18 December 2013 A Critique of Linda Prine’s “Abortion is not a bad thing” In her article “Abortion is not a bad thing”‚ published on June 24‚ 2013‚ the family medicine practitioner and the founder of the Reproductive Health Access Project medical director Dr. Linda Prinehighly defend and stick to the issue that abortion itself as an experience can be positive however our culture fails to praise the women rights in taking life-term decision and demonizes women instead for having an abortion. She
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The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word anger‚ a noun physical affliction or pain; inflammatory state of any part of the body. Then defines anger‚ a verb to distress‚ trouble‚ vex‚ hurt‚ wound. In Linda Pastan’s poem "Anger" the word anger takes the action of a noun. The word anger stands out for two reasons‚ the author chooses it for the title‚ and the only sentence with anger gives the poem meaning. In the beginning of the poem the word "it" gets used many times and we don’t know what
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much experience with homosexual people. I accept these people as they are‚ but I will admit that I did think homosexuality was a choice. The book had a lot of information that supports the idea that being homosexual is not a choice. Researcher Simon Levay studied the brain clusters of deceased heterosexual and homosexual people. He did find a difference in the size of the clusters. He was unable to prove whether sexual experience influences brain anatomy or if it is the other way around. Then
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at night‚ Jacobs completed Incidents where she was both candid and emotional about the sexual abuse‚ harassment‚ and total control of slave women by their masters. So when she decided to publish the book in 1861 she used a fictional name which was Linda Brent so the name wouldn’t trace back to her. Contemporary feminist researchers can use narrative work "to develop feminist theory‚ express affinity and admiration for other women‚ contribute to social justice‚ facilitate understanding among social
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Simón Bolívar was born in Caracas‚ Venezuela‚ on 24 July 1783. He was a well-known military strategist and was also known for his views on Latin America political problems. He was born wealthy which allowed him to have a wide variety of cultural experiences. After Bolívar created an army for the Latin Americas and won many decisive battles‚ he became a political leader in many of the countries he set free. As his time as a political leader he wrote this address to Bolivian political figures. The
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In Linda Seger’s essay‚ ‘Creating the Myth’‚ the author reveals that “the hero myth has specific story beats that occur in all hero stories”. In the popular television series‚ ‘Once Upon a Time’‚ the main hero is Emma Swan‚ and the views can identify and relate with her. Emma Swan represents the hero myth accurately because she is introduced in ordinary surroundings‚ something new enters her life‚ and she is now ready to move into the special world. First‚ Emma is introduced in ordinary surroundings
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Linda Geddes mentioned in her “Control Yourself” article two methods that I plan to start utilizing to help me control emotions during stressful situations‚ which are the “reappraisal” approach and practicing mindfulness. Under the reappraisal approach‚ I would need to practice my ability to look at the situation from the other person’s point of view‚ or as the article states‚ “put myself in their shoes” (2017). I then need to make a point to understand how my reaction would impact others‚ which
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Simon Lewis’ Justified and Ancient He laughs best who laughs last: That is one of the statements made in Simon Lewis’ short story from the year two thousand. Another one may be a statement of justice. Justice may be a term of the type which value is diminished because of the word put on it. Reading the short story provokes us to reconsider our normal interpretation of the word since the word acts paradoxical in it. When are you justified to do certain actions and who is justified against
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The poem “Pass/Fail” by Linda Pastan addresses exam anxiety. In the poem the author talks about examination dreams. These dreams are a reflection on the individual’s lack of confidence and incapability to advance to the next stage in life. In the dreams no matter what a person do‚ the answer is always wrong and he or she is guaranteed to fail in the dream. In real life‚ one either pass an exam or fail it. If one fails‚ they can often retake the exam and pass it. However‚ no matter what a person do
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The Dance Boots The book The Dance Boots‚ by Linda LeGarde Grover‚ is a compilation of stories told by various members of an Ojibwa family who continuously struggles with the challenges that many native American people face due to the white mans ever-changing world. The story starts with a elderly woman recounting the horrible events she witnessed and experienced at a native American boarding school‚ which was designed to break traditional Ojibwa beliefs and culture. She then passes the
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