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    The Beauty Myth

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    By: Kelly Winch The Beauty Myth‚ published by Doubleday in New York City‚ hit the shelves in 1992. Naomi Wolf wrote this 348-page book. Wolf attended Yale University and New College‚ Oxford University‚ where she was a Rhodes Scholar. Her essays have been printed in many well-known magazines and newspapers‚ including Esquire and the New York Times. The Beauty Myth was Wolf’s first book. She has also written two other books‚ Fire With Fire and Promiscuities. Wolf is a recognized feminist. She has

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    The Native American Origin Legends Native American myths all come from different tribes and many different religions‚ they have made up over the years. Their stories are mostly about how the world came to be and why creatures don’t all look the same. “When Grizzlies Walked Upright”‚ “The Earth on Turtle’s Back”‚ and “The Navajo Origin Legend”‚ are all Native American stories have different perspectives on how the world came to be. The stories told by the Natives were based on what their beliefs

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    Beauty Myth

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    English  120  -­  013 Beauty  Myth  by  Naomi  Wolf Page  3.  “This  embodiment  is  an  imperative  for  women  and  not  for  men‚  which  situation  is  necessary  and natural  because  it  is  biological‚  sexual‚  and  evolutionary:  Strong  men  battle  for  beautiful  women‚  and beautiful  women  are  more  reproductively  successful.” I  found  this  quote  interesting‚  but  I  didn’t  understand  exactly  what  Wolf  meant  by  this. Page  4.  “The  beauty  myth  is  not  about  women  at

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    The Taurus Myth

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    The Taurus myth is most often interpreted as the story of Zeus and Europa‚ where the Greek god carried the Phoenician princess away to Crete to marry her by disguising himself as a white bull. Then I guess the bull‚ that was really Zeus‚ became the Taurus constellation‚ but not really‚ because now the bull and Zeus are different. The Scriptures of Delphi give us another possible explanation of the Taurus constellation‚ one that I find a bit more satisfying. According to the alternate myth‚ the mythology

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    Overpopulation is a myth

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    resource explosion‚ a food explosion‚ an information explosion‚ a communications explosion‚ a science explosion‚ and a medical explosion‚” wrote community development specialist Abid Ullah Jan in an article published in 2003 called “Overpopulation: Myths‚ Facts‚ and Politics.” Poverty‚ too‚ is not the

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    Universal Myth

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    Step-Up: Universal Myth One day‚ Tyler‚ Mac‚ and Skinny‚ running around causing trouble in Baltimore‚ are throwing things at each when and one object hit and smashed the window in at the Maryland School of the Arts (MSA). Getting caught damaging the theater set‚ Tyler tells Mac and Skinny to leave so they do not get caught. Consequently‚ Tyler has two hundred hours of community service in “payback” of the destruction at MSA. During his community service‚ Tyler meets a girl named Nora‚ and offers

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    Myth of Frontier

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    a perfect vision of a wild‚ open‚ and free western territory really characterizing traditional American principles. From this expected idea‚ frontier myths were constructed in hopes of the freedom of western civilization. It was quickly observed that establishing in the west was not as free and open as once imagined‚ thus resulting in the “myth of the frontier.” Throughout this migration period‚ early white men believed in the notion of Manifest Destiny. This idea was literally perceived as

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    Myths of the Illuminati

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    Illuminati. The truth? A myth? The term “illuminati” in Latin means enlightenment. You all may have opinions that suggest it isn’t real‚ but there is proof that it is affecting the world and how we live right now. On May 1‚ 1776‚ in Bavaria Dr. Adam Weishaupt‚ a professor of Canon Law at Ingolstadt University and a former Jesuit‚ formed a secret society called the Order of the Illuminati within the existing Masonic lodges of Germany. The Illuminati was a secret society within a secret society‚

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    frontier myth

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    Turner published The Significance of the Frontier in American History in 1893‚ read before the American Historical Association in Chicago during the World’s Columbian Exhibition (Chicago World’s Fair). [4] This work perpetuated the Frontier Thesis and myth of the frontier‚ detailing the meeting of civilization and wilderness‚ and announcing the end of the frontier era. His belief

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    Marijuana Myths

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    Marijuana has many positive and negative effects on the body. Marijuana Myths have been harmful to society by attracting people to the drug. Myths about the marijuana not being harmful have caused people to use the dug without the effects on the body. Myths are generated by popular culture to give people false ideas about the drug (National Drug Conference 8-9). Marijuana can be historically linked to many countries. Marijuana was used for both religious and medical purposes. The Chinese used

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