Representation Of Women

By Daniel Bruce

Rihanna’s Career Quotes

Rihanna was shocked by Jay’s cameo — in the video and in the song. “They just said, ‘We have a surprise for you,’ ” remembered Rihanna, who wears nothing but silver paint in one part of the video. “I couldn’t imagine it would be Jay-Z getting on the song. They played it for me, and I got goose bumps everywhere. I still can’t believe that I’m shooting a video with Jay-Z and I have a song with Jay on it. It takes everything to another level for me in my career as far as experience goes.” To me this almost tells me that Rihanna was so star struck by the opportunity and the sheer size of the pay cut that she didn't mind exposing her sexuality and appear seductive as she feels that she's doing the best for her career.

Rihanna’s Image

Rihanna said her evolution since 2006’s A Girl Like Me consisted of everything from getting a haircut to finding her own identity to doing what so many of the greats before her such as Janet, Mariah and Beyoncé did: take more control of her projects. However from this you also get a sense that Rihanna isn't at all intimidated in a seemingly male industry, she just wanted to create a branding image for herself and thats the only person she was thinking of while doing it, which personally makes me feel that there is more to Rihanna than just the amazing voice and seductive persona.

Britney Spears

Brodesser-Akner argues that Britney is now “a feminist role model for single working mothers here and everywhere” because she simply fulfils her duties as an adult human. Beyond being a singer and a dancer, Britney Spears is a true music video artist. From the moment we first met her in a Catholic school girl uniform in the video for “Baby One More Time”, we knew this would be a pop star who would be saving her best moments for on-screen. Now 13 years and nearly 30 music videos later, we’ve seen Britney evolve (and occasionally devolve) just from watching her clips. In fact you can pretty much track her entire career—the highs and the devastating lows— by viewing all of her music videos in chronological order.

Britney Spears Image The video that started it all (Baby One More Time)

In this controversial debut, Britney established her image as a teen provocateur with a strong Lolita vibe. The video constantly cuts between her sexily dancing in a high school hallway with her navel exposed  to pouting like an innocent deer against a locker which set the foundation for her good girl/bad girl persona. Teasing the audience and giving them what they couldn’t have was Britney’s forte. In her latest single, Britney plays a girl who’s bored with high society and her abusive boyfriend so she takes up with a bad boy played by her real life boyfriend, Jason Trawick. Together, they rob convenience stores and have a ton of sex. Infact, their entire relationship consists of guns and making love. Everything comes to a climax when police surround them at their hideout and start shooting through the windows. If this doesn't’t highlight the change in Britney’s image over the years I do not know what does, my theory is that she was seductive at the start of it all in order to get her name out and now she’s a sensation she can settle down and film in more meaningful and deep ways.