“Dude‚ You’re a Fag” This research by C.J. Pascoe was about the use of the word fag and its relationship to homophobia and masculinity in a high school. The term fag is used loosely throughout most high schools. The reading explains that it is used in many ways. For example‚ fag can be used to describe a male who is doing something that is not masculine or that is feminine. In my words the article was explaining the how the word fag is used and the different meaning it may have depending on
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Upon reading Sarah Adams’ intriguing essay‚ "Be Cool to the Pizza Dude‚" I was inspired to embark on a more profound exploration of the operational principles that govern the community I am a part of. As a distinguished scholar‚ I am continually driven to scrutinize and comprehend the intricacies of the diverse communities that I am an integral part of‚ be it my scholarly community‚ professional community‚ or even my spiritual community. Nonetheless‚ for this particular composition‚ I have elected
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C.J. Pascoe’s Dude You’re A Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School focuses on how high school boys prove their masculinity to one another. The book explains the inequalities that are created when boys prove their masculinity through dominating behaviors. In Pascoe’s book‚ she focuses on how boys defend their heterosexual masculinity by using the “fag epithet.” She argues that by insulting people’s feminine behaviors‚ they are able to strengthen their masculinity. She focuses on how white boys
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THE DELL DUDE CONNECTS WITH PC BUYERS Every so often an advertising character jumps out of the television screen and into the hearts of consumers. A few years ago it was “Stuart”—the geeky‚ red-headed know-it-all who appeared in commercials for online stock trading company Ameritrade—who struck a chord with viewers. The latest ad spokesperson generating the buzz is “Steven‚” the lovable blond surfer dude who gives expert advice to people shopping for a home computer. The “Dell Dude” is played
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In the book Dude‚You’re a Fag‚ C.J. Pascoe attempts to explain the complex notions surrounding gender and sexuality through her analysis of the social dynamics present at River High School. C.J Pascoe prefaces the first chapter with a description of the Mr. Cougar ceremony: a series of actions performed by students which is concluded by a male winner. The series of events which encapsulate Mr. Cougar illustrate the traditional norms of masculinity and femininity by setting criteria that men or women
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The poem ‘So we’ll go no more a-roving’ by George Byron centers around the English Romantic ideas of nature to represent the divine as well as the reviving of devalued imagination. Byron’s poem was included as part of a personal letter sent to his unwell friend‚ Thomas Moore‚ in which Byron claims he suffers from a different kind of sickness. George Byron’s sickness is the wearing out of his principles as well as his physical body due to excessive partying during his over-lived Italian Christmas
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for many individuals of many ranging years (from pimple-faced teenagers to sternly-faced late 30 year olds) and the question of when do you become a full-fledged grown-up adult has been up in the air for some time. Tracy Moore’s article “Listen Up‚ Dudes: It’s Time to Own Up to the Fact That You Are an Adult” provides a pretty good idea and consensus on what it is to be an adult‚ and shoving them promptly in the face of some denial-driven 30 year olds. Her ideas and concepts are well organized and
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Pizza Dude” by Sarah Adams Summary In the essay “Be Cool to the Pizza Dude‚” Sarah Adams writes about the valid reasons for being cool to the pizza dude‚ and explains the blessings and good karma that can come from it. Adams fills her essay with four principles exampled that further explain her philosophy of being cool to the pizza dude‚ and how she applies it. The first principle is to practice humility and forgiveness for the pizza dude‚ to which Adams provides an example of a pizza dude cutting
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Ashar Hussain Friedrich Nietzsche Was One Trill Dude There are‚ perhaps‚ no religious criticisms more vitriolic than Friedrich Nietzsche’s. The world has yet to see a philosopher more staunchly opposed to traditional morality or contemporary society. It is peculiar that the son of a minister‚ born in a rural village southwest of Leipzig‚ would develop into one of the most creative‚ agile minds in the history of philosophy. Indeed‚ the realm of Nietzsche’s reasoning was as expansive as any before
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The Dead White Dude AKA William Shakespeare Nobody knows Shakespeare’s true birthday. During his life‚ Shakespeare wrote 37 plays and 154 sonnets (a play every 1.5 years of his career). Shakespeare performed before Queen Elizabeth I and later before James I who was an enthusiastic patron of his work. The motto of the Globe Theatre was all the world’s a stage. The Bard coined the phrase‚ “the beast with two backs” meaning intercourse in his play Othello. Shakespeare
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