The Life of Halle Anderson

  The fastest way to get a message to someone in today's society, is through via text or via email. Most people have their email accounts connected to their phones but if all else fails texting is an almost guarantee for immediate communication to someone else. Back in early times getting messages to other people weren’t as quick as today. Things like the telephone and handwritten letters were the ways most people communicated. Overtime it seemed long conversations on the phone became rare and letter writing is almost non existence. Writing a thank you card or birthday card to someone seems to be as close to letter writing in  communication today.  Those sweet notes inside cards are only a quarter of the handwritten letters that would be passed around in early times. People used to write pages in order to share and communicate with someone else. Today, we seem be as short as to write “Happy B-day,” instead of happy birthday in a birthday card. Our habits from long t

As a young African American woman today and a huge Beyonce fan, I looked forward to the song Formation, by Mega pop star Beyoncé Knowles.  When  I first heard the  song  it gave me hope that the world may have more successful black women in the future. Beyoncé released the song to the public February 6, 2016 and ever since then it has raised major controversy. Although, anyone who knows me would probably think I only liked the song because she is indeed one of my favorite artist.  After I listened to the song the fist time I automatically knew that she was  about to receive major attention.  In my mind I was expecting that attention to positive. I thought everyone would be happy and if nothing else, surprised that Beyoncé was finally becoming more personal in her music. Beyoncé has always been known as a more private artist compared to other artists and movie stars. In this song, Formation, she seemed to have decided to let the world see her culture and how proud she is of it.  Fa