Mean Girls is one of the most watched movies in today’s society. It seems as though people of all gender‚ sex‚ age‚ race‚ ethnicity‚ class have seen this movie and can relate to some aspect of it. A brutal portrayal of high school cliques‚ Mean Girls depicts everyday high school struggles for students and teachers. The popular group of girls‚ referred to as the "Plastics"‚ control every aspect of the school by using their good looks‚ money‚ popularity‚ and power. They are middle class white girls
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In the movie Mean Girls‚ the main characters are three girls that are labeled as The Plastics‚ who basically run the school. The leader of which is Regina George who bosses the other girls around a lot and. The new student Cady then joins the group and we see how the group slowly pulls her into their way of thought. Since Mean Girls main characters are in a ‘group’ setting the majority of the time‚ symptoms of Groupthink are portrayed several times throughout the movie. Groupthink occurs when a
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Hey Baby Girl Oliver was one of those guys that got any girl he ever wanted‚ except for me. All he had to do is flash a beautiful smile‚ run his fingers through his hair and every girl would stop and stare as if Bradley Cooper had just walked in. Now don’t get me wrong‚ Oliver is very attractive‚ but I’m that girl that likes to play hard to get. On a normal day it was “Hey baby girl‚ I’ve missed you. How’s your day going so far?” He usually said this to most of his fan-girls so it didn’t faze me
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Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler is a 2016 retelling of William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. The book was published as part of the “Hogarth Shakespeare” project by Random House. Tyler’s protagonist‚ Kate Battista‚ is just as strong-willed as Shakespeare’s Katherina. Likewise‚ both protagonists are prickly with those around them. Tyler opens Vinegar Girl with Kate in her garden her father‚ Dr. Battista‚ calls her on the phone. He forgot his lunch and would like her to bring it to him. Kate agrees
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Richard Prince took a photo of Brooke Shields at age ten in the nude‚ whose purpose was to “question sexualized advertising images”. The photo was censored as child pornography. However advertising‚ such the well-known illustration of the Coppertone Girl‚ depicts
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Caitlyn Dube 14 February 2012 A Girl Called "Genius" Adeline Yen Mah captures the story of her youth in the novel Chinese Cinderella. Adeline’s childhood was filled with rejection by her family‚ but in school she found a place of refuge and people who would respect her. The abuse she has received from her family caused her pain every day‚ but it also helped her to learn how to rely on herself. This novel is about a young girl named Adeline‚ mistreated through her
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“The Girls In The Summer Dresses”: Two Faces of a Coin. “The Girls In The Summer Dresses” by Irwin Shaw is a story of Frances and Michael’s Sunday where Frances attempts to enjoy it‚ but her husband’s habit of staring at other women is leading to problems in their relationship. They start with breakfast following a walk in Manhattan on the Fifth Avenue. Michael is irritating Frances by looking at every other woman that passes by in a very tempting way. He turns his neck completely
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I am a black girl who grew up in predominately white areas. Growing up all my friends were white and although I wondered what it was like to have black friends‚ it never really bothered me. They were my friends‚ it didn’t matter what color their skin was. Then in sixth grade‚ I moved to Norfolk‚ Virginia. Norfolk has a large African-American community and I was excited to have friends that looked like me. However‚ when I was around the black kids in my school I never felt like I belonged
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females and minority populations have been depicted as inferior when compared to white males and even though societies have made some tremendous improvement in this sector‚ perfect equality is still not at reach in 2017‚ which is exactly what Guerrilla Girls are and have been promoting in their various artworks. Through the use of cultural jamming‚ which refers to reworking already existent work to expose popular although questionable assumptions on certain subjects‚ they bring new understanding of persistent
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public in an instant‚ a life without media is inevitable. Although the media can be beneficial‚ it can be a source of unreliable and biased information‚ deviating the opinions of the viewer. This phenomenon is depicted in Gillian Flynn’s novel‚ Gone Girl‚ in which a married couple
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