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The website that I chose is yahoo fantasy football. This is an example of a subculture, because it's not in the social norms of people to sit on their computer for hours on end to look up stats about football players, or fantasize about what stats players might bring. This fantasy world is exactly what the word fantasy means. It's FAKE, anything that isn't real, and people religiously act in or on is a subculture. Fantasy football also has the space on the internet needed for it to be considered a subculture. Where members can pick up, drop, trade, cut, change positions, and bench players. They can also talk to other "owners" of teams in their league. Authenticity plays a crucial role in this subculture, it's role is that it's completley rid of authenticity. Everything in this subculture is fake the team names, the owners names, what teams the players play for, and many other things. My argument for fantasy football as a subculture is simple, it's not in the social norm and it has it's own "space" to meet or talk and still be in existance therefore it is a subculture.

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LAIRE stand for live action interactive roleplaying explorers. This is an example of a subculture, because this is a society that exists not in "secret" but behind the scenes. Laire is very much outside the norm. Laire has their own "space" or place they can meet or have their battles, which every subculture needs. This is a subculture because everyone who participates in laire has something in common, and that is their interest in interactive roleplaying.



This picture from the movie American History X depicts a counterculture. In this picture is the leader of a gang which is for white supremecy. This is an example of a counterculture because it's trying to change the world. It's trying to rid this particular city of everyone other than "whites", they go into an asian owned and run store and trash the place, assault the workers, and rob the store. This is a counterculture because this group is contradicting everything that these not "white" people bring to the culture.

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I have been in this subculture for sometime now, so I have been interacting this entire time. When i first got into fantasy football i was very anxious and very excited to see how i fared. After awhile it wore off and i wasn't very "into" it anymore. I still "play" in the leagues but i just do it usually just to be apart of my friends. Most of my friends take part in this fantasy sport. I don't have that much time to watch the nfl anymore so thats why i'm not into the sport anymore. I was responded to well in my first interaction of this cite. My brother and my friend are the creator of the league, so I know just about everyone on a first name basis. I felt very included because i was taking part in trades and free agent signings, adding a dropping players and the conversations that were taking place on the cite and in the league. Well there were boundries i didn't cross because some people get pretty amped up about fantasy football and use curse words and such i stayed away from that but other than that i have enjoyed fantasy football alot.

http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/

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Representation was in my opinion a big part of the movie bamboozled getting it's message accross. Representation is how something is associated with symbols or sign systems. In this film black men were all stereotypically represented as dumb, uneducated, desperate, and oblivious to someone trying to make them look bad. They actors were represented by being poor, which walks hand in hand with not having an education. They also didn't have jobs, were tapp dancing in the street to have money to eat, which represented them being desperate. They also didn't realize until the very end of the movie, what the producers were making them, and all sorts of people like them, look like.

Identity also played a big role. The identities that the characters took on were many. The bossman, the white guy, took on a bigget/ racist role. He called them very derrogetory names and made fun of them on many occasions. The secretary, who was made out to be so good, actually had an identity of a desperate, foolish woman who slept with her boss to get a job. The identity of the main character manhan was one of desperate, needy, hungry, and very guilable. This movie was filled with identity, stereotypes, representation "some good but mostly bad", and mythology.

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Hegemonic masculinity in laments terms means the ability of men to dominate women. This plays a big role in fantasy football. Fantasy football, in the leagues I have been a part in have been all male. There are women that participate in fantasy football, but not many, at least that I know of.

Performativity also plays a big role in fantasy football. For instance, in the league I am in people are looked at and judged on how they "perform" in the league. Even though this "sport" is purely luck, draft day is a big part of it. If people draft well or pick good players then they are looked at as a good player, and are respected. If people feel you've drafted poorly then they look down on you. As for performing goes, if your team is good, then you are looked at as a "guru" or a very knowledgeable player. If a player wins year after year they are, as in any other competitive activity, looked at as the best, and have a target on their back. Everyone is looking to beat that person. This term walks hand in hand with hegemony. The best players are the dominant figures and earn everyone's respect and submission. Identity also is related. You can be looked at as a very risky player, smart player, dumb player, a player who doesn't care, and many other things. It's the way that you play, that give's people an idea of what type of player you are. Social constructivism plays another big role in fantasy football. It's all in how people perceive you compared to other people.