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    Where the Girls Are

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    Mass Media and Women Introduction: Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media is an autobiography written by Susan J. Douglas that outlines the impact mass media had on the second women’s movement in the United States. She presents the information in a very witty and entertaining way and does a very good job at getting straight to the point without sugar coating anything. She starts off the book by emphasizing the effects that TV and Walt Disney in particular had on our culture

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    Stand Up Comedian Essay

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    want to live if I could not perform. It’s in my will. I am not to be revived unless I can do an hour of stand-up “(Quotes.Rivers). Comedians often say that stand-up is an art form. It is on the spot‚ impromptu‚ and for some‚ comedy is a way of life. The thought of making others laugh‚ gets them through the day. Female comedians ted to make jokes about different aspects of life‚ than do male stand-up comedians. Some female comedians rely on “potty” humor. These comedians typically do not care who they

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    Latin Girl

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    This is sometimes a very good thing – it may win you that extra minute of someone’s attention. But with some people‚ the same things can make you an island – not a tropical paradise but an Alcatraz‚ a place nobody wants to visit. As a Puerto Rican girl living in the United States and wanting like most children to “belong‚” I resented the stereotype that my Hispanic appearance called forth from many people I met. Growing up in a large urban center in New Jersey during the 1960s‚ I suffered from

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    Farm Girl

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    Christina Anderson Mr. Kingsley Eng105 1 February 2012 Life Lessons from the Farm Jessica Hemauer’s essay‚ “Farm Girl‚” tells her life story of living on a farm through her eyes as ten-year-old child to the time of her early adulthood. The purpose of this piece is to teach the importance of life’s responsibilities to children‚ mainly female‚ and young adults who may not be familiar with the challenges life can bring and to promote the benefits you can gain by overcoming those obstacles. Hemauer

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    The Lost Girl

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    The Lost Girl Everyday‚ someone tortures themselves relentlessly; although they may or may not truly believe their anguish to be self-inflicted. Some‚ superb pretenders (even to themselves)‚ consider themselves perfectly fine‚ and erect an elaborate façade of not having a care in the world. Others can distinguish that they are not okay‚ but meet difficulty in voicing their concerns. Loved ones who recognize their struggles‚ often do nothing. It seems that in most cases‚ people are fearful because

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    A Slave Girl

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    The basic plot of Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl as an anti-slavery text and the typical plot of the 19th century genre of sentimental fiction are alike in that just as the 19th century genre did‚ Harriet Jacobs made a plea to the Northern‚ white‚ female listeners during a time when "true womanhood" truly meant chastity and virtue. Harriet Jacobs pushes the message that slavery makes it totally impossible for a black woman to live as a virtuous or chaste person. As she supports some of

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    Stand Out Research Paper

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    You may have been told that it is important to make your business‚ branding or your personality stand out‚ but do you really know what this term means? The term “stand out” actually originates from the year 1898 when a group of workers decided to stand out or go on strike. Today the term is associated with making yourself‚ or something‚ stand apart from others. In other words to distinguish yourself differently from those around you. Of course standing out from other people is not that easy to

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    Stand Your Ground Law

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    Stand Your Ground Law One law I will forever remember is the “Stand Your Ground” law. This law has been around for some time now but many people including myself have only recently learned of this law‚ because of a very emotional case in Florida involving ‚George Zimmerman” murdering a 17 year old unarmed boy named “Trayvon Martin.” Stand your ground law was actually passed October 1‚ 2005. Ironically Florida was the first state to pass (Stand your ground law) and now Florida is the state

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    Stand Your Ground Law

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    Stand Your Ground Law varies in language depending on the state. Some States have not yet adopted this particular law. Although there is no set definition on this law‚ the Stand Your Ground law means that under certain circumstances individuals can use force to defend themselves without first attempting to retreat from danger. In simpler terms‚ if you come into contact with someone who infuses danger upon you or others‚ instead of running away you stay and defend yourself. The main idea is self-defense

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    The "Stand Your Ground" statute states that “a person who is not engaged in an unlawful activity and who is attacked in any other place where he or she has a right to be has no duty to retreat and has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force‚ including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another or to prevent the commission of a forcible felony” (Sherman). Many people will say that

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