It can be learned from “Lamb to the Slaughter”, that not everything and everyone is perfect. Life can seem perfect but it never…
The boyband One Direction released a song in 2015 titled “Perfect”, which indirectly states that although neither person is perfect, they can still have a great relationship that is perfect to them, although it may not be stereotypical perfection. As well, another popular artist among influential young adults is Katy Perry. Katy Perry’s “Teenage Dream” from 2010 highlights a similar concept. She states that “You think I'm pretty without any make-up on. You think I'm funny when I tell the punch line wrong” (Perry).…
Domestic Violence can be used against one person, or everyone in the household. But, it never fails to create trauma. Moving on is the hardest part of the healing process, but it’s not impossible. These poems convey this through different perspectives. All these poems show the lasting affects domestic violence that a loved one can cause.…
We always follow our best, the most noble emotions to perform certain things, until the results when we found that we are wrong. The world and the fact are not as good as it seems, because it is constantly changing. So, Gatsby is great, just because he was in this world of change and disappear, still in the pursuit of a kind of eternal things. This pursuit, because pure, so noble.…
In this chapter of From Mammy to Miss America, K. Sue Jewell addresses policies created to insure women were to receive equal access to opportunities and societal resources. She specifically discusses social welfare programs, affirmative action programs, job training and health and medical programs. While discussing the implementation of new social policies during the 1960s and 19070s, she also addresses some of the adverse effects of these social policies on African American women. Before getting into the policies she beginnings this chapter by quickly addressing the intersection of racial discrimination, social class and gender inequality. Due to the intersectionality of race, class, and gender, African American women have historically been…
The effects of music in one’s culture is inviolable, it is a form of art that affects us in every aspect of our lives, playing an important role in communication and learning. According to Ludwig Van Beethoven, “music can change the world,” meaning to say, musical transformations leads to changes not only in its field but also in every individual of our culture. Meanwhile, in today’s society, most music produced is accompanied by videos which can be either a concept video or a performance video of the artist (American Academy of Pediatrics. 2009, 1488).…
The song “***Flawless” was written and performed by American singer Beyoncé, featuring an excerpt from a talk given by Nigerian writer and self-proclaimed feminist, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. It should be known that Beyoncé once participated in a show called Star Search with a big dream, only to lose out against another competitor. This is also mentioned in the music video that accompanies this song. It should also be noted that she is unusually aggressive in this song.…
As teenagers, we feel the strain to amount to something in life. The “perfection” society expects of us directly correlates to the, almost, certain failure, that is, the delusional ideal of life. Dickinson innately conveys this thought by stating, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” (1) .…
The film, Miss Evers’ Boys was about an inhumane study of African American men suffering from syphilis. The film evolved around Eunice Evers, a nurse in a local Tuskegee hospital and her statement about the “Tuskegee study”. Dr. Brodus, the head doctor of the local Tuskegee hospital along with Nurse Evers were given fund to treat men with syphilis or what they called “bad blood” (Benedetti, Fishburne, Kavanagh, Konwiser & Sargent, 1997). These men were not very educated, and their health literacy were very low, so Nurse Evers had to use words that they could understand. After a while, the fund for the treatment diminished and they were not able to continue treating these men.…
The concept of perfection is something that cannot be reached or can be achieved because if you have nothing to redeem then you have nothing to gain. Just as a caterpillar is to a butterfly, redemption is to success. Although they may seem like opposites, they actually are very much alike because you need one to have the other. One must recognize a fault that they have suffered and learn from it to better one’s self and eventually teach it to others. The idea of redemption through failure because perfection will not help one’s worth is evident in Sir Gawain and The Green Knight by Simon Armitage and in modern day society.…
Nola Darling, the female protagonist of Spike Lee’s 1986 film She’s Gotta Have It defies the social mores of her community by proclaiming and living a lifestyle in which she is economically independent and sexually liberate. Nola unapologetically enjoys sex with her multiple partners: the rich and egotistical Greer Childs, the playful and immature Mars Blackman, and the secure, yet overbearing Jamie Overstreet. She is very open with her lovers, honest to a fault, where all of her lovers are aware of each other, with each of her suitors constantly trying to persuade Nola on why she should be with them exclusively. Nola states that her objective is to clear her name; Nola feels the need to clarify why she is sexually liberated, and wants to prove…
Demi Lovato- Cool For The Summer Single Review - MusicSnake Dropping her new song “Cool For The Summer” yesterday, Demi Lovato’s latest single soared up charts all over the world, hitting #1 in Brazil in less than an hour. Demi’s social media feed was full of sunshine, palm tree and bikini emojis, and fans went berserk over the release. So does it live up to all the hype? Well…not really.…
Beyonce Knowles sparked controversy with the release of her self-titled album as it features a song that focuses on feminism, “***Flawless”. The song includes a section of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's TED Talk, “We Should All Be Feminists”, in which she talks about the differences in the social structure of a woman's and a man's life. While men are taught they can do or be anything, women must make choices in life “always keeping in mind that marriage is the most important”. Beyonce's mention of feminism throughout the album caused discussion around the issues of gender equality but unfortunately the topic is not treated as seriously as it used to be. While women have gained rights over the last century that has made them more equal to men, invisible restrains in both the workplace and in everyday life still limit women from reaching complete equality.…
From paint spreading on a canvas, to bright lights shinning on a stage, women have equally shined in the limelight. When thinking lyrics that scream feminist, think Beyoncé; she has made it clear in all her songs that “girls run the world”, and should run this world. “We raise girls to see each other as competitors…Not for jobs or for accomplishments,….Which I think can be a good thing… But for the attention of men” directly out of her song called Flawless, Beyoncé shows how women are being brainwashed as kids, they don't even get to better them self’s, instead women do things for the attention of men.…
Life is about not giving up. The message of the “The Climb” is to show people to not worry about what you have accomplished. It's about the things that made them get there and the things they learned from it. “There is always gonna be another mountain I wanna make move” (Miley Cyrus). This shows that it's not about waiting for something to happen and not how long it can take them to get there.…