Arts & Media Courtesans in the Living Room KAMRAN ASDAR ALI Pakistan. Why‚ one might ask‚ have PaIn spring of 2003‚ the new private teleThe courtesan has been a stock character in popular South Asian literature and movies. vision channel in Pakistan‚ Geo TV‚ crekistan’s liberal intelligentsia and femiated some controversy by telecasting nists chosen at this juncture to depict The popular Urdu novel‚ Umrao Jan Ada‚ was with much fanfare Mirza Hadi Ruswa’s recently made into a lavish serialized
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much passion. While getting to know each other she talked about her nursing school years and Kingsborough and how things have changed. Throughout the day the Emergency Department was literally a revolving door. Patients were coming from the waiting room as well as Ambulette Services. The department was very crowded because of the patients on stretchers that were lined back to back in the hallway. It was a little difficult getting by in such a confined space‚ but knowing that these patients were willing
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Bias‚ Rhetorical Devices‚ and Argumentation The topic I chose to examine was the “1992 Republican National Convention Address: A Whisper of AIDS” by Mary Fisher (1992). I was impressed with how even keeled she presented her speech. If there was any bias‚ then I had trouble detecting it with one exception; that she implied that if you are ignorant and believe the hype that only minorities‚ gays‚ and drug users can contract aids. (Fisher‚ 1992). I feel that it was a rhetorical analogy that she used
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are affected to some degree by egocentric biases. One cannot think clearly about what one is wrapped up in. —Holmes Rolston Egocentrism can manifest itself in a variety of ways. Two common forms are self-interested thinking and self-serving bias. Self-interested thinking is the tendency to accept and defend beliefs that harmonize with one’s self-interest. Almost no one is immune from self-interested thinking. Most doctors support legislation making it more difficult for them to be sued
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Critique Extended-stay suites “gain traction” as option to regular hotels‚ apartments. Submitted on May 22‚ 2009 by: Krystyna Butina 187509 Word count: 1138 Submitted to: Mr. Del Sol HTM 2400 Room Divisions Operations An extended-stay hotel is a relatively old concept in the hotel industry but was popularized only in 1975. (InterContinental Hotels Group‚ 2009) This types of hotel since the begging attracted a lot of people and had a high occupancy
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The poem “The Lady’s Dressing Room” by Jonathan Swift‚ at first glance‚ seems to make women look like horrendous creatures. When the poem is thoroughly analyzed‚ one notices that the message is to free both genders of false ideals of themselves placed by society. Jonathan Swift‚ in the poem‚ is criticizing both males and females for adhering to their stereotypes. To begin‚ Swift is criticizing males for becoming the stereotype that all women are beautifully perfect. One can witness this on lines
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Gender Bias in Hindu Myths The concept of the Goddess‚ myth and dance is truly a tool which empowers for women of our culture. Although women are at times portrayed as inferior‚ they possess many strong qualities which break this stereotype. Women are beautiful‚ strong‚ and courageous‚ they are mothers and sisters and daughters‚ and without them this world would not exist. Women‚ since the time of the Vedas and Upanishads have been looked to carry their traditional heritage from generation to
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Study: TV May Perpetuate Race Bias In this article‚ researchers at Tufts University devised a study to reveal how even passive diversion may lead to actively damaging affects‚ especially when it comes to issues of race and how we shape out attitudes towards those of a different race. Being a couch potato may be more detrimental than previously thought. When I got to the part about which shows the researchers actually used in their studies‚ I couldn’t imagine how Scrubs could be bad to social
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Is being bias a good or bad thing? Well in my opinion no its not. When people ask certain kinds of questions‚ the only way to answer to have a better answer is to be biased. Not everyone will think of the situation the way you will think about it. Most of the challenging problems that us human solve are known as inductive problems‚ these are problems that there is no right answer to the situation its identified based on the evidence you have or witnessed to have you think that certain way. When problem
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A Gender Bias Approach to Antigone Just as one stone removed can break a bridge‚ one flaw can bring a man to ruins. The flaw of one man cannot bring down an entire kingdom‚ but rather one outlook of the king can lead to the demise of the whole. In Sophocles ’ epic tragedy‚ Antigone‚ a strong gender bias is present throughout the tragedy‚ and is partially responsible for the downfall of the king. To Sophocles the king is not always representative of the people‚ but acts on his own personal desires
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