historical truth lurks within the Purim story. But looking at more recent history‚ it’s clear that Esther and Vashti do have a real history as feminist symbols. Both‚ in their own ways‚ refuse to go along with their husbands wishes. As early as the 19th century‚ her resistance to her husband’s wish to use her as a sex object made her icon for early feminists. Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote in 1878 that Vashti’s decision was a “first stand for women’s rights” and that “we shall stand amazed that there
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Justinian I‚ listened to her advice regarding political decisions in the empire. She essentially co-ruled with Justinian‚ aiding in the rights for women by outlining their rights and expanding upon them. In this way‚ she was somewhat like an early feminist. During her service to her country as empress‚ Theodora protected the rights of the serfs and poor. She attended to the rights of prostitutes in particular by closing brothels‚ creating safe spaces for women‚ and passing laws to prohibit forced prostitution
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Tegoed you tried losing weight however simply cannot appear to win. does one return off a diet and so waterput all the load plusteken some a lot of and assume ’I simply cannot melt off‚ it should simply afsluiting my genetics’. Well i’m here to inform you that you just bezittingen larva liedje to. The reason you cannot melt off existentie not your fault. It’s thanks to all the skin influences of your life‚ telling you to afsluiting skinny‚ your not accepted unless your skinny. If your kwast or over
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Taylor Bryant English 11 HH September 26‚ 2006 Irving’s Feminist Approach in Literature Washington Irving‚ a Romanticist short story writer was best known for his high comedy‚ and irony. Irving used various symbols to portray hidden meanings‚ that every page of a story should be relevant to what he is trying to convey overall. Irving believed that a short story was a "frame on which to stretch materials." Meaning that he was more concerned with literary devices rather
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Satisfied‚ observes in the short essay “Fat and Happy?” that in the United States‚ “a fat person’s prior identification is with fatness; as a status‚ fatness comes before religion‚ race‚ sexual preference‚ income‚ gender. Only in a society so content with doing away with fatness could it become such a distinct and negative stigma” (par. 10). Schwartz’s comment gives a brief glimpse into what could be described as the fat society; a never ending series of fat discrimination that is all in all about
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Moore of the book “Fat Girl” discusses some of the issues fat girls face. Her book is less about every stereo-typed fat girl and more about her story individually. Judith Moore chooses to take a different route‚ instead of complaining continuously about being fat‚ she explains in depth why she believes she is fat. She is not lazy; she expresses her knowledge of diets and her experiences of strenuous work outs but ends with little to no results. ’’My flesh resists loss. My fat holds on for dear life
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This is a documentary released by BBC titled “Sugar VS Fat”‚ starred by Alexander Van Tulleken and Chris Van Tulleken. It is obvious that this is a program about the disadvantage and benefit of sugar as compared to fat. Yet‚ one should not judge the book by its cover‚ for the highlight of this documentary is the deadly combination of processed food with a ratio of 1:1 fat and sugar in it. Obesity is an anciently known problem. Over hundreds of years‚ scientists have estimated some possible cause
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The 1942 film Casablanca is not at all a feminist film‚ and neglects to challenge the status quo of the roles of women in cinema‚ and in society‚ at the time. All personnel who worked on the movie were male‚ as were the majority of the characters‚ save for Ilsa (portrayed by Ingrid Bergman)‚ who does little more than flutter her eyelashes. The female characters are all but silenced‚ relegated to being wives and girlfriends whilst the males hold more reputable occupational positions such as bar owner
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First film theorist Laura Mulvey she wrote Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema in 1975. She came up with the idea of the Male Gaze. The idea that the woman is passive and the male is active. So the woman is the image and the man is the bare of the look which very much indicates the man has the power of the woman. In vertigo this is evident within the first scene the Ernie’s Restaurant when Scottie goes to meet Madeline for the first time. Where they don’t actually meet‚ they don’t even make eye
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Week 5 Fat- and Water- Soluble Vitamins Anna Gamblin‚ UOP Both fat soluble and water soluble vitamins are nutrients that a person needs in their diet to keep up to optimal health. Vitamins and minerals are an essential necessity that our bodies need to function properly every day. Different vitamins do different things for us‚ but all are very important. You can get these different vitamins either through a balanced‚ nutritious diet‚ dietary supplements or a combination of the two. The two
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