“The Happy Housewife Heroine” image views woman’s only role as sexual: she is a maker of babies and exists to please and clean up after her husband‚ to not have any disturbing or challenging thoughts or ideas—for they would be unfeminine. The feminine mystique‚ is essentially‚ a glamorized version of the repression of women—and it is perpetuated by male editors back home from war who want women to remain at home‚ ready to comfort them and too helpless to challenge them. Friedan notes that as magazines
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Nabil Arnaout Eng 111/ Enf 09 March 18‚ 2013 Trial of the Century To this day‚ OJ Simpson’s famous murder trial‚ "The People vs. OJ Simpson"‚ remains one of the most publicized and famous murder trials in recent history. It attracted the attention of every major news network‚ and caused quite a stir in the daily lives of Los Angeles‚ if not all American lifestyles. The infamous car chase was such an important incident that many news networks dropped coverage of the 1994 NBA Finals‚ which was
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and the relationships we acquire. Two landmark films in American cinema‚ Citizen Kane and It’s a Wonderful Life‚ touch upon the topic of the valuation of a man through different means and character development. Along with the television series The Simpsons‚ both of the aforementioned works expounds upon where value genuinely lies in American culture. In Orson Welle’s 1941 masterpiece Citizen Kane‚ viewers follow the life path of newspaper mogul Charles Foster Kane. The film begins with Kane on his
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secretary. This chant reminds me of the one that Cinderella’s stepmother and sisters where saying when they wanted the house clean and to prevent this young lady from attending the ball to meet her prince charming. Although that story was fictional‚ Marge Piercy managed to change the tune from a Cinderella’s chant to The Secretary Chant. She describes the duties and personal feelings that female secretaries are too afraid to say because they may lose their jobs for taking a stand. A stand for what‚
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WORKING WOMAN vs. HOUSEWIFE I watched a debate on the television on this topic. There were two groups who discussed this. Surprisingly‚ each group had a husband/wife whose spouse was in the other group. This opportunity was too good to be missed‚ I guess! The debate was lively‚ did not reduce to a wrangling match because of the mediator. He was able to conduct the whole debate very smoothly. Those who do not want their wives to work have no problems if their daughters or sisters work. Why these
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Living in a Barbie World: Modern Stereotypes of WomenIn 1973‚ Marge Piercy wrote a poem that follows the life of a young girl growing up with modern expectations that she struggles to conform to. "Barbie Doll" uses different aspects of a woman’s life to express the different pressures on women today. The first aspect Piercy uses to emphasize the stereotypes attached to women are images‚ colours‚ and toys that are traditionally associated with girls; the main character of the poem‚ is given gifts
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Easing the Transition: The Role of Foster Parents The advocacy project Morgan Simpson and I completed took a closer look at the transitory period foster youth face when they age out of the foster care system. Upon their eighteenth birthday‚ unless they sign a Continuing Residential Support (CARS) Agreement or join the LINKS program‚ foster youth are considered legal adults no longer under the care of the State. This means that all the services they were receiving—housing‚ medical‚ mental health
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“Barbie Doll” The poem “Barbie Doll” is a powerful poem written by Marge Piercy. The title carries a lot of meaning because a Barbie Doll has been an icon in society. Society has a hold on individual’s lives‚ especially on women. Since 1960‚ it started to be an issue on women to fit in and become what others want them to be. Women‚ who adapt to society’s dictate‚ have to stop being themselves and become somebody else in order to please everyone else. Society tells us how to dress and acting order
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When referring to something as normal‚ one can say that “it lacks of significant deviation from the average”‚ or it conforms to the ideals of society. Woman on the Edge of Time‚ by Marge Piercy‚ tackles this exact term and opens up the cavity of the source as to why humans in this society follow such standards that don’t work. Through the ideals of Luciente‚ a prophet of sorts from the future‚ Consuelo Ramos‚ the Latina protagonist
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watching. Aside from the unmistakable resemblance with her pop star singer sister Jessica Simpson‚ the talent is quite evident and it’s just brewing under the angelic-face‚ feminine facade. Though her career is somewhat on the low-blow as compared to what her sister has achieved over the years‚ there’s no way we would be able to forget how playful and fun Ashlee Simpson’s approach to music was. Now aged 30‚ Ashlee Simpson is not as prolific and visible to the music scene nowadays‚ but the songs she had left
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