be appreciated instead of facing disapproval from society. Tragically‚ often times it takes many years and countless hours of revisions to tone down the work to fit within the moral mold that society creates for itself. Stephen Crane was one of those authors who wanted to use his works to show his readers and the general population the things that are often just swept under the rug. In Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane‚ many controversial topics are addressed which led to problems with
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Vinegar Girl by Anne Tyler is a 2016 retelling of William Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew. The book was published as part of the “Hogarth Shakespeare” project by Random House. Tyler’s protagonist‚ Kate Battista‚ is just as strong-willed as Shakespeare’s Katherina. Likewise‚ both protagonists are prickly with those around them. Tyler opens Vinegar Girl with Kate in her garden her father‚ Dr. Battista‚ calls her on the phone. He forgot his lunch and would like her to bring it to him. Kate agrees
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Richard Prince took a photo of Brooke Shields at age ten in the nude‚ whose purpose was to “question sexualized advertising images”. The photo was censored as child pornography. However advertising‚ such the well-known illustration of the Coppertone Girl‚ depicts
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The movie “Girl Positive” is about‚ Rachel‚ a teenage girl Rachel in high school that has come in contact with the disease HIV. The movie shows how people in her high school view the disease. They also stereotype it‚ saying only gay people can get. They are quickly proven wrong though. A recent report put up on the school website shows that the star athlete that graduated before them was doing heroin. He had just died in a car accident and they found it in his system and in his car. Everybody was
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Mean Girls follows the journey of Cady becoming part of the Plastics. This is all influenced by George Herbert Mead’s theories that perceptions of others and their approval influence what people make their identity or better known as the Social Self Theory (Julianne‚ Para 7). One example of the Social Self Theory is when Cady begins to dress similar to the Plastics by wearing pink‚ but hers is a men’s t-shirt while they have dressy pink clothes on (Julianne‚ Para 6). Through the film we can tell
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Throughout Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok‚ the main character‚ Kimberly Chang‚ has a struggle to either assimilate or acculturate to American culture. The novel displays the benefits of both assimilation and acculturation. Kim is often bullied at school by her classmates and teacher in the beginning of the book because of her inability to speak complete english such as on pages 25-27‚ in which Mr. Bogart accused her of copying off another student just because she didn’t understand the directions
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Cynthia Health8 14 February Odd Girl Out Once upon a time in my health class we watched a sad movie called Odd Girl Out. It’s about girls getting bullied in school‚ and at home. It’s a somber and tragic movie that makes you take a step back and think about bullying. It makes you understand what bullying can do to someone and the pain they can get from it. It clearly distinguishes the roles of the bully scene. A major role is the Queen-Bee‚ and her name is Stacy. She has the ability to drop
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to young people; specifically young girls is. The sexualisation portrayed in the media‚ creates a very negative impact on young women as it leads to harmful effects on their growth development‚ and negatively affects our society overall as it creates harmful ideologies. The ideas and harmful ways of thinking affect their physical and mental health‚ encourages the continuing sexualisation and the cognitive and emotional development. The sexualizing of young girls
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In her novel‚ Girl at War‚ Sara Nović tells the story of Ana Jurić‚ a girl plagued by her past: one filled with war‚ broken memory‚ and the lack of a sense of home. Ana Jurić grew up in Croatia‚ a country that was at war with Yugoslavia in its fight for independence. This war shattered not only a country‚ but also the meaning of home for Ana who fled to America at the age of ten. Having lived so much of her life in Croatia‚ she naturally called it her home‚ and dismissed American culture as foreign
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Girl Scouts of the USA As young girls start school‚ they are presented with the opportunity to join the Girl Scouts of the USA. The opportunity is first presented as girls start kindergarten‚ but girls of any age are allowed to join Girl Scouts‚ even adults (FAQs). As an organization‚ Girl Scouts empower young girls to reach their full potential‚ showing them that they are not inferior to men. This organization attempts to create equality between men and women‚ by educating about and empowering
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