Has your fave's impact and power seeped into academia?
For example, in my statistics class, our instructor said the following: "The best way to memorize the method of moments, for parameter estimation, is to sing along to that Christina Aguilera song, 'I just want to find the moment'."
Note: she did not refer it to as Pitbull's song whatsoever.
Also, a neighboring frat used Lana Del Rey's sex appeal to draw in pledges:
My programming graduate student instructor told us not to abuse hashtags in the vein of Rihanna.
Madonna
My yoga class instructor played "Shanti/Ashtangi" during one of our practices. She was also illustrated as an example of cultural appropriation in my LGBT class .
So, has your fave schooled the others, or is your fave basic? Receipts, if possible.
I forgot to include the student-taught courses which currently include:
- Tupac, the Evolution of Hip Hop, and How to Rap
- Can't Tell Me Nothing: The Development of Kanye West's Music
- The Music, Lyrics, and Art of Radiohead
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer
And in the past have had:
- The History of Queer Comics
- Something in the Way They Groove: The Beatles DeCal
- Law and Order SVU: Sex Crimes and Society
- Disney and Our Daily Lives
- Skins UK
- Batman as American Mythology