Lucinda Lee English 1010 blog by Lucinda Lee https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4 Made with swagger en-us 2021-01-30 17:47:37 UTC 2025-11-30 15:29:14 UTC hello@padlet.com Introductions llee2312 https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1143910969 Hello Class, here is a little something about myself!]]> 2021-01-30 17:58:08 UTC https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1143910969 llee2312 https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1472194253 2021-04-29 05:16:51 UTC https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1472194253 Poetry llee2312 https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1522888532 Poetry 
I have chosen to analyze the Female Voice of the play list. The reason I have chosen these three songs was that it showed some form of women being the dominate one in the relationship thus turning the table on men in some since.  
My first choice is the song Formation by Beyonce one of my favorite artists. I believe. This song is about a women female empowerment. The song starts off by accusing her haters for not knowing what they are talking about in that they are saying she is associated with illuminati, which is suppose some secret society. She is looking gorgeous in her designer dress. She is proud of her African and Creole roots not a shame of her hair texture and proud of the way she looks. She refers to an old cliché. “You can take the person out of the country, but you can’t take the country out of the person. She means that yes, she is rich, but she still falls back to her roots. Slay means that she has succeeded, conquer, and dominate something. She is calling on all women to get into Formation and Slay. What is also interesting in this song is that she is turning the situation a rounding by showing that women can be dominant when it comes to relationships with men. The women are the ones providing the benefits after being satisfied in bed and then he is rewarded with dinner and a shopping spree.  The song is saying that women can be dominators too.  
 
My second son is Love is Blind by Eve. The is a powerful song about being in love with a person who does not give you the same love that you are giving them. This song is saying that love is blind because it covers up all the bad that the person is doing to another person while claiming to love them. She is upset that her friend Is being mistreated by the man she loves. Although she has never met her friend's boyfriend, she knows she does not like him because of the way he treats her friend. The friend begins to ask what it about him is that she loves this man so much when he, is beats you up and disrespecting you not to mention you got pregnant by him. I was so mad at her I wanted to punch her out. Love will cloud a person's mind. He played on her emotion repeatedly and one day she took my advice and left you. Next thing I knew she took you back in and now she is dead, and I want to kill him. Then he had the nerves to act like he was mourning your death when he was the one who had caused it. I really wanted to kill him now that your gone I cannot understand, why you loved that man so strong. When love is blinding you, you will take anything and sometimes even death.  
 
The third song is Let’s Talk About Sex. By Salt-N-Pepa. These ladies was alo on of my favorite rap group back in the 80’s back when women started to hit the stage for rapping which were mostly men rappers. The song begins by say let's talk about sex and what we will be encountering with each other while engaging in sex. Sex is a topic that should be talked about because it is happening all over the world. It is good to have the conversation about sex so that you can use precaution and practice safe sex. The song also say that women use sex to get what they want from men. The more sophisticated women go after the businesspeople and men with money. Women will use sex to gain a profit. The harsh reality of using sex to live a lavish lifestyle, you do not get the chance to experience true love with someone because you use sex to make money.  
 
What I love about each of these songs is that they are telling a story from a women's perspective and is giving women a voice in the music industry's as well as men. Women are just as talented as the men are.  
 
 
 
 
This is a picture of Beyonce’ and Jayz 
 
]]> 2021-05-13 22:29:22 UTC https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1522888532 Theme llee2312 https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1552839428 The theme I choose to write about is part of the  short  story's I read in the class The one that stood out for me is by; Tyler the Creator, Flower boy. The theme is about facing your sexuality. This is so prevalent in our society today because so many people are being bully, pressure and disowned my family based on their sexual preferences. Times have come a log way from when people were not at all willing to tolerate same sex couples nor was being married to the same sex even though  about being legally married. Tyler The Creator, express a few of his views about this matter. In one of his song "The Garden Shed", it say; "You don't have to hide I can smell it in your eyes That there's something  more to say , baby "If I could , If I could  If I could find the words to say Find  the words in the Garden shed. To me, I gather that, you have experience a sexual encounter in a hiden place and don't know how to express your feelings about what happen behind the close doors. Also in the same song, he says, " That is where I was hidin" That was real  love I was in Aint no reason tp pretend.  This is unfortunately an all so familiar storys for gay and lesbians' individuals who are afraid to show their true identify due to fear of isolation and now being accept amongst their family or peers. In some cases, it could lead to suicided depending on the persons mental emotions. One thing I believe about this story is that, he want to be himself but he has to come to the realization that, you can not please everyone and some people no matter who they are, will always havw something to self but the most important thing is that you embrace you and who you are.and do what works best for you. 

 ]]> 2021-05-24 06:22:39 UTC https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1552839428 Extra credit Reflection assignment. llee2312 https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1552936210 One thing I have to say is that, this was a very hard and challenging class for me. I must admit that this class has thought me how to read , understand and analyze literature. I learn the about how a character  is developed which will make the story that much more lively. I learn about the type of character which were flat-two dimensional, Protagonist the change  and Antagonist  who work against the protagonist and the Static/dynamic. I learned about the Point of View, This is the first person telling the story from their perspective  The one I really enjoyed was the lesson on poetry.  I never realized that rap music was consider as part of the literature that rappers are expressing the emotions and feeling through the for of poetry. No matter how we look at it, story's play a major part in our society. We learn life lessons and our history through storyies that are told by those who lived through it in order to tell the story . All story in what ever form it is presented in are a very important part of our English literature ]]> 2021-05-24 07:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/llee2312/zy59otqa46hqp2l4/wish/1552936210