“Dark Girls” The 2012 documentary Dark girls‚ is a fascinating and controversial film by American filmmakers‚ Bill Duke and D. Channsin Berry. It goes underneath the surface to explore the prejudice‚ dark-skinned women face throughout the world. It explores the roots of classism‚ racism and the lack of self-esteem within a segment of cultures. Dark girls shows the many struggles which women of darker skin face. It allows women of all ages to tell their stories of the damage done to their self-esteem
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Dark undercurrents of teenage girls’ selfies Date July 11‚ 2013 Olympia Nelson Pouty self-portraits have turned boy-girl relations into a cut-throat sexual rat race. Actor Miley Cyrus poses for a selfie. If social media only caused narcissism‚ it wouldn’t be the worst thing. Instagram and Facebook are social networks that not only breed narcissistic tendencies but transform relations into a sexual rat race. On these ubiquitous portals‚ the popularity of girls is hotly contested over one big
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many gospel songs about life in the BC era but not many songs include both BC and present time. Most Gospel songs are about a relationship with God. Most current songs are about drugs‚ money and women. When combining both‚ the song “Girl in the War” by Josh Ritter is related to the biblical apostles‚ Paul and Peter‚ but instead of being during biblical times it is during the present and includes present matters such as Setting‚ Historic Context‚ and Theme. There is no full setting to “Girl in the War”
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The song “Girl in a Country Song” addresses our class topic of gender inequalities. The song is themed around two girls being fed up with living their lives to please men. “Girl in a Country Song” begins with the girls singing about how they’re barely wearing clothes and starting to question why they aren’t dressing for comfort (Maddie & Tae‚ 2014). These lyrics correspond with Johnson’s article we read in class. According to Johnson‚ patriarchy is male-centered. In other words‚ women are taught
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My first poem I choose was by Gwendolyn Bennet‚ “To A Dark Girl”. I choose this poem because I came across this poem before this class and found it touching. My first poetic element I see in this poem would be Allegory‚ my reason for this is because‚ Bennett gives a message in this poem without really saying it‚ you kind of have to read it over again and think. “Something of old forgotten queens (line 5). What I got from this is that Bennett is saying that back in time‚ black people were fine
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Pink’s “Stupid Girls” is about the way the media portrays women and how that portrayal influences the behavior of women in society. Pink conveys this message through the use of her lyrics and the historical context from the song. When Pink says‚ “Maybe if I act like that‚ that guy will call me back”‚ she seems to be saying that the media sends women the message that the way women in the media communicate with men is the way they should be doing it as well. Women in the media often use their looks
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The Song of Solomon Summary: Written by the wisest man to ever live‚ Solomon‚ “Song of Songs” is a composition of lyric poems which portrays the theme of love between a man and a woman and can be seen almost written as a diary of sorts. The book explores the feelings‚ hopes‚ fears‚ and the passion between a man and a woman. It can be seen as a celebration of human sexuality. Just through the first few chapters‚ we learn so much of what a relationship is supposed to look like for the believer and
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Into the Dark A tunnel of light paraded across the ceiling of the dark room then widened as the painted wooden door creaked open. A pitch-colored shadow briskly swept across the invading gleam then without a moments hesitation disappeared into the swallowing blackness of the small room. A small girl asleep in her princess pink canopy bed was awoken by the loud sound of heavy breathing. The dog like pant sent a furious chill down her spine‚ slowly streaking throughout her bones like
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The song “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” was song by an Australian rock band — the Jet. The Jet‚ formed their band in 2001‚ dissolved in 2012 but reformed again in 2016. Before they dissolved‚ they had produced four albums over a decade and their first debut album Get Born was released in 2003 and actually made its band’s popularity rocketed. The most popular song in the album Get Born was actually the song I chose‚ Are You Gonna Be My Girl. It was voted number one in the 2003 Triple J Hottest 100‚
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allows then to be free and safe or a physical place. To a child‚ home is a place where they are encouraged to be curious and creative. In Brown Girl Dreaming‚ Jackie finds her true home in her writing‚ from her earliest moment she can remember wanting to write. She finds control and happiness in just the simple act of writing her name. In the poem “mountain song”‚ Jackie says “I’ll be a writer. I’ll be able to hold on to each moment‚ each memory – everything” (Woodson 274). Eventually her mother and
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