First Post!

In class we talked about how this image combines “Americanness” and “sexiness.”

 

This next one also combines those same two things, but a bit differently, don’t you think?

 

Certainly part of it is that Ke$ha has quite a different image from Katy Perry. One interesting thing that emerges out of comparing the two images is that, although we pointed out that Perry’s outfit is retro/vintage, if anything you could say that Ke$ha’s is even more so. The way her dress is cut, it looks like it really could be a flag (albeit a shiny one) that she has wrapped around herself. The messy hair and boots could also be read as evoking the wild west, or the farmland, or the prairies. In both cases I’m still left wondering what the intended messages of the outfits are. Are these women simply saying “I’m American,” or “I’m proud to be American,” or is it more like “This is what it means to be American”?

One more I thought I’d share. In case you want your prom to know you love America: