In looking through all of the "public" posts I made in the discussion boards, group boards, and my blog, I felt that my short reflection on Adam Sternbergh's "Britney Spears: A Pop Tart in Winter" had a strong sense of voice and audience. The audience in the piece is fairly open to anyone reading in order to gain an understanding of how pop culture works. The voice in this piece comes from my strong opinions on the impact that the media and cultural icons, such as Britney Spears, have on the young girls that admire them.

"Her handlers, for lack of a better word, were trying to make her put across the image of what the typical, all-American girl should be - skinny, sweet and innocent, a virgin until she was married, and very passionate about her beliefs. However, in reality, Britney was putting up a front and not being who she really was in order to make the public happy and fit into this mold, and as the years went on, this started to become more and more prevalent in everything she did...The problem with this was that so many young girls looked up to her, and thus what was acceptable for Britney started to become acceptable for them, no matter how untraditional the low-rise jeans and belly-baring t-shirts were for young girls to wear. Britney did it, so it was okay."

Britney Spears' story had been so widely reported that I felt as though the audience could really gain an understanding of these messages, because most of us are somewhat familiar with the subject matter. I really enjoyed writing about topics that are relevant to pop culture for that reason.