Even though there is still a lack of diversity in the STEM field and nerd culture‚ there have been efforts to diversify them. For example‚ in the article “Revenge of the Nerds: How Barbie Got Her Geek On” Ann Zimmerman discusses how women in the STEM field tried and succeed to get representation through Barbie. Mattel Inc.‚ opened a poll to let the people vote on what Barbie’s next career was. The options were: “architect‚ anchorwoman‚ computer engineer‚ environmentalist and surgeon.” Zimmerman writes
Premium Gender Woman Female
religion‚ language‚ location and ethnic origin. These rights include and are not limited to freedom of expression‚ freedom of movement‚ right to own property‚ right to life among others. In the book ‘Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl’ Harriet Ann Jacobs talks of her slavery encounter‚ sexual harassment and degradation in the society. This paper will focus on Harriet’s slavery experiences in the hands of the Whites which many artists find hard to narrate their personal humiliating experiences
Premium Human rights Universal Declaration of Human Rights Law
I interviewed my grandma‚ Gloria Ann Foley Mason. She is 68 years old‚ I decided to interview her because she is a kind‚ happy‚ funny‚ and a bit crazy! My grandma went to school in 1954‚ when she was in 1st grade. She graduated high school in 1966‚ she graduated college in 1970. She went to school from 1st – 8th grade at St. Norbrooks and DLG. In High School she went to Chartiers Valley‚ when she went to college she went to Edinboro State Community College to get her teaching degree. When she
Premium High school Family College
The Plight of Female Slavery is a document written by Francis Anne Kemble who shares her experience on the cruelties of slavery in the south. She discusses the brutality of slavery the women and children there and she also gives her own views on the subject. According to Mrs. Kemble these women were being extremely mistreated and it was caused by the harsh working conditions and lack of health concerns from their masters. These women were forced to return to the fields 3 weeks prior to giving
Premium Woman Slavery Slavery in the United States
Questions over articles. Differentiating Instruction Why Bother? By Carol Ann Tomlinson‚ in Middle Ground‚ August 2005‚ Volume 9‚ Number 1. 1. The author opens the article telling about two of her middle grades teacher‚ one math teacher and one English teacher. a. Briefly describe and compare these two teachers. In this article author has describe both Math and English teachers clearly and their method of teaching. Math teacher has her own teaching method and English teacher has own. If I compare
Premium Education Teacher Classroom
In this poem Duffy writes about a woman going to extreme lengths to be thin‚ which to many readers can be an uncomfortable thing to read about. However the feeling of uncomfortableness doesn’t stop there; Duffy uses intense imagary of the woman in question. "Her skeleton preened under its tight flesh dress." By using the words "skeleton" and "flesh" in describing this woman it can create a feeling of unease for readers as these words are usually associated with dead bodies. Duffy may have done this
Premium 2002 albums
Mary Ann Doane discusses the use of voice in cinematic presentation in this article. She determines the acceptance of voice by the viewer by defining the phantasmatic body of a film. This body is the replica created by the technology itself. It is the body of the character and of the film. Voices within a cinematic presentation are assumed by the audience to come from this body‚ even if they are off-screen voices. The acceptance of this off-screen voice by the audience is dependent on an understanding
Free Film theory Film Space
I do agree with Ann M. Morrison assumptions. Many times people of different races are pre-judged because of their skin color. On page 235 Morrison’s chapter was named prejudice: Still the Number One Barrier. I can agree with this as well in the chapter she spoke of how more than 12 percent of managers’ responses described how the perception of difference as weaknesses limited advancement opportunities for white women and people of color. I believe this to be true simply because some managers and
Premium
In war‚ humanity is stripped from the soldiers of war‚ this is seen as soldiers are shot at like they are just targets and not actual people. But in Ann Shin’s‚ “My Enemy‚ My Brother” viewers see the exact opposite‚ where an enemy Iranian helps an enemy Iraqi to save his life. In this story‚ the main character is Zahed or the Iranian and viewers see Zahed the many problems he encounters in his life. He faces these problems with his strong will to take control of his life‚ but viewers also find that
Premium
Introducing Constance In Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)‚ the audience is swept into the playful subconscious of the protagonist‚ Constance Ledbelly. Before she speaks‚ her imaginative nature is introduced by way of Act I‚ The Prologue. The chorus enters giving an intriguing monologue in which the first stages of an exciting transformation begin to unfold. The Prologue is so useful in that it gives indications of plot‚ theme‚ conflict and so on. All of which carry
Premium Gold Mind Alchemy