Dia de los Muertos

                In the Disney Pixar’s movie Coco, it is based on a young boy Miguel who is passionate about music and wishes to become an accomplished musician like his idol Ernesto de la Cruz but due to his family’s ban on music, it is a bit challenging for him to reach his goal. Miguel finds himself in a colorful world where the dead now stay but later learns the real story behind his family’s history. His journey around the colorful land is led by a homeless yet charming trickster named Hector.

Every year in the Mexican culture there is a Mexican holiday where we celebrate our loved ones who have passed away, Dia de Los Muertos. Families either set up in their homes an altar with pictures of their loved ones, put their favorite dish, set flowers and light up candles or some may go to a cemetery and do the same. Dia de los Muertos honors the dead with festivals and lively celebrations just like in the movie Coco. My mother has an altar in her home with family members who have passed away and always has flowers for them. Not only on Dia de los Muertos does my mom decorate the Altar, but also on their anniversary of death. 

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Real beauty bottles

Dove released six limited edition body wash bottles to show body diversity. “Real beauty bottles” were meant to celebrate bodies of all shapes and sizes. These bottles are shaped from short to tall, curvy to slender. Dove created the self-esteem project to help young people raise their self-esteem. Many of us women feel pressure through social media that we must look a certain way.    

Dove created a beauty cleansing bar in 1957 in the US.  Today the brand Dove is dermatologist recommended and one of the world's most beloved brands. Dove did not change the white colored bottles. The color white represents cleanliness, softness, and fresh. The moisturizing cream body wash inside the bottle is also the same from their other regular shaped bottles. Dove's body wash claims that you will have "softer, smoother skin after one shower." 

My feelings towards this advertisement are divided.  Myself like most women don't want to be reminded about our body shapes. On the other hand, I will not let a bottle represent who I am besides I have arms and legs.  Dove has received backlash and has become a twitter meme.  I care about what is inside the bottle, a body wash that cleans and moisturize. I like Dove brand product so I will continue to purchase Dove brand products.  

www.dove.com/uk/stories/campaigns/dove-beauty-diversity-.html

 

Pop Culture Reality TV

Reality TV is television programming in which there are no writers, actors or scripts. Reality Tv is ordinary Individuals who have their live played out in front of a camera. Reality show are produced for entertainment. “The question of whether reality TV is pop Culture’s greatest boon or worst nightmare is a bit of a false choice: It’s actually both.” (www.nytimes.com). Many reality tv shows convey information such as weight lost, health and fitness.

            Forbes America’s highest-paid Reality star in 2016 include Bethany Frankel from The Real Housewives of New York City, Kourtney, Khloe and Kim Kardashian. Reality TV shows can be about anything from Keeping up to the Kardashians, 16 and pregnant and even competition shows like The Biggest looser, America’s Next top model, American Idol, Dancing with the Stars and Survivor. Shows like The biggest looser inspires others to lose weight and be healthy. The Fixer Upper show with Chip and Joanna Gaines renovate homes and gives the viewers design recommendations and tips. While reality shows like Chrisley knows Best or Keeping up with the Kardashians are for entertainment only. Reality TV is not Reality.

http://www.hgtv.com/shows/fixer-upper/articles/we-love-chip-and-jo


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Take The Trip

     I still remember how excited I was that day we arrived at the Big Apple, The City that never sleeps. I could not stop singing of course quietly to myself “Start Spreading the news I’m leaving today. I want to be a part of it, New York, New York. I wanna wake up in a city, that doesn’t sleep” by Frank Sinatra. I planned this trip for many months as a graduation gift to my daughter Alexis. At first, I was very nervous about just the two of us traveling to a big city by ourselves but then one day I came across a quote that read” Life is short, take the trip, buy the shoes, eat the cake. So just like that the next thing I knew my daughter and I were walking through a crowd of people at Times Square looking at the bright digital screens and billboards.
     With so many things to do and places to visit I knew four days was not going to be enough time to see everything. I had to do a lot of research on the most popular attractions. Our first night in New York City was magical. We went to a show The Christmas Spectacular starring the Radio City Rockettes. It was Spectacular! On our Second day we did a lot of walking through Central Park and we also got to visit The American Museum of Natural History. Our third day was emotional. We got to visit the National September 11 Memorial and Museum. After that we headed to Battery Park and the Statue of Liberty. That day was so cold that we had to stop several times at coffee shop to get warm. We ended our trip waking up at 4 am to visit The Today Show Plaza located in the Rockefeller Center. My daughter was so excited to be on television even if it was for two seconds. She waived her signed she created way up high hoping one of the cameras would capture it so our family could see it live on television. There so many other places we got to visit that I didn't mentioned and so much food we got to eat from pizza to cannoli's and lobster tails from Carlos Bake Shop. It was a wonderful experience being able to travel to New York City and the best part was I got to spend it with my daughter.