The history of education for women is a long and complicated one. It has been a subject of debate and controversy for centuries, and continues to be so today. There is no easy answer as to why women have been denied an education throughout much of history. There are many factors at play, including economic, … Read more
This paper will discuss the many challenges that women faced in the workforce. There are not many women occupying the highest rank position in an organization, and those that are fortunate to hold a position there finds it very difficult to break the glass ceiling. This paper will further discuss why this is so, it … Read more
Ellen DeGeneres might be better known for her short spurts of memory as Dory in Finding Nemo, but she is also known for her shocking coming out in 1997 on network television. Her coming out was one of the most important events to happen that year. Her show and career suffered for a bit, but … Read more
“Hello, ladies. ” Said the woman of the hour herself. That voice didn’t need an introduction. It was impossible not to know the voice of this woman, Lauren Jauregui. Who, might you ask? Only the reason for women’s boxing becoming the most watched sport on television, everyone knew her name and almost everyone loved her. … Read more
Emily Mary Osborn, who was born in 1828 and lived through 1925, was one of the most well known English painters of the Victorian era. The reason I chose Emily is because, like most the other women who had achieved getting any of their work displayed and known, she did not have a long career. … Read more
When everyone in the society has a different belief than you it can cause rejection against the society. Montag doesn’t question what is happening in his society and goes along with it. Montag questions his job and what he does in his society. Montag wants to know what his society is missing and it is … Read more
As a child, either skipping, walking, or running through the malls, I gazed at the “pictures” hanging on the walls, wondering what they were there for. As we journeyed to the other side of the mall, there I would find the advertisements with the girls that were almost completely naked. This constantly made me uncomfortable … Read more
In the film El dia que me quieras: The Day You Love Me, is based on how men mistreat women and how women are valued less. Women shouldn’t feel discouraged because of their gender and not feel incapable of doing what a man can do. There has also been a majority of women that experience … Read more
For many years opinions on full face and body covering veils have been a hot topic of controversy. With the banning of Burqas in full force in countries such as France, Belgium and the Netherlands a focus of discussion in Australia has been front and centre: to ban or not to ban the Burqa? (Shorten, … Read more
Dying is not the conclusion to anyone’s story. We will never be done exploring the wonder of who we are. While following along on Alice’s journey in the movie “Still Alice,” we become a part of an experience through a unique style the movie is made in, the emergence of all forms of love within … Read more
In the Western society I was raised in, a mother is usually understood as one of two ways. A mother is either a selfless and hardworking nurturer, or a protective and “helicoptering” figure that will do anything for her child. While numerous mothers, in actuality, encompass neither or both of these roles along with several … Read more
While women’s oppression exists in virtually every society around the world, issues pertaining to women vary by culture, race, religion, economic status, and geographic location as well as many other variables and attributes that makes us individual, but separate us and our experiences. Global feminism is often separated into two groups, the global North which … Read more
The Novels written by E. L. James and Stephanie Meyer glorifies the male dominance role over women . “ Fifty Shades of Grey” and “Twilight” highlights society’s passive attitude towards male chauvinism towards women. The novels give a false sense of security in men ,while women are seen as weak and insubstantial in making decisions. … Read more
Based on the situations that the three female characters of Othello endure it is clear that Shakespearean society viewed women as lesser beings who existed only to serve the men in their lives, and who were supposed to subservient, submissive, pure and above all else obedient. Obedient to their husbands, father, brothers and all men. … Read more
How does sexual abuse among adolescent girls negatively affect their self-esteem in their adulthood? This matter of contention can be one that is considered controversial and unsupported to most, though some may disagree. The chain reaction of trauma, such as sexual abuse is not and should not be perceived as a minor change that occurs … Read more
Response to: Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture In her book, Body Work: Beauty and Self-Image in American Culture, Debra Gimlin focuses specifically on how the bodies of women are turned into projects in which the goal is to attain the ideals of beauty. The most important point that she makes is that, … Read more
Across the various texts of Mary Wollstonecraft, Anna Letitia Barbauld and William Blake, the argument of feminism comes in three different forms. Wollstonecraft, one of the first feminist writers makes an excellent case in her A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Barbauld in her poem “Rights of Woman” uses irony to express her views … Read more
Some people may believe that artwork is strictly just religious or just for entertainment in function due to the common subject matter. Martha Rebuking Mary for her Vanity by Guido Cagnacci (1601-1663) and Cindy Sherman’s Untitled Film Stills Series (1970s) have hidden meanings. These meanings allude to how people should act and should be portrayed. … Read more
Young women’s body image in the 21st century is largely influenced by mass media. In today’s world, advertisements can be seen almost everywhere you look. Young women see advertisements on billboards as they drive or walk by places, on buses that are passing by, on benches they may sit on, in magazines that they pick … Read more
For my senior project, I made books with my first grader girls, focusing on fostering both increased self esteem and positive feelings about being a girl. Each page tackled a different prompt: things they liked about themselves, a woman they admire, things the girls liked about each other, a job they thought would be hard … Read more
As of last year, all combat roles opened to women, including special forces. Captain Kristen Griest and First Lieutenant Shaye Haver made history by becoming the first females to graduate from Army Ranger school (Tan). The opportunity is available for women to serve their country in combat and elite forces. Since all combat roles are … Read more
Roland’s glass door swing open, the man walks through is the very epitome of authority with his gun hanging idly at his hip, the party guest reflected in his over-large sunglasses. Everyone seems not to notice, they are not scared. What can he do? Arrest them all for underage drinking. Maybe if a soldier walked … Read more
First-wave feminism arose during 1918 – 1968, paving way for a number of inaugural achievements for the women’s movement in the political sphere. Though legislation may change overnight, personal attitudes do not. I therefore argue media, due to its ever-changing nature and ability to reach a mass audience, is the main cause in constructing changes … Read more
Kate Chopin portrays realism in her three short stories: “Regret,” “The Story of an Hour,” and “The Storm. ” The author makes her fictional work to represent stark of realities in life. The author uses symbols of forthcoming change, heart trouble, and emotional response in the short stories. She tries to find her identity in … Read more
Escaping society and all its rigmarole was a difficult task, especially once you’d accepted an invitation. ‘’ London hasn’t changed. ’’ James muttered under his breath while standing in the shadows getting some much needed fresh air on the balcony. Open double doors allowed him to keenly observe guests attending the Hargrave ball. A ball … Read more
Forty minutes had passed since Chief Parker dragged me into the police station though to the rest of the officers, it looked like I was there of my own free will. He grabbed my phone from my jacket pocket before leaving me alone in the small interrogation room: four blank concrete walls with a metal … Read more
The throbbing bass of the brothel’s sound show roared through Rulagh’s bones along with the pulsing lights above the mating rooms. Acrid stim-smoke saturated the air and made his eyes water. A holographic display of a high caste whore filled the ceiling. The crest on her scalp had darkened to a shade of red-black that … Read more
Jen saw the dogs first, their short muscular bodies scudding along the pavement like torpedoes. The Brothers and their men came after, followed by the girl and the fat woman. The shoppers and the tourists sensed the change in the atmosphere and parted instinctively, allowing them to pass. Jen hung back, keeping close to the … Read more
Spoken by Virginia Wolfe, this quote immaculately captures the overall importance of Aphra Behn to women everywhere. A British playwright, poet and novelist, Aphra Behn was a woman amongst men. Though there has been no shortage of speculation regarding the facts surrounding her birth and parents, it is widely accepted that she was born to … Read more
What makes commercials in the twenty-first century popular or successful? What are commercial demanding from us and what are we demanding from commercial? These are just a few questions commercial viewers should frequently be asking themselves. Most commercial produces in this century, use special techniques to attract certain viewer and their emotions. In this essay, … Read more
There is a world where there is a preference of genders; male over female. And as a society we have failed. Failed to provide women a platform to succeed, a reason to work and the motivation to better the community around them. Instead, we have poisoned their thoughts by promoting inferior status to men, confining … Read more
Being a DJ is very key to music, because they usually determine what are hits and what are not based on their sets and what music is played on radios, clubs, and different events. A female DJ is hard to come across by especially one who knows how to use her advantages of being a … Read more
The word “Feminist” has become a word many try to avoid nowadays because of the misconceptions it comes with. Whether it be, “feminist hate men,” “women don’t want equal, they want superior,” or “they’re all rude and annoying. ” Society has broken down what once was a beautiful movement fighting for the ability to vote … Read more
Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz was a woman who made history throughout her time. As a young girl she taught herself how to read and write, later in life becoming a nun, philosopher, poet, and writer. There where many accomplishments in Sor Juana’s life. Although Sor Juana died at a young age, her work … Read more
The Antiguan, realistic writer Jamaica Kincaid once said, “I think in many ways the problem that my writing would have with an American reviewer is that Americans find difficulty very hard to take. They are inevitably looking for a happy ending” (BrainyQuote 1). Kincaid is surely not wrong about America and our happy ending; America … Read more
The general topic of this research project will be about women in the streets of London during the time period of 1550-1650. Our specific research topic of women in London will be about prostitutes during the Renaissance. We divided our topic of prostitution into four different categories to work on to deepen the focus that … Read more
In his book, “Bless Me, Ultima”, author Rudolfo Anaya documents through a fictional novel, the life experiences of a child, Antonio, who is deeply conflicted by his cultural and religious identity, he describes the struggles, the tragedies, and the dilemmas that this young boy has to endure and witness throughout his life. The book takes … Read more
The world is a messed up, twisted little place where those who do not fit the mold are pushed aside. When many notice that they do not fit the mold, they begin to rebel and speak out against what is considered to be normal or conventional;these people are known as advocates. Advocates see what is … Read more
Japan has a very distinct culture, from the art of kabuki theatre to anime and manga; Japanese traditions have grown over time. One distinguishing facet of the Japanese culture is the “geisha. ” The practice of the “geisha” tradition is elegant, stunning, and sophisticated while it empowers women simultaneously. This environment enabled the development for … Read more
Sit coms shows commonly try to display our core values in overdramatized and comedic fashion. “Two Broke Girls” follows two girls, Caroline and Max who live in Brooklyn and are barely making enough money to live on. In Season 5 Episode 7, Caroline learns that her Grandma Astrid has come out of a coma and … Read more
This essay aims to critically identify Gender and the issues surrounding female representation and accessibility women get within the sporting world. The figures above represent gender inequality, the majority of this essay will have a specific focus on football. Sexism, the act of discriminating against someone based on their sex, has always been a deep-rooted … Read more
For characters in early English literature, race, a lower class, or simply the fact of being female alters the ease of achieving goodness due to societal prejudices. Peasants often speak in prose rather than verse, and authors code their villains with lower social standing and racially ambiguous backgrounds. In the days of Marie de France, … Read more
Women have confronted a battle throughout the history of sports to be able to compete without favoritism, receive proper funding, have access to facilities to play, and much more obstacles. It has been up to women to organize their own sports programs rather than compete with men and their organizations. Every woman in sports has … Read more
People in history gave their lives for you to receive certain rights today. They are said to be norms and morals, instead of rights in our current society. The thought of women outside the kitchen was unthinkable a couple years ago. Not only women but also certain racial groups and classes were suppressed as well. … Read more
Although the Always “Like a Girl” commercial attempts to reshape the mindsets of people by making them “think” more about their treatment of women, their solution to this problem is to “rewrite the rules” (AlwaysBrand). This vague statement gives no clear course of action to uplift girl’s self-esteem and demonstrates how ineffective the Always commercial … Read more
Females Fight for the Revolution The struggle of being a woman in a male dominated society is never ending: it is not only a modern issue for feminists, but something that has affected humans for generations. The notion that women are less than their gender counterparts was a big portion of the struggle that females … Read more
In having the imposing figure of Ayesha, She-who-must-beobeyed, become a wizened monkey-like figure, Haggard’s hearkening back to the character of Gagool is unmistakable. Though a savage priestess for the Kukuana people, Gagool shares many characteristics with the terrifying and preternaturally beautiful queen of the Amahagger people. Not only do their physical descriptors become similar upon … Read more
The Western Europe that opened up the Atlantic world in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries was patriarchal. This means men ruled over women and children in the family and in society. All aspects of patriarchal societies allocated power and property to men though religious, political and cultural beliefs . These patriarchal ideologies were taken to … Read more
Gender roles have changed with the times; women have worked to strip themselves of the house wife ideal too become independent working women. Though the way we see women now didn’t just happen overnight, it came from years and years of challenging gender ideals. That’s why to truly understand genders roles of women in modern … Read more
A woman comes home only to find her husband in bed with another woman. She grabs the closest blunt object and brutally attacks both her husband and his lover, killing them both. This is a crime of passion. According to the Legal Information Institute, a Crime of Passion is classified as “A crime committed while … Read more
Have you ever had a nightmare that is so realistic it speeds up your heart rate and takes your very breath away? In Joyce Carol Oates’s 1966 “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? “, she tells a story of a teenager by the name of Connie. Connie has a fate of being kidnapped … Read more
Literature Baym, Nina, and Robert S. Levine. The Norton Anthology of American Literature. Vol. B. New York: W. W. Norton, 2012. Print. Within Emily Dickinson’s poems, she faces a few of the same themes. The themes presented range from religion, women roles, and a dark twist of life after death. Dickinson stayed within the walls … Read more
Analysis of How Women Are Portrayed In Movies Historically, the attitudes and beliefs about women have been bleak. Women have been depicted as being inferior to men, and science has viewed women as being a subsidiary of man. Even in the greatest country on earth, women in the United States have still been treated unequally … Read more
Not only from woman to woman, but from poet to poet, Elizabeth Barrett Browning felt a connection of reverence and utmost admiration with self-titled George Sand. Barrett Browning went to the lengths of seemingly serenading Sand in her two poems “To George Sand: A Desire” and “To George Sand: A Recognition. ” In “To George … Read more
As humans, we tend to suffer from some sort of flaw in our character that cripples us from being able to have a successful life, this flaw could lead people to make disastrous decisions that can lead to unfortunate outcomes. Two examples of such can be found in the characters Laura and Connie from the … Read more
In Salome, Oscar Wilde conveys a hazardous connection concerning view and erotic cravings that cause death. The drama portrays an evening in a noble courtyard which Herod, the Tetrarch of Judea, and his wife, Herodias, have a banquet gathering for a few Jewish officials. Herodias’s daughter Salome goes to the terrace during the party, where … Read more
There will always be differences between men and women. Besides the obvious differences, men and women received different educations, upbringings, and places in society. Men, more often than not, benefit from these differences and their role in society. The men of Northanger Abbey are no different. The men of this story create boundaries to control … Read more
Although its title implies otherwise, this is not a history that focuses solely on female life. Instead, Cherokee Women: Gender and Culture Change, 1700-1835 rewrites the history of the Cherokee people both by placing women in the forefront and by showing how gender affected the Native culture and Cherokee- American relations. In the process, Theda … Read more
In Erik Margraf’s essay on The Awakening, he points out that naturalistic writers frequently “focused their attention on heredity and environment respectively as the primary forces that determine the individual. ” This emphasis in part on environment is a major theme in three texts that have female protagonists—The Awakening by Kate Chopin, “The Yellow Wallpaper” … Read more
Ibsen’s Portrayal of Stereotypical Gender Roles Hendrik Ibsen’s famous, yet controversial, play “A Doll’s House,” explores the apparent gender discrimination that greatly impacted women’s lives in the 19th century. Ibsen successfully sheds light on women’s rights and their lack of “importance” during this time by creating the fictional character, Nora Helmer, who is the main … Read more
An astounding read, the Gravity Journal was a tear-jerking novel about the mental battle fought by, young Anise. A 16 year old girl who views herself as fat and ugly, although she is skin and bones, and she also self-mutilates when her depression becomes overwhelming. She comes from a rich but very dysfunctional family; she … Read more
Introduction The issue that has been persistent for as long as one can remember is Misogyny in the society. The belief that women are inferior to men has been contaminating the human mind. The issue can be commonly seen in the society in form of domestic abuse, violence, objectification in name of advertisements, and especially … Read more
The South in the 1960s was a very difficult time period. It was the Southern Gothic. Flannery called this “the action of grace in the territory held largely by the devil” (357). “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is the perfect example of this hypocritical period. White people saw themselves superior to everyone else, … Read more
Reading Assignment: Sexuality in Carmilla Le Fanu’s story of Carmilla has been adapted as a web series, in which the setting is modern day society at a college campus. Laura remains the narrator of the thirty-six-episode season, where she records all events from her dorm room as part of her journalism class. The web series … Read more
Shel Silverstein wrote a children’s book that can be perceived through multiple critical lenses, from historical to feminist to psychological. In the Giving Tree he uses personification, metaphor, and allusions to depict the psychological impact of growing up with someone who was different than him but whom he shared a special bond with.?? Silverstein begins … Read more
“Beauty. At the mention of this word, most girls are inclined to take a quick look into a compact mirror or run a few fingers through their hair, sizing themselves up with the nearest advertisement featuring a flawless bottle blonde” (Katie Atkinson). Women are willing to spend hours in the bathroom to be prepared for … Read more
1. In reference to literary movements, naturalism and realism are quite similar but have clear differences to each other. Realism refers to writings that are based off the “real world” and the way a human in the real world would usually live their life. Naturalism is in a way a branch of realism and the … Read more
A few months ago, a Harvard senior named Reina Gattuso wrote a column in the school newspaper. It described her crummy night of drunken sex with a couple of men she didn’t know. “I have so much to drink my memory becomes dark water,” she wrote. She freely admitted that she consented. Enthusiastically. And that … Read more
I would forget consequences afterlife, but even in life there would be punishment. Conclusions This quote is talking about skipping over time, which means that Macbeth is beginning to lose his ability to reason. He is talking about how he would never face his afterlife, which is irrational because the afterlife is a reward or … Read more
Walking with Our Sisters is a memorial exhibit commemorating the missing and murdered Aboriginal and Metis Women of Canada and the United States. The Carleton University Art Gallery provokes an array of emotions as it calls to the alarming history of Canada with regards to the Indigenous women and children. The exhibition presents approximately eighteen … Read more
Being raised by only grandparents is not easy. “Maya’s Notebook” tells this story of adversity and hope. Aftertimes the best story, like this one, reveals the strength of a young woman. A teenager named Maya Vidal was nineteen years old and lived in San Francisco, California. She was “shipped” to Chiloe by her grandmother Nadia(Nini). … Read more
Not everyone is aware about how much people lie. Pamela Meyer says “On a given day, studies show that you may be lied to anywhere from 10 to 200 times. ” That’s a lot of lies in one day! Throughout Pamela’s talk she discusses; Lying is a cooperative act, the three truths about lying and … Read more
During my junior year of high school, I somewhat became aware of Women’s Right Issue. I have made an effort to evaluate majority of the culture standard that I had previously taken in as it just being “the untaught order of items. ” One of the directions that I took to enlarge my knowledge of … Read more
The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston, is a book a young woman trying to develop her own identity. Throughout this book, Kingston spends countless days trying to find herself in the cruel world. In a culture where men superiority rules, Kingston attempts to recognize herself as her own person, and not as a slave. … Read more
In My Year of Meats, the character progression of Ruth L. Ozeki’s heroine Akiko Ueno becomes increasingly evident. At the start of the novel, Ozeki portrays Akiko as a fragile woman with an abundance of personal issues, including constant abuse from her husband as she struggles with an eating disorder that renders her infertile. By … Read more
Jade Taylor lives with her family. She has five sisters (Amelie, Emma, Blythe and Mimi). Her mother is a medium, so she focuses on the spiritual realm. Her father died of smallpox, leaving her mother in grief. This whole book starts off with Maude Taylor connecting with the spirit of Mary Adelaide. Mary Adelaide’s husband … Read more
Lope de Vega is a Spanish playwright and was one of the important figures in the Spanish Golden Century of Baroque literature. He wrote a historical play named Fuenteovejuna and it was based on an uprising in the village of Fuenteovejuna in the year 1476; although this play was written in 1612 to 1614. Lope … Read more
Iris Marlon Young was a feminist and a philosopher that wrote an essay titled “throwing like a girl” which was published in 1980, “We often experience our bodies as a fragile encumbrance, rather than the media for the enactment of our aims. We feel as though we must have our attention directed upon our bodies … Read more
Corruption in the Beautiful Forevers Katherine Boo’s “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” takes place in Annawadi, a small slum near the airport in Mumbai, India. The story focuses on the Husain family, who makes their living selling recycled garbage. Sadly, even in this small slum, the population is inundated with corruption on every level. Corruption is … Read more
In life, everyone goes through experiences, good or bad, that shape the person they become. Other than these experiences, a deciding factor on how a person is shaped is the society or community they are in. A soldier going through war experiences with his platoon will most definitely come out differently than a student experiencing … Read more
The story “Woman Hollering Creek” is about a woman named Cleofilas, a lover of telenovelas, who married a man named Juan Pedro Martinez Sanchez. At first, Cleofilas thought her life would be perfect and follow the same structure such as the telenovelas she watched once she married a man. However, it was the exact opposite … Read more
The representation the title in Robinsons, “Traplines”, symbolizes the presence and significance of native traditions in the main character’s life. The infrequency of the hunt, however, represents Will’s potential loss of tradition. The title of Birdsell’s “Wednesday Circle”, is also physically represented in the story, as the main character’s support group. However, she remains stuck … Read more
Many years ago, a wife was expected to be submissive to her husband, never to question him and do as he says because he is the one who is in charge of making all of the decisions for the family. The wife’s role is to take care of the home and children. This role is … Read more
The Kebra Nagast is an ancient sacred text of Ethiopia. In the myth the Jewish King Solomon (1000 BCE) and his contemporary, the Queen of Sheba fall in love. The Tale of Genji is a masterpiece written by Murasaki Shikibu. This novel is considered the first great novel in the history of world literature. In … Read more
Representation of Gender in Invisible Man and Scarlet Letter Both Ralph Ellison’s Invisible Man (1952) and Scarlet Letter (1850) by Nathaniel Hawthorne share some common themes. In Scarlet Letter, Hawthorne addresses the suffering that emerges from sin, especially the sin of adultery that leads to isolation of sinners. The plot revolves around two female characters … Read more
“In any case, Niss Moses (once again) raises a ruckus on this score, asking why we don’t have a corresponding word for young whiteys who play blackeys’ games and generally manifest a desire to be blacks. Well, Niss Moses, if this were a common phenomenon, we most assuredly would have such a word, but it … Read more
Firstly, one similarity of assault and battery is that they both form the mens rea. For example, both intention and recklessness form mens rea. The mens rea of assault is content when the defendant intends to cause the victim to apprehend violence or does it recklessly. This can be found in the case of Ry … Read more
A critical analysis of rape culture in Jill Filipovic’s Offensive Feminism and Jessica Valenti’s Purely Rape article What is rape culture? This issue is prevalent in contemporary society, especially on university campuses. Filipovic blames this prevalence on “religious conservatives” (13); they want men to remain the most dominant sex while women remain submissive to these … Read more
With music we can express the feelings that are hard to express with everyday language. An example of this is Bessie Smith’s song, “Thinking Blues. ” (McClary). In the song she is singing about how much she misses and wants her man to take her back, how she will do just about anything to take … Read more
Casablanca was a romantic film produced in 1942. Internet Movie Database summarizes Casablanca as “Rick Blaine, who owns a night club in Casablanca, discovers his old flame Ilsa is in town with her husband, Victor Laszlo. Laszlo is a famed rebel, and with Germans on his tail, Ilsa knows Rick can help them get out … Read more
One form of printed legacy media that has impacted culture and how culture has created it is magazines, such as People magazines. Magazines in history were supposed to be an insight into famous people’s lives, but today they have gone further affecting culture through daily consumption or monthly subscriptions. This form of printed communication has … Read more
Marriage. This word carries a large amount of weight behind it. For better or worse, for sick or poor, and until death do we part. That’s a lot pressure for one word. Mankind was created imperfect. Humans aim to be flawless, but in reality we are flawed beyond compare. As humans we lie, have impulses, … Read more
In the garage of the home were the birthday party was being held, I observed a 9-month-old infant girl. She was sitting in her high chair next to her mother, the mother was sitting at the table with a plate of food eating and socializing with other adults at the table. The mother and infant … Read more
This play, performed by only two people, was able to captivate our attention from the moment we sat down to the closing curtains. There were plenty of moments of confusion- some questions which were answered along the way and some that were left still lingering in my mind. Is Tyesha (the one in the drivers … Read more
Although there are not very many female characters in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, or any of the other literature discussed this semester, the small roles the females play impact Gawain’s quest throughout the story. There are three main females in this story; Queen Guinevere, the young lady and the old lady. Guinevere is … Read more
“I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban” Author: Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb Conflict -“Our men think earning money and ordering around others is where power lies. They don’t think power is in the hands of the woman who takes care of everyone all day long, … Read more
Ever note how Kim Kardashian idolizes objectifying herself. It has been imbedded in her with the idea that if she objectified herself she is rewarded with success and money. It is difficult to step away from a lifestyle one has only known, in fear of being an outcast, especially in Hollywood where everyone is objectified. … Read more
1.Jamaica Kincaid’s “Girl” is a daughter’s mimicry of how her mother tells her to perform housekeeping and other sensitive topics for proper behavior. Because of the content and demanding tone, do you find the mother abusive and demeaning, or is something else going on? The mother seems to be abusive, demeaning and cold. Her tone … Read more
“A girl’s confidence plummets during puberty. ” In the “Like a Girl” campaign commercial, Always sends a message on vulnerability that during puberty words and stereotypes can have lasting effects on girls and their confidence. It is obvious throughout the commercial that a point is being made about women and their common stereotype. Even the … Read more
“Why do you like Broad City so much? ” I ask my friend, as I’m getting ready to write this piece. She immediately replies ,”It shows us a picture of what female friendship can look like stripped of pretension. Two normal girls rollerblading through life holding hands and smoking weed. ” Forget about Gossip girl … Read more