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TV Shows Analysis: American Horror Story and the Twilight Zone Linh Hua Anderson University Televisions came to the United States during the late 1940s, but they did not officially bloom until the 1950s. They were able to dominate Americans due to their diversity of programs: variety shows, anthology shows, sitcom shows, etc. In the current time, when one mentions anthology, people would immediately think about The Twilight Zone, which runs in the late fifties and sixties, and…

Pornography and Society in the film The Piano Teacher by Michael Haneke In 2001, Michael Haneke directed a film called, The Piano Teacher based on a book by Elfriede Jelinek. Haneke portrays to the viewer as not railing against pornography, per se, but railing against its impact as generated by men or, moreover, by a capitalist-patriarchal society. This similar modality of thinking was introduced by Linda Williams in 1989, in which she “...moves beyond the impasse of the…

The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word humble as, “Having or showing a modest or low estimate of one’s own importance.” Or “Of low social, administrative, or political rank.” This of course is a very generic social term of an adjective there is more to this word than meets the eye. Sometimes even being used as a verb, “To lower (someone) in dignity or importance.” However, it’s only found on a societal level, but also in various religions, philosophical ideals, cultures, and criticism…

Raneem Botros had grown up in a relatively good life with a good house hold. That had been the first six years of her life. She had always been happy and smiling, always pleased to see her father until she had come to the true reality that life was; her mother was a lesbian, her father had raped her when she had been only fifteen, and the man she had grown up calling her daddy had only been her mother 's father. Raneem wasn 't displeased about the fact she had two mothers instead of one, and…

Chapter 4 begins with the story of a young man named A, who had history of getting in relationship with woman who already have boy friend and there was act of sexual fantasies with violence in it. His childhood was not a normal since his mom was alcoholic, his siblings were seems to be mentally incapable of taking care of themselves and constant domestic violence. Later his intimate relationship seems to be erotic as well as constantly threating and violence. Humans have different degree of…

coming from all over the place (Hilton 1). Pornography changes the brain to where the dopamine receptors on the brain is needing “stronger and stronger stimuli” (Hilton 1). From the typical straight couple to the sketchier searches (incest, pedophila, BDSM) is the process for most pornography viewers, since they need that “high” to live. That’s why alcoholism, foodies, and meth-heads are so common, stress eats away at them and they don’t know how else to get away from the world. Even though,…

because of Olive and Elizabeth was the one who was like “dude make her a badass woman.” I could talk about that all day, but lets move on a bit. So early Wonder Woman comics were super progressive reflecting Martson’s own views(okay yeah including his bdsm stuff but i digress) Similar to Rosie the Riveter, Wonder Woman promoted a more independent woman. She was patriotic(a necessity of the WWII era superheroes), strong, empowered, and unapologetically a woman. Like Rosie who promoted women to…

The erotic drama film, Fifty Shades of Grey (2015), portrays the explicit relationship between young college graduate, Anastasia Steele and successful entrepreneur, Christian Grey through the beginning of their tumultuous relationship. Anastasia becomes enamored with Christian, while he desires a more formally structured relationship, consisting of a set of guidelines for each party to adhere to. Grey aids Steele in discovering the world unbeknownst to her that involves the darker side of sexual…

not buy her a wedding ring. Instead, he bought her a set of gold bracelets which Olive wore all of her life. Wonder Woman also wears gold bracelets as a symbol of her power. However, these bracelets also have attached rings, which are recognized as bdsm devices. After Byrne had children with Marston, she was described to the outsiders as "the housekeeper," and her children were told that their real father died. She raised her and Holloway's children so his wife could continue to work. It was a…

a scare was coming. Through a small crack, she peeks through the casket and spots the body of a female lying prone. She's blonde, half-naked, and either dead or unconscious. There are ropes around her wrists and ankles. Her positioning resembles a BDSM-type bondage.…