "Rihanna does what she does best in Ocean's 8, which is essentially giving folks withering glances while being effortlessly superb at her job," said GQ of her eight film performances. She portrays Nineball, the team's hacker who smokes spliffs while infiltrating the Met's security system."]]> 2022-11-11 05:52:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379776816 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379778680 2022-11-11 05:54:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379778680 11- First Number 1 Album (2012) 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379782560 After had receiving several critics about her voice since establishing her presence in the music industry, Rihanna's seventh studio album, 'Unapologetic,' won her first No. 1 album the same year (2017), earning her the GRAMMY for 'Best Urban Contemporary Album' in January 2014. Hit songs on the album include 'Diamonds' and 'What Now.' The amazing 'Stay,' which was released as a single from the album, reached number one in Bulgaria, Canada, the Czech Republic, and Denmark, as well as peaking in the Top 5 in the UK, Australia, France, Germany, New Zealand, Norway, and Switzerland.]]> 2022-11-11 05:59:45 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379782560 Establishing her place in the music industry 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379791016 Rihanna won numerous awards in 2013 and 2014, including the GRAMMY Award for 'Best Music Video,' the Billboard Music Award for 'Top R&B Artist,' 'Top R&B Song,' AND 'Top R&B Album,' the NRJ Music Award for 'International Female Artist of the Year,' the BET Award for 'Best Female R&B/Pop Artist,' and the GRAMMY Award for 'Best Urban Contemporary Album.']]> 2022-11-11 06:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379791016 12- Her move into the fashion world 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379792840 Puma appointed the superstar as creative director and brand ambassador in 2014. These responsibilities led to her developing the 'Fenty x Puma' collection, which was responsible for fashion fads including fur sliders and suede creepers.]]> 2022-11-11 06:12:26 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379792840 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379793560 2022-11-11 06:13:22 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379793560 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379793985 2022-11-11 06:13:56 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379793985 Rihanna, in fact, established the trend of female vocalists collaborating with house DJ Calvin Harris. The 2011 track "We Found Love" from Rihanna's album Talk That Talk was the DJ's first Billboard number one smash, catapulting him into a household name in America and generating a flurry of additional popular radio singles using female vocals. Harris remarked that the combination seemed "strange" at the time, but it worked. 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379795544 2022-11-11 06:15:44 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379795544 In a 2012 profile for GQ, Jay Bulger says Rihanna comes across as more authentic than her peers: "She sometimes gets grouped with theatrical pop stars like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, and Nicki Minaj. But those are one-woman masquerade balls, their real selves hidden behind the next costume change. Rihanna, on the other hand, comes off as wild, weird, unfiltered, a little unhinged, which just makes everyone else go all unhinged." 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379800317 2022-11-11 06:21:43 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379800317 The scholar Esther L. Jones has argued that as Rihanna established more and more narrative authority over her public image, she began to author a woman "simultaneously ordinary and exceptional, intimate and distant, known and inaccessible." Her social media feeds exemplify this: She promotes her wildly successful global fashion brands, but she also loves to post memes. For MTV News, Doreen St. Felix wrote that "a cultivation of lifestyle — her trips back home to Barbados, her tattoos, her laughter, her love of family, her social media presence — in the moment that every other person of her caliber is trying out reclusivity, and the secondary group is trying out diva-hood, makes Rihanna the last rock star." 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379801290 2022-11-11 06:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379801290 Rihanna's Star Image 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379804033 It is important that Rihanna seems real, that her sense of self remains unaffected by stardom, and that she feels approachable to her admirers. However, this is hardly an effortless character. Rihanna has spent her whole career embodying what it means to be in the middle of things – not above them, not outside looking in, nor past them. That requires emotional and intellectual effort, especially when you consider  "'What's My Name?':  that the public-private dividing line Rihanna had spent many years fostering was shattered in 2009, when Rihanna's then-boyfriend Chris Brown physically abused her just prior to the Grammys, and the photo evidence circulating on the internet.]]> 2022-11-11 06:26:51 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379804033 13- Anti (2016) 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379808813 After three years of waiting, fans were not disappointed with Rihanna's surprise release of 'Anti' - her eighth studio album. Shooting to number 1 just two weeks after its initial debut, going on to spend 159 weeks on the Billboard Hot 200. 'Anti' graced us with hits such as 'Work', 'Kiss It Better' and 'Love on the Brain'.]]> 2022-11-11 06:33:30 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379808813 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379810212 2022-11-11 06:35:05 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379810212 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379811213 2022-11-11 06:36:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379811213 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379812731 2022-11-11 06:38:19 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379812731 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379815303 "Love on the Brain" was the track from Anti that brought together all demographics, both inside Rihanna's Rihanna Navy and the wider public, spanning genres and ages. "Love on the Brain" is a sound contradiction, similar to one of Anti's ideas of fusing the ancient with the modern. As a classic pop-friendly ballad with current cadences, it delivers a timeless sensibility — its soft doo-wop sway and gently supporting backing vocals contrast perfectly with Rihanna's stunted, almost trap-like vocal technique and explicit lyrical expletives.]]> 2022-11-11 06:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379815303 14- Launch of Fenty Beauty 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379817988 After being named Humanitarian of the Year by Harvard University, 2017 looked poised to be a fantastic year for the singer/actor/fashionista extraordinaire, with her tremendously popular beauty business Fenty Beauty also launching. The range was officially launched on Sephora's website on September 8th, 2017. The product was lauded for offering 40 distinct foundation colours, with many calling it the new "standard of inclusion for skin tones." Time Magazine named Fenty Beauty as one of the top ideas of 2017. Body shimmers, eye shadows, highlighters, concealers, and the popular Fenty Beauty Fairy Bomb have all been released by the company (ie a massive fluffy pink pom pom full of glitter).]]> 2022-11-11 06:44:50 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379817988 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379818553 2022-11-11 06:45:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379818553 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379820068 2022-11-11 06:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379820068 Rihanna's authenticity extends beyond her casual Instagram postings and her habit of carrying wine to-go. Her authenticity is popular art that gets to the heart of the matter. Of course, she pushed genre limits, but she also required her enormous audience to reckon with the complexities of her inner life ,both when it was empowering and when it was unpleasant. The fear that this type of boldness will not be readable to your audience or that you will be misinterpreted is common. 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379821051 2022-11-11 06:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379821051 Rihanna has also paved the road for Black female musicians to be unashamedly carefree with their music in a level that hasn't been seen in the mainstream since Sade and Janet Jackson in the 1980s and Lil' Kim, Erykah Badu, and Aaliyah in the 1990s. Rihanna has evolved from a polished product of the music business to a woman with swaggering confidence who is equal parts brazen, sexual, and confident. Yes, this was evident in her performances; her appearance at the 2015 iHeartRadio Awards in a Lil' Kim-inspired outfit shouting out the words to "Bitch Better Have My Money" is one of her most unforgettable (and has nearly 69 million views on YouTube). 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379822596 2022-11-11 06:50:38 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379822596 Rihanna learnt her lesson the hard way. She earned a reputation for her imaginative and daring attire as she piled up song hits and music accolades, thanks to partnerships with designers such as Mel Ottenberg. She would later be crowned Fashion Icon of the Year for 2014 by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379825474 2022-11-11 06:53:49 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379825474 "Just a year after its launch, Fenty Beauty by Rihanna is a digital innovator and champion for diversity, using its platforms — 6.3 million Instagram followers, 490,000 YouTube subscribers and 372,000 Twitter followers — to showcase makeup on women of all complexions and sizes. The brand engages with its followers regularly, reposting user-generated content and collaborating with avid fans on videos and posts." 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379828439 2022-11-11 06:57:32 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379828439 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379830305 2022-11-11 07:00:01 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379830305 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379832879 2022-11-11 07:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379832879 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379836381 2022-11-11 07:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379836381 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379838468 2022-11-11 07:10:46 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2379838468 Star Studies: A Critical Guide 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380021357 Chapter "Star Identities form image to persona and publicity to gossip]]> 2022-11-11 10:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380021357 15-Launch of Savage X Fenty 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380120817 Fully committing to that shift her star persona, The popstar-turned-entrepreneur debuted her highly anticipated lingerie collection 'Savage x Fenty' in 2018. The collection debuted with 90 pieces of lingerie, sleepwear, and accessories in a wide variety of sizes. "I can only hope that by portraying lingerie in a different perspective, I might boost confidence and power," she told Vogue.]]> 2022-11-11 12:15:43 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380120817 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380121355 2022-11-11 12:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380121355 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380121640 2022-11-11 12:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380121640 201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380121785 2022-11-11 12:16:46 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380121785 Rihanna's look got more striking as her popularity expanded towards the conclusion of the previous decade. With Umbrella and the album Good Girl Gone Bad, she introduced a fetish-inspired new look: leather, bra tops, bondage straps, thigh-high boots, and a unique, provocatively sexual, heavy-lidded, head-thrown-back attitude. Whips and riding crops quickly became theatre props. The ferocity of the visuals was unsettling to see in light of her assault by her boyfriend, Chris Brown, in 2009. It reached a climax in Rihanna's 2011 video for S&M, in which she donned a dress with the inscriptions "whore" and "slut" while chained to a wall with layers of clingfilm. As a result, eleven nations have banned the video.  201506759 https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380124941 2022-11-11 12:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/201506759/meexrqwupealwwl2/wish/2380124941