ALICE JONES, FLUTIST
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Pop music romance and the male ego

7/28/2017

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​TI, “Whatever You Like” (2007)
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like” (2016) ​

Desire is front and center in both of these songs. TI and Mars paint alluring pictures of social status-driven fantasies—“Oh, what a jealousy-inducing life we’ll lead!”—designed to tempt and charm their female conversation partners, as if they had no other desire than to fulfill the women’s every wish.

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Art, empathy, and education

7/13/2017

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​I am completely convinced of the necessity of arts appreciation in a college education.

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