Kathleen Parker Columnist Profile Kathleen Parker addresses politics‚ culture‚ and contemporary issues in her twice-weekly column for the Washington Post. Parker approaches these issues with both sarcasm and incisiveness‚ and both show through her humorous and insightful columns. Parker’s writes from the perspective of a middle-aged‚ middle-class‚ white women and shares beliefs that might be expected for her demographic might be expected. She is an advocate for women’s rights‚ despises Trump‚ and
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A new role model I have now in my life is a sister named Dorothy Stang. Dorothy was someone who wanted to make a change in the world and was willing to help anyone she met. Dorothy left her life in Ohio where she could get plenty of anything and she then went to a life where she met people who were struggling to survive by their survival farming. All of those people there had troubles getting what we sometimes take advantage of here. She left the United States and went to Brazil to continue on God’s
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PER REPORTER: Lori said Dorothy tested positive for marijuana on admission. Lori said a urine and meconium screening has been done on Baby Girl‚ but she said the child’s results have not yet come back. It is unknown at this time if the baby is being affected as a result of Dorothy’s drug use while pregnant. Lori said the child has not been displaying any type of withdrawal symptoms. However‚ Lori said the child’s mother reported to her about not having everything she needs for the child when she
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In the article‚ Learning to be Gendered by Penelope Eckert and Sally McConnell-Ginet‚ the effects of upbringing and society on a child’s gender identification are analyzed. Throughout the child’s development‚ they are often guided by the world around them into gender classifications. Society decides on norms for the child to follow based on their gender‚ then they would grow up to better match those ideals. This is important because if society pushes us towards these labels‚ it limited our ability
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Dorothy Lawrence Dorothy Lawrence was an English journalist and war correspondent during World War I (WW1). She disguised herself as a man with the help of British soldiers to serve on the front lines in France. She revealed her gender to her commanding officers after becoming ill and‚ eventually‚ wrote a memoir of her experience entitled Sapper Dorothy Lawrence: The Only English Woman Soldier. Dorothy Lawrence was forced into an asylum in her later life and perished with little recognition and
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Dorothy Crowfoot (later called Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin) was born on May 12‚ 1910 in Cairo‚ Egypt to John Winter Crowfoot and Grace Mary Hood Crowfoot. John was a school inspector that worked for the Egyptian Education Service and later became the Director of Education and Director of Antiquities in Sudan. He retired in 1926 and focused on archaeology and later became the Director of Jerusalem’s British School of Archaeology. Grace Mary was botanist and illustrated the different flora found in Sudan
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Odysseus and Penelope Once the suitors had been defeated and Odysseus emerged triumphant‚ Eurycleia scurried to Penelope’s side to declare the return of Odysseus and the fall of the suitors. A doubting Penelope had a hunch that the gods were trying to deceive her. She settled to test this victorious man who claimed to be her husband. “Penelope‚ you must rise at once. Your husband is home—Odysseus is home! After twenty years‚ he has returned for you!” I exclaimed. “No. You’re wrong. It can’t be right—that’s
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Jazz Artist Paper “Bird Lives” Charlie Parker is with no question one of the most influential and important jazz players of the 1940’s. This man had such a talent and passion for playing the saxophone‚ more specifically the Alto Saxophone. Charlie’s Jazz era was during the Bee-bop phase of jazz. Bee-bop jazz differed from the other types because it used scales instead of chords‚ had small combos‚ and was built on rephrases of popular songs. Charlie Parker really helped influence and guide the way
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their own ways of making their opinions evident in their writing. Some of these writers are liberal and some are conservative. Some of them believe in a strong national defense while others believe in a strong social safety net. Columnist‚ Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post‚ is a conservative. She supports moralistic ideals such as lower taxes‚ God and faith‚ charity‚ and limited government in her opinionated columns. In Parker’s column Defining Weird she describes Mitt Romney as “weird”
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The Odyssey Have you ever found it hard to prove someone is your equal? The Odyssey written by Homer and translated by Robert Fitzgerald‚ Penelope‚ Odysseus’ wife‚ proves she is her husband’s equal. So by being both very intelligent and loving she accomplishes this task. Penelope and Odysseus are both highly intelligent but in two different ways. Odysseus show his intelligence when he is stuck on Polyphemus’ island. "Cyclops‚ you ask my honorable name? Remember the gift you promised me‚ and i
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