Straight edge‚ also known as sXe‚ is a movement that emerged on the East Coast of the U.S. from punk subculture in the early 1980s. At that time‚ straight edge held appeal to young people who opposed the traditional lifestyle of young adults. Those who became members of sXe swore to abstain from drugs‚ smoking‚ alcohol‚ and maintain a healthy sexual lifestyle – only having sex while in committed relationships. If a member broke their oath‚ they would lose any right to call themselves a member of
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We are a combo of good and bad. We all have our bad days and bad habits but we also have good in us. This story challenges the idea of the “straight mind” and the “crooked mind” and how they balance. I believe we balance both of these equally. The story goes that there are two brothers. There is the right handed twin who represents the good or the straight mind. Then‚ there is the left handed brother who represents the bad or the crooked mind. The book illustrates the balance the brothers create
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words that made them react. Denice Frohman’s poem‚ “Dear straight people”‚ wasn’t the first poem I had heard‚ but it really resonated with me. She starts off playfully‚ and as she continues her words become more intense‚ but when she softens her words again‚ she says‚ “Dear queer young girl‚ I see you. You don’t want them to see you so you change the pronouns in your love poems to ‘him’ instead of ‘her’. I used to do that. Dear straight
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faith‚ learning from my family‚ community‚ and educators. Each milestone along the way has contributed to the person I am today‚ and I am grateful for the opportunity to deepen my connection to Judaism. One of the defining moments in my journey was my Bat Mitzvah. Standing before my congregation‚ even on Zoom‚ I felt a profound sense of responsibility and belonging as I took on the obligations of Jewish adulthood. Through the months of preparation‚ I delved into the teachings of our tradition‚
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An advertisement taken from the September 9‚ 2002 People magazine issue uses the straight sell and educational technique to encourage people to buy a digital watch. This article describes an atomic digital watch that is controlled by radio and automatically reads the official standard frequency and time transmitter in North America. The radio signal gets the time from the most accurate clock in North America‚ which is based in Colorado. In Colorado‚ the United States Government has an F-1 Fountain
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A follow up on a missing person’s case leads Detectives Brian Holt and Matthew Bennett to Father Mary’s Hospital‚ which had been abandoned 20 years prior. As they pull up to the large lot leading to the hospital‚ they exit their vehicle and approached the glass doors and pushed them inside‚ disturbing dozen cobwebs in the process‚ the further they entered the rooms of the first floor‚ they try to stay silent so as to not alert anyone of their presence. As they walked further into the halls and as
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The article “Doctors go bat for uninsured” by Richard Kipling‚ talks about practicing family medicine in one the most economically depressed cities in the country‚ where most of the patients do not have insurance and money. The doctors are finding way to continue providing care for their uninsured patients. This is a big problem in Modesto‚ California where more than seven million people are uninsured. I agree with him because most of the people who do not have insurance do not go the doctor‚ there
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Throughout human history‚ we have been fascinated with our own mortality. This obsession with life and death has carried over into our literary works‚ and given birth to stories such as Dr. Frankenstein‚ The Picture of Dorian Gray and Dr. Faustus. These tales revolve around the preservation and unnatural extension of life‚ either through the power of science or the supernatural. On these ideas there are three pertinent examples of poems in which life is shown as being frail. In all of these poems
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Islam: The Straight Path By John L. Esposito Due to recent events (the war in Afghanistan and Iraq‚ September‚ 11)‚ I decided that I should stop listening to what people in the media say about Islam and find out for myself what Islam stands for. In John L. Esposito’s Islam: The Straight Path I found a fairly easy to read and informative guide to understanding the world’s second largest religion. Mr. Esposito divides his book into three parts: The first consists of the early history of the
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Your book Straight talk with Curvy girls was a truly amazing book. It didn’t change my view on the world‚ but it sure changed my view on being me. Being a “Curvy Girl” is a really hard thing‚ and hard things came up often when I was diagnosed with scoliosis. Hearing about others that deal with similar things as you is empowering. Lots of times in my life‚ I ask myself… “Why Me?” And when you have tough times it may seem like it’s only you in the world who is struggling with scoliosis‚ but after
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