Collected Screenplays brings together the film work of Paul Auster Paul Auster’s novels have earned him the reputation as ’one of America’s most spectacularly. Lines of Life 101 Poems by 101 Women‚ Germaine Greer‚ 2006‚ English poetry‚ 197 pages. In Lines of Life: 101 Poems by 101 Women Germaine Greer brings together poems ’written from the point of view of a woman and most of them about being female.’ This wonderful. The Collected Writings of Joe Brainard ‚ Joe Brainard‚ 2012‚ Literary Collections
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There are many sociological explanations for female inequality in society. Inequality is where something/ someone is seen as not equal compared to something else. For example men have more opportunities than women in life‚ suggesting females suffer huge inequality in many factors of life. Firstly‚ Anne Oakley speaks about how women suffer inequalities in the work place. Oakley notes that after the industrial revolution in Britain acts were passed to limit women working; in 1851 one in four married
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perpetrating family violence themselves (predominately men)‚ low self-esteem‚ unable to maintain imitate relationships‚ drug and alcohol abuse and anti-social behaviour. “Children who are bashed by their parents will bash their own children‚” says Germaine Greer (http://www.creativespirits.info/aboriginalculture/people/domestic-and-family-violence) In recent weeks in mainstream media there have been lots of commentary on Aboriginal Deaths in Custody and the appalling rate of Aboriginal men and women in
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The Changing Rights and Freedoms of Women in Australia Since 1945 Introduction Women’s rights have changed considerably after 1945 as beliefs that women were of less importance were being overturned to create a balanced society. Employment‚ social change and politics have all been changed. Without these alters‚ Australia would still be a female excluded society with an impression that women belong in their homes. Feminism has helped the progression of women’s rights in Australia. The first
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particular were influenced by other movements around the world including the gory Vietnam War and the courageous Black Civil Rights Movements in America. Feminists were moved and inspired. The author of a feminist book called‚ “The Female Eunice‚” Germaine Greer visited during the Second Wave of Feminism in 1973. Her visit triggered a positive change in women’s attitudes towards feminist issues. She aggressively opposed even the idea of a patriarchal society. She swore in public and got fined $40. Betty
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Feminist Theory Perception: the process by which an individual receives and analyses information. Feminist theory‚ or feminism‚ is support of equality for women and men. Although all feminists strive for gender equality‚ there are various ways to approach this theory‚ including liberal feminism‚ socialist feminism‚ and finally radical feminism. Let’s take a look at the basic feminist ideas and various approaches to achieving gender equality. Looks at ways that women can be liberated or gain more
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Charles Darwin once said: ‘We must bear without complaining the undoubtedly bad effects of the weak surviving and propagating their kind’. In this essay I will look at this quote in relation to the following texts: firstly‚ the science fiction novella The Time Machine by H.G. Wells and secondly‚ the play Mrs Warren’s Profession by George Bernard Shaw to decide whether or not Darwin’s statement is supported by these texts. I will be critically analysing the political ideologies of Wells and Shaw in
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established. Merian‚ however‚ was not the only girl who had a life of struggle‚ many women at that time were left to struggle when left by death or abandonment. Sophie Germaine‚ a middle class girl of the 18th century‚ was a daughter whose parents were apprehensive towards her interest in academics. Born in Paris in 1776‚ Germaine was born into a wealthy family. She soon developed an interest in Mathematics at the age of thirteen. When she stumbled upon a book about Archimedes in her father’s library
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Top Girls "Reading Top Girls as a feminist text helped me to find ways to dramatize the price women pay for success in a patriarchal society" (J.T Burk). To what extent can Top Girls be classified as a feminist comedy? Caryl Churchill’s play‚ Top Girls‚ has many social‚ political and cultural observations about modern women throughout the centuries. It was written in 1982 and in this‚ Churchill presents women from both modern and historical periods who seem to have been successful in one way
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In 1937‚ female aviator Amelia Earhart set course to fly around the entire world‚ however she disappeared‚ never to be found‚ while flying over the Pacific ocean (Ware 59). Before such tragic events occurred however‚ Earhart accomplished many feats of aviation and defied gender expectations of her time. From a young age‚ Earhart “struggled… against the restrictions imposed on her sex” (31) during the time period. For instance‚ Earhart had a passion for “strenuous games and exercise” (31)‚ refused
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