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    Lindsay Chandler Kines 445- Section 2 Tweak Book Review Numerous emotions were evoked as I was reading Tweak by Nic Sheff. The main emotion I felt was sadness. My best friend Jack from high school went down a path that reminded me eerily of Nic’s path. We met during sophomore year of high school in Chemistry class. He was a super quiet‚ clean-cut kid. His parents were both doctors‚ and he lived in an old mansion in the countryside. This sort of parallels Nic’s privileged life‚ as he starts the novel

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    Elisabeth Sheff and Corie Hammers’ article was meant to describe the practices of polyamorists and kinksters. Polyamorists were defined as people who engage in‚ “multiple or concurrent romantic and/or sexual relationships‚ engage in group sex and/or openly espouse non-monogamy” (Sheff and Hammers 387). Kinksters were identified as people involved in‚ “kinky or perverted sexual acts and relationships frequently involving bondage/discipline‚ dominance/submission and/or sadism/masochism (BDSM) (387)

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    boys will be boys Barbara Kantrowitz and Claudia Kalb’s‚ “Boys will be Boys” article‚ explains how after years of research on girls‚ boys must also be put under the microscope‚ in efforts to reach a further understanding of the adolescent male. The two authors start their article by pointing out‚ that boys and girls come from two completely different “planets”. They have two different “crisis points”‚ which are stages of emotional and social development‚ where things can go seriously wrong. Kantrowitz

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    the phrase‚ “boys will be boys” has had‚ in the American school system. From the truth about why girls seem to thrive more in a structured classroom setting than boys‚ to the effects of bullying and how‚ until the 90’s‚ either a blind eye was turned to it or‚ in the case of many coaches‚ it was practically encouraged for the (supposed) betterment and cohesion of the team or group. I found it very interesting that girls tend to be more successful in school than boys because‚ unlike boys who often

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    Thin Is Beautiful

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    "Thin is Beautiful" How many times have you looked in a magazine and envied the models pictured? Have you ever watched a TV show or a movie and wished you looked like one of the stars? Many teenage girls are often targeted by magazines‚ movies‚ and TV and are made to believe that "thin is beautiful". The media has negatively affected teenage girls’ self-image. From sit-coms to magazines‚ thin‚ beautiful girls can be spotted‚ and this can cause a girl to feel that she is not thin enough to be

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    other at the first glance‚ but if you study them close‚ they actually have many similarities. One of Donatello’s best-known work portrays David after he defeated Goliath by striking him with a stone and cutting his head off with Goliath’s own sword. Donatello was the first artist that created a nude life-sized sculpture since antiquity. His bronze sculpture of David indicates that he completely mastered the classical tradition of art. Particularly his sculpture reflects the style of Polykleitos who

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    Life Is Beautiful

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    Yonathan Woldu Professor Ballow Speech 1311 – S70 17 September 2014 A Fathers Love for His Son In the hilarious yet sorrowful film “Life is Beautiful”‚ the main character Guido‚ who was played by Oscar winning actor Roberto Benigni who also directed and co-wrote this film‚ helps his son and wife Dora‚ played by Nicoletta Braschi who is Benigni real life wife‚ survive the horrors of a Jewish Concentration Camp through his sense of humor and imagination. Though there were scenes about what went

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    The Beautiful Game

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    The beautiful game‚ for all its imperfections and flaws‚ never ceases to amaze. Whether it be a stunning goal‚ a shock result‚ a controversial transfer‚ or a shocking revelation‚ football’s unpredictability is what drives our passion for the game. In the first month of 2010‚ football threw up many surprises that have shocked the English game. From Leeds United’s outstanding victory at Old Trafford‚ to the John Terry saga that has reared its ugly head over the last week‚ football’s ability to keep

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    Beautiful Brains

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    The Stage of Transformation The brain is more adaptive during the period of adolescence due to the developing-mind between the years of 12 and 25. The brain has the least amount of growth during this phase‚ however it experiences vast reconstruction‚ absorbing everything that the synapses find useful to succeed in the life ahead. The brain begins to shape itself using the neurons extensively to make the mind more efficient for when adulthood comes. These traits acquired during adolescence stays

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    Boy Meets Boy

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    both forward and backward in time‚ to a town where the songs are still records‚ candy is still a dime‚ but everyone excepts each other for who they truly are‚ there is a fifteen-year-old gay boy named Paul. Paul lives in a fictional town in the fictional novel Boy Meets Boy written by David Levithan. Boy Meets Boy is a good book because it’s diverse characters and descriptive language. In the small town‚ there lives a colorful group of friends. Paul the main character and speaker of the

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