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August 2014

Journey to Freedom, Week 3: Love

August 28, 2014
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For this week’s Journey to Freedom challenge, Michelle Williams challenges us to “celebrate a mindful moment of self-love.”  Self-love, Michelle says, is an essential precursor to being able to obtain romantic love.  After all, if you don’t love yourself… how can you expect someone else to love you?  This is
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Album Review: My Everything by Ariana Grande

August 27, 2014
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Ariana Grande’s new album, My Everything, is out this week. It’s her 2nd album following her debut into the music scene last year with Yours Truly. While her debut album drew many comparisons to global superstar Mariah Carey, this album seems like an attempt to build a different image and
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Songs About Divorce, Week 1

August 26, 2014
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In light of recent rumors pertaining to Beyoncé and Mariah Carey, I felt compelled to speak about the way the media handles the issue of divorce. As rampant as divorce is among American families, one would think that the people writing the articles and perpetuating the rumors would be a
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The Many Forms of Metamorphosis: A review of Mariah Carey’s “Honey” remixes

August 22, 2014
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Starting with 1995’s “Fantasy,” Mariah Carey began to transform her more pop-leaning singles to become full-fledged hip-hop recreations.  In addition, she would also re-imagine the songs in fully re-sung house remixes, which began with 1993’s “Dreamlover.”  Mariah continued this practice with the lead single from Butterfly, “Honey.” While the original
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Journey to Freedom, Week 2: Honesty

August 21, 2014
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Week two’s word in Michelle William’s Journey to Freedom journal contest is “honesty.”  Once again, when prompted with the word “honesty” the first thought that came to my head was again in the form of lyrics: “honesty, is such a lonely word, every one is so untrue, honesty is hardly
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Single Review: “Shake It Off” by Taylor Swift

August 19, 2014
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Taylor Swift has been moving in more of a pop direction with each album release, and apparently with the upcoming 1989 she has made the full-blown transition. Swift is previewing the new set with lead single “Shake It Off.” The track has the driving ’80s beat needed for immediate impact, and it
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Journey to Freedom, Week 1: Freedom

August 15, 2014
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In preparation of the release of her fourth solo album, Journey to Freedom, Michelle Williams is hosting a contest via her official website in which fans must write journal entries about their own personal journey to freedom.  The prize is an all expense paid trip to spend the day with
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