The last reading consisted of Serano’s chapter‚ titled “Love Rant”. This chapter focused on what one may be attracted to‚ what they may love about an individual‚ and basically a rant with one of her male friends about what she would do/how she would feel if she found out her partner was a transsexual. My favorite line from this chapter was‚ “I am attracted to people‚ not to disembodied body parts” (279). I think I loved this line so much because I am an individual who is possibly so focused on body
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I Love Lucy: Female Roles in Entertainment On October 5‚ 1955‚ The Variety‚ a weekly American entertainment magazine with a broad coverage of movies‚ television‚ theater‚ music‚ and technology‚ written for preferably top-level entertainment professionals since 1905‚ covered a television review on one of America’s most beloved comedians labeled as the Woman of 1‚000 Faces‚ the master comedienne of expression. The woman‚ Lucille Ball‚ was an American actress‚ comedienne‚ model‚ film-studio executive
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Categorizing love? The threshold to the infinite definition of love is many. Although many cynics like me‚ may have thought it impossible‚ sociologists over the past several decades have been attempting to categorize and quantify the notion of love. Sternberg in 1986 sees love in terms of the interaction among three independent aspects: passion‚ intimacy (two components of love that many of us need no help in identifying or do I dare say practicing?) and the “C” word that sends many of us rushing
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Whitlock Ms. Baswell English III 4 November 2014 Author: Jack London Jack London was one of America’s most celebrated writers. London (1876-1916) gained worldwide acclaim as a writer by basing his works on his own colorful worldwide exploits. “Jack London was a native Californian who achieved worldwide acclaim as a powerful storyteller‚ a legendary public figure‚ and America ’s most commercially successful writer” (Hogge 12). London had a remarkable talent for writing about many of issues that
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Love in the Time of AIDS At the dawn of the AIDS epidemic‚ Maggie Kneip’s husband‚ John Andrew‚ was diagnosed with the highly stigmatized disease. In the aftermath of his death in 1991‚ Maggie lived with secrecy and shame. Neither her husband’s eulogy nor his obituary made mention of AIDS. But the coverup robbed Maggie of the right to properly mourn the loss of a man she loved. Now‚ more than 25 years later‚ Maggie is taking back that right‚ telling the truth‚ and reckoning with all that was left
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relationship. “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” by Christopher Marlowe is most likely the most famous pastoral poem of the carpe diem or “seize the day” style. Its inspiration was most likely to convince a girl that life would be beautiful and filled with pleasures if she would be with him—his goal being seduction. Ever since the beginning of time‚ males and females have been looking for someone to love‚ someone they van spend their entire life with; and someone to accept them knowing their
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Truly Love? The modern love - A normative critique. Love is an emotion of a strong affection and personal attachment. Love is also said to be a virtue representing all of human kindness‚ compassion‚ and affection —"the unselfish loyal and benevolent concern for the good of another". Love may describe compassionate and affectionate actions towards other humans‚ one’s self or animals. In English‚ love refers to a variety of different feelings‚ states‚ and attitudes‚ ranging from pleasure to
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Same Love‚ Same Rights As humans‚ all we do is let someone solve our problems and not fight for our rights. Some of us have strong believes‚ but we don’t defend them‚ why should we?‚ there other people that can do want I can do‚right?‚ if I help others‚ ten people will not. Sadly that is how most of us think. In Some Love by Macklemore‚ he says that people are born the same way that we can’t change what we are and in a sense he is making us create a will to fight for what is right‚ which in this
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Betrayal Life‚ and Love Yunior is on the roller coaster of life and he’s not helping it by creating more upside down spirals with his betrayal and infidelities. Conflict is one of the most important parts of any story. This story is full of conflict‚ internal and external created by his own infidelities‚ along with exceptional usage of literary techniques Diaz writes an exceptional conclusion to Yunior’s life. As he spends years obsessing and dwelling over a relationship‚ that failed‚ as he starts
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------------------------------------------------- Question 01 – what’s it about‚ audience‚ style‚ genre‚ period‚ space‚ technical‚ your role. In November 2011 my group and I performed a devised piece entitled ‘Unrequited Love’. The theme of our piece was conflict‚ young people in love but with different aims in life. As well as the couple’s conflict we had two other characters who wanted to be loved but had to be underhanded to get it! Finally to add even more chaos we had the interfering parents! Our piece was inspired
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