Type in the term “carefree black girl” into the search bar on Twitter and Tumblr. The results showcase an array of stunning black women and girls oozing chill vibes while being unapologetically black. The term was coined by Huffington Post writer Zeba Blay and an eponymous Tumblr page in May 2013‚ which sent positive shockwaves through social media. The movement of the “carefree black girl” offered black women an opportunity to unite together through another spectrum. Followers boast figures‚ including
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I had read an essay titled “Act Like A Girl” by Dominique Freeman. The essay explores the issue of gender roles in our society and families. Freeman tells her readers of events in her life when her mother would force ideas of what a girl should look like and act like upon her. Freeman considered herself a total tomboy‚ which is the opposite of what her mother wanted her daughter to be. I know of many cases when women are not being accepted as who they really are because they do not fit into the stereotype
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Te’Andrea James Mrs. Peters ENGL 0112 25 February 2012 Ross vs. Wal-Mart Has there ever been a time when you hated and loved something all at the same time? When it came to working as an 18 year-old in high school as a senior‚ there was one job I loved and another I hated. Working at Ross was a job I loved compared to working at Wal-Mart which was a job I hated. Ross and Wal-Mart compare in so many different ways. They both have a retail area upon which I worked in. At both jobs I was responsible
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embarrassing encounters with their crushes. In particular my mind drifts to a memory that sticks out like a sore thumb‚ one found in my years in middle school. My crush was very obvious‚ even I was slightly aware of such. I was beginning to predict that he in particular also knew I had my eyes on him. Although I had ensured rejection as the baseline for where my expectation
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Be a Girl Because You Are a Girl “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 women being interviewed know how and what the common response would be when asked to “do something like a girl.” This commercial
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English 1020.11N 17 September 2012 A Girl Like Me While reading a book by the name‚ “Pretty Little Liars‚” I found myself favoring a tall‚ slender‚ dark haired character by the name of Aria Montgomery. This character immediately jumped out at me when I started to notice that she had many of the same qualities as and also had been through many of the same experiences as I have. So when asked to right this paper is was not a brainier. It made me realize the reason I was drawn to her was because
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and repulsive. For a black girl‚ the connotation of the word transforms from unpleasant to unworthy; repulsive thus becomes invisible. “Ugly” was initially written as a way for me to be in conversation with the Webster Dictionary word. However‚ over some months the piece began to be a conversation I was having with myself‚ other poets‚ and black girls in general. After ten months of working on this collection‚ I found myself in deeper thought with the tradition of being a black female writer speaking
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Issa Rae has always been an awkward girl; she’s always worn the wrong pants‚ kissed the wrong boy‚ and felt the wrong way‚ or simply been the wrong girl. The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a dazzling collection of essay about growing up learning to love the things in your life that makes it unique‚ even when those things also make it mighty awkward. She writes about being a black girl who just cannot dance‚ about being unhappy working in cubicle as her web series was taking off‚ about not
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As a young girl begins to go through changes in their minds and bodies‚ words can shape them in many ways. It is said that “A girl’s confidence plummets during puberty” (“#LikeAGirl” 00:01:27). Always #LikeAGirl‚ effectively encourages women and girls to be proud of their gender and to have self-confidence no matter what anyone says. In this commercial‚ the feminine hygiene company Always portrays the opinion of men‚ women‚ young boys‚ and young girls about what the phrase “like a girl” means. First
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the past centuries. We have won two world wars and expanded basic human rights to all females and colored people but one brutal fact remains‚ racism is still very alive. Although it is nowhere near as bad and cruel as it was during the 1950’s (as “Black Like Me” depicts so accurately) racism is absolutely unacceptable even if it is miniscule. John Howard Griffin courageously went against the overwhelming wave of popular racism in America and dissected the truth and made it public for all people to know
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