Today, “Fourth Wave Feminism” seems to be riddled with fissures and obstacles that prevent academia, women, and, arguably, society itself from coalescing and ascribing to an ideology whose dictionary definition conveys a much more utopian equality than the actualization of it. As the awareness and acknowledgement of feminism both as a discipline and practice have increased over the past decades, dissident opinions, misconceptions, and divides within the community of those who self-identify as feminist, as well as between the feminists and society, have all grown. While in the modern digital age there is an excess availability of voices, opinions, research and current events that all revolve around feminism, there is also more opportunities for miscommunication, misinterpretation, and misinformation that often offsets the embracing of this ideology. The lack of feminism having a singular, streamlined message its advocates can all agree on and circulate has impeded its ability to gain further momentum as a movement and efficiently target and solve critical junctures of sexual inequality, whether to the detriment of women or men, exhibited globally.

What has stunted the flourishing of this movement has been those who advocate and self-identify with the feminist cause themselves. Each paradigm, sub-sect, or individual has been proclaiming and practicing their own flavor of feminism; the most problematic of which are those women labeled as “Feminazis,” who are perceived by both men and women alike as aggressive and adversely affecting public opinion with their outspoken opinions and behaviors. By studying the rhetoric of the feminism utilizing a Post-Modern lens, scholars can learn how language inscribes the movement, ideology, advocates, opposes, and, on a macro-scale, the sexes, and how the implications and connotations of specific words and phrases communicating these perspectives can render very different understandings and emotions regarding the cause. Specifically, by observing how the three fundamental modes of persuasive rhetoric, ethos, pathos, and logos function within feminist propaganda, feminists will be able to refine and improve their message so it can regain a universal appeal. The actualization of feminism is contingent on the number of people, both men and women, who adopt and enact these core principles to create healthier, more positive socialization between the sexes globally.

There’s a complication that ideals are not uniform, so some will need to be ignored for the sake of unity, and I want to address that towards the end of my paper, but should I address it in my proposal?

From One Political World to Another:
How One Piece Sub-Culture Can Prompt Mainstream Political Engagement Online

With fantasy and fiction being sometimes conceived of in the popular mind as being disinterested in or irrelevant to the larger affairs of formal politics, it seems there is room for a work of such a nature to break the grounds (or rather build bridges) between these entities. Enter the Japanese manga and anime series One Piece, which is created by Eiichiro Oda and has run for almost 20 years now (the anime started July 19, 1997). The series, although fictional, contains various parallels and allusion (sometimes even direct references) to real world, formal political entities and historical events. The line of research I’ve focused on has concentrated on evaluations of the leadership of Monkey D. Luffy (One Piece‘s main protagonist) done by vloggers, bloggers, and other commentators online. Considering both the amount and depth of the discussions had by these groups on one political topic (leadership) and the politic-heavy nature of One Piece, their platform (online) and compatibility could facilitate local, national, and transnational discourse of political nature.

For fans of the series who enjoy it as it is, this is not to say that fictional elements of the communicative culture already created by One Piece should have elements taken from it or diminished, but rather that further non-fictional elements can be added to these already existing dialogues, in addition to the non-fictional political elements that are already existing in OP (One Piece).

For example, in the One Piece world, there is a group of characters called the tenryuubito, otherwise known as “World Nobles”, who, because of their dynastic history of amassed political gain and wealth, control some of the most powerful organizations in the world, including the world’s foremost and widespread military/law enforcement organization, the Navy, that often punishes criminals unjustly, but allows the tenryuubito immunity from the law and subsequent punishments that follow breaking it. This alone could invite One Piece fans and enthusiasts, who, as part of a subculture that can be seen as disengaged with mainstream political discourse, to consider the nature of actual injustice and privilege in the real world that parallels those found in the world of One Piece; and that’s just for starters.

These new conversations, because of their online occurrence, could transcend national borders and biases, leading to various groups of people being better educated and informed, which—as has been argued in many democratic societies and in the ever-growing globalized world—is part of being an exemplary citizen of their country, nation, and/or world. Thus, taken all together, contributions can be made from one world (One Piece) to another (the real world), by another (the Internet).

Everywhere we go and everything we do is art. And we might not even be aware of the things that we do is actually art. When we wake up and look up the sky and see the clouds in a weird shape we think of it as art even though we did not do it or understand how it shapes by itself. But when we do the art with some of our things like tabs, or straw or anything that we to make art it is considered as a great thing because we take something to produce a new thing. And social media play a big part of it because we share our arts with friends, family.

In addition, media helps the artists to exposed their work and be popular and people get to enjoy the artists’ work and give them feedback also. Whenever people need advice they go online and ask for others’ opinion because their opinion matters in which some of them may have the same experiences as the artists who is asking for help.

media, advertisements, museums, they are all part of this new era of art because they are trying to promote the artists’ work.

Art and media are two things that help us see the world in a different way because modern media defines this society that we living in. And since it is everywhere, we use it as an advantage to our purpose to share our work art throughout the world.

 Each year according to the Joint Economic Committee, (composed by the United States congress) the fashion industry has a yearly revenue of $1.2 trillion dollars globally and a $250 billion dollar yearly revenue here in the United States. The Fashion industry is a thriving industry, one that has a great impact on our society and culture because society wears fashion and culture creates fashion. Our society is made up of people who have different body sizes, different heights and are of a different race. However the fashion industry is very one dimensional industry. This comes from the fact that the industry uses models who are mainly skinny, tall and white. While there isn’t a problem with someone having those characteristics there is a problem with the fashion industry misrepresenting all people in society and worse misrepresenting different cultures.

With a lack of body diversity many have accused the fashion industry as being a gateway for women and eating disorders as well as body dysmorphia . The lack of racial diversity in the fashion industry has lead to the conversation of racism and cultural appropriation in the industry. As a member of society and an avid contributor to the fashion industry it is important to explore the idea about the fashion industry lacking body and racial diversity as well as how it is affecting our society and culture. 

Social media has changed many aspects of our everyday life. This includes the way that we think about beauty. Social media has created a niche for beauty lovers and experts to come together to form an online community. Within this community, there are many different dynamics at play. Beauty bloggers seek to educate their followers, brands use social media to advertise their products, and users keep up with their favorite bloggers and brands to see what the latest trends and newest products are. Social media has created a positive space for makeup lovers and artists. It has allowed for a bridge to connect the two like never before, closing the daunting gap between student and teacher.

The newfound relationship that makeup artists and brands have with their following is not producing negative affects, like some believe. The positive space that social media is creating has allowed for the improvement of self-confidence of users, it’s made them more knowledgeable about makeup and fostered their makeup artistry. This is important because it’s happening in the palms of users’ hands. Before, one had to go to a cosmetics counter to connect with a beauty expert. Now, this is accessible anywhere at any time. Apps like Instagram are like the new department store, with its hashtags taking you directly to whatever “department” you’re seeking.