Name of the text: Benny “little games”

Date/time: February 2015

Where did you find it: YouTube

Genre: music video

What is the purpose: this song was written and the music video was made to change people’s minds about defying gender roles. It showed young girls and boys being ridiculed and rejected for things that seemed pathetic like reaching for a Barbie, however there was reality in it considering the amount of times a child has reached for  a toy not specified to their gender and the parent has taken it off them.

Institution producing the text: a 15 year old boy made this project for media studies but it got out on YouTube and became well known.

Target audience: the target audience was those who want to defy gender roles, this doesn’t have to be on a huge scale it could be as simple as a boy who wants to wear make up or a girl who likes to wear boy clothes.

Your reaction to the text: I thought it was incredibly moving and shocking that it was made and written by a 15 year old boy, it was inspiring and I thought very brave and honest.

Why people consume the text: its different, not many songs of this generation have a lot of meaning behind it, and the fact it was made by a young boy who had such a grasp of the problems people go through with gender

Could some people react in different ways to the text? How?: some people could see this as controversial considering it is about a very delicate issue and it is very boldly expressing personal ideologies, people of a different generation who grew up with different ideologies may not find it controversial but may find it odd, because it completely disagrees with everything they’ve been taught, which means they would have an oppositional view where they understand what the text is trying to get across but disagree with its ideology.