In Racism and Women’s’ Studies‚ Barbara Smith argues that one cannot discuss the women’s movement without addressing racism. Ms. Smith explains how race‚ gender‚ sexuality and class are interconnected and how these relationships can produce privilege‚ but more often‚ generate oppression. Consequently‚ any effort to deal with feminist issues must also address the topics of race‚ sexuality and class as they can not be viewed or treated as distinctly separate subjects. This approach to intersectionality
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I found the readings from the textbook Renaissance Women in Science about Barbara McClintock and Rosalind E. Franklin to be very interesting to read about. Neither Franklin or McClintock had the full support of their families; McClintock’s mother not fully understanding her and Franklins father wanting her to be “normal” and get married and only work when necessary‚ or getting the notoriety that they both deserved in their fields of study. I was thrown off; a little confused as to why McClintock
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ConGiant Constrictor Snakes in South Florida Marc Komlos‚ an environmental scientist for the South Florida Water Management District‚ gave the final talk of the Gumbo Limbo Ecowatch Lecture Series. He discussed the presence of giant constrictor snakes in South Florida‚ primarily in the Everglades. The South Florida Water Management District is currently trying to find a solution python problem‚ which‚ up until a couple of years ago‚ people did not believe existed. However‚ biologists have now established
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Lillian Jones Mrs. BG English 100 23 September 2024 The Freedom Riders and Me - Research Incorporation In the short story “The Freedom Riders and Me” by Barbara Collins Bowie‚ the author depicts a story from her childhood. Growing up in Jackson‚ Mississippi during the 1960’s‚ Bowie was surrounded by racism. The South was particularly dangerous for black Americans with the Ku Klux Klan still active‚ and the Jim Crow laws being strongly enforced. One day‚ Bowie’s mother falls ill and must be rushed
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Xavier Johnson AMH 2010 03C Professor Amy Rieger 4/24/14 Florida History Project Henry M. Flagler’s name may have gotten less acknowledgement than the man of the Standard Oil business‚ John D. Rockefeller‚ but even with the lack of recognition Flagler’s power was just as strong in the oil industry in the 1870s and 1880s‚. Though Flagler was born in Hopewell‚ New York‚ in 1830 he left a lasting mark on the state of Florida and his influence easily reached the 20th century. Flagler’s greatest
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Ashley Ahle Professor Hunter Freshman English II 29 May 2014 The Black Death In Barbara Tuchman’s work titled “This is the End of the World: The Black Death”‚ she describes the devastating impact the bubonic plague had on mid-fourteenth century society‚ economy‚ and religion. The bubonic plague was a vicious fast spreading terminal disease for which there was no known prevention or cure. The author graphically describes the symptoms of the plague‚ the most characteristic being the foul odor
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December 2011 Three Different Religious Views on Serving the Homeless People who practice Buddhism believe that giving is a major foundation of their lifestyle. They believe that being generous is very important and to be taken seriously. “Compassion and love are not mere luxuries. As the source both of inner and external peace‚ they are fundamental to the continued survival of our species” (His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama). They see serving others as a vow or commitment they have made with
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Within all three field trips‚ we surveyed freshwater and saltwater fish and identified their species. We had two trips to the Mead Gardens and one trip to the Florida Keys. To survey the fish‚ we used multiple fish catching techniques. In the Mead Gardens‚ to catch fishes‚ we used two separate types of fish traps. Furthermore‚ in the Florida Keys‚ we caught fish with a gill net. We also observed and identified the fish differently in both places. In the Keys‚ we went snorkeling and identified fishes
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Women in popular culture and cinematic representations offer what ‘Barbara Creed calls it “monstrous-feminine”’ in different guises: ‘the archaic mother‚ woman as monstrous womb‚ woman as the witch‚ for instance-while others address them matters of sexual desire-the femme castratice and the vagina dentata’. The woman and her capacity to disturb normal ontology to give birth fascinate‚ repulse and intrigue. From the psychoanalytic viewpoint‚ the monstrosity of the maternal body is ambiguous‚ a ‘man’s
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The event that I choose to follow summer fest was a simple and casual visit to the wellness and recreational center‚ fancy way of saying the gym. Upon my first ever visit to Florida International University I still remember at our freshmen orientation entering the gym and thinking to myself this seems like a place that I will be visiting often during my four year tenure at school. And boy was I right‚ the facility was clean and professional looking very much like a professional gym would appear‚
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