← Back to Original Article Plenty of questions but no easy answers in wake of gang rape Brutality of the incident at Richmond High is hard to fathom. October 31‚ 2009|SANDY BANKS The sense of horror seems to be fading at Richmond High -- the Northern California school that made news around the world this week after a 15-year-old girl was gang-raped outside a campus homecoming dance while a crowd of students watched but did nothing to intervene. Local school board members in this East Bay city
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editor at Jezebel and a contributing editor at the Hairpin. Her essays and criticism have appeared in the Times Magazine‚ Grantland‚ the Awl‚ Pitchfork‚ The Fader‚ Time‚ and Slate” (Tolentino n.p.). Even though Jia might not be an expert in pop culture music she can still state her opinion about the subject. She has done several different topics all throughout her career‚ but never focuses on just one thing. The source was published by the appraised magazine The New Yorker. This source was published
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The Sexual Revolution of the 1960’s Sex and the 1960’s The 1960’s was a decade of many changes‚ revolutions‚ and experiments including the sexual revolution brought on by the ’sixties generation’. Free love was a popular term coined in the later sixties that meant everyone should love each other‚ sexually and non sexually. This was the first time in history that sex was not something only men could enjoy but women too. What came from this revolution was birth control‚ knowledge of the female
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One Segment of sociology focuses on sub-cultures‚ specifically; deviant subcultures. The White Supremacist and Neo-Nazi movements in America are a prime example of a deviant subculture. White Supremacy is defined as a racist ideology which holds that the white race is superior to other races (wiki). Further‚ Neo-Nazism is used to refer to any social or political movement seeking to revive Nazism or a form of fascism‚ which postdates the Second World War. There are many groups which fall under
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9’s Hi-5 presents‚ the traditional and ABC’s Play School offers more for early learners. These two children shows are compared in the features of form‚ purpose‚ audience and social context. Hi-5 is contemporary and fast paced reflecting the modern culture whereas Play School maintains a sense of simplicity and the traditional elements which still fulfil the 21st century child. The importance of Hi-5 is to entertain whereas Play School educates effectively. The purpose of the opening credits is to
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Pop Music 73% of teens in America listen to popular music‚ which is also known as ‘pop’ music (Murray). There are so many different music genres in the world and it’s amazing how pop music can capture 73 percent of the teen’s attention. Pop music offers an endless variety of styles and meanings to the listening audience. Although I listen to many other music genres‚ I listen to pop music a lot more often. And there are reasons why 73 percent of other teens do too. Pop music is such a diverse genre
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Definiton: Fad - A phenomenon that becomes popular for a very short time. - becomes popular‚ is adopted‚ peaks and declines quickly when you least expect it. Why fads are crap? 1. They don’t last forever. 2. They are costly and expensive - therefore‚ no sense of investment. 3. Once something new is introduced‚ the Fad dies. And you move on. Just like that. 4. You end up forgetting it ever existed. But there’s gotta be something beyond the box of crap in your basement containing Furby’s
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The Author: Angela Carter English short story writer‚ novelist‚ journalist‚ dramatist and critic. Angela Carter was a notable exponent of magic realism‚ adding into it Gothic themes‚ postmodernist eclecticism‚ violence‚ and eroticism. Throughout her career‚ Carter utilized the language and characteristic motifs of the fantasy genre. "A good writer can make you believe time stands still‚" she once said. Carter completed nine novels. Carter’s novels and stories stand almost without parallel in British
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and/or are only needed for a man’s sexual satisfaction. Women are a huge target in the music industry today. Artists say that not all women are being targeted‚ only the ones who do not respect themselves. A rapper in pop culture today making this notion more popular and glorified is Andre Adams‚ better known by his stage name‚ Andre Nickatina‚ or by his previous stage name Dre Dog. In a review of Andre Nickatina’s album “HELL’S KITCHEN” the lyrics were described as “blunt” and “unaware” his
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credibility or ethos we can rely on is the company Buffalo by David Bitton. Since it is a well-known brand‚ people can trust that this company has goodwill and character. Plus‚ it is an advertisement from a magazine called Nylon which is among one of the popular fashion magazines that are distributed throughout stores. We can find credibility in the magazine and brand name. The logical appeal (logos) that this advertisement has is perhaps the convenience of the clothing. We can say that the type of clothing
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