EXP3: Mash up

For now, the stage is set, because Miuccia Prada, the Oracle of Via Fogazzaro (location of her headquarters in Milan), has always been way out ahead of the pack. The singer was accused of using her celebrity status to circumvent Malawian adoptions laws when she adopted son David -- allegations she denies. That adoption became final in 2008, the same year she and director Ritchie divorced. "If you wake up in the morning, you're a two-year-old kid, a child of class and city but more particularly and pertinently of her generation. And it is the tensions and contradictions between those different influences that make her work so pregnant and unpredictable, the president is on TV and the president is a Black man, it begins to shape their image of the world and the image inside of what they think they can accomplish, and increases their own feelings of worth. 'I am somebody. The president, this man, is running the country. I can run something. I can be in charge. I can get good grades.' That will be an ingredient of their psyche".

Prada Article: The devil in Miuccia Prada

Peter Popham "The devil in Miuccia Prada". Independent on Sunday, The. FindArticles.com. 10 May, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20070225/ai_n18634340/

Obama Article: The Obama effect

Toni Coleman "The Obama effect". Diverse Issues in Higher Education. FindArticles.com. 11 May, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0WMX/is_21_25/ai_n31138428/

Madonna Article: Madonna in Malawi to adopt daughter

Vicki Walker "Madonna in Malawi to adopt daughter". Oakland Tribune. FindArticles.com. 11 May, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4176/is_20090326/ai_n31494200/