American Girl

added Arcade. I watched as the teenagers would walk in the mall with their friends and some with the family members. As soon as I started to observe, I saw four teenage girls walking toward me to go inside the Arcade to play. They were mixed, as in color wise. There were two whites one Spanish looking, and one African American. As they were walking, I could hear them talking and laughing. I heard one said something about a boy and they started laughing again. After they walked in the…

the author Toni Morrison was Born on February 18, 1931, in Lorain, Ohio. Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize- and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor and professor. “The Bluest Eye (1970),” “Song of Solomon (1877),” and “Jazz (1992)” are all great writings of the author Toni Morrison. The writing of Toni Morrison that I want to focus on is one from the book that we are currently reading which is called “Recitatif.” While explaining this writing I will also give information about the…

In “Doc McStuffins” the focus is an African American girl who wants to be a doctor like her mother. She is a nurturing six year old girl who cares for stuffed animals and toys in her playhouse clinic. Aimed at preschoolers, “Doc McStuffins” appeals to black and brown young girls. Part of the appeal for these young girls is allowing them to see themselves represented as an aspiring intellectual professional. “Doc McStuffins” is mostly designed to entertain, a minus for parents of preschoolers,…

However, in the text Veiled Intentions: Don’t Judge a Muslim Girl by Her Covering published in 2003 by Seal Press in the book Body Outlaws: Rewriting the Rules of Beauty and Body Image, Maysan Haydar give us a different perspective of what the veil represents in her and other woman’s life beside the religious meaning. Veiling, whether is optional or not, is a controversy here in the United States. Haydar intends to bring aware to Americans who judge veiled woman, by bringing her personal…

though the excited crowd. They were carrying large sacks filled with the most precious metal in the world ..... Gold. The whole issue in the story was that everyone was chasing after gold to get their life better to get rich! "At a time when many Americans were either out of work or earning low wages, the prospect of striking it rich proved irresistible. Firemen, doctors, lawyers, ministers and even the mayor of Seattle quit their jobs and joined the rush. Even though the times were hard in the…

For instance, a study carried out by the National Institute on Media and the Family found that 53% of girls who are 13 years old and 78% of girls who are 17 years old feel that their bodies are unattractive (“Body-image”). Inevitably, the study depicts that the extremely skinny models seen all over the media cause feelings of sadness and low self-esteem in women. This is harmful…

Many people believe that it starts at an early age and that things, such as the famous Barbie doll, are the gateways to low self esteem and the “real” image of human perfection. On March 9, 1959 , the world famous Barbie made her debut at the American International Toy Far in New York. Named after the inventor’s daughter, Barbara, the doll was made for the purpose of pleasure among young children…

National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD), 69% of 5th-12th grade girls reported that magazine pictures of women influenced their idea of a “perfect body”. But if that is not enough, they also state that over 80% of 10 year old girls are AFRAID of being “fat”. With today’s societal expectations skyrocketing for women all around the U.S. and the world, it is difficult for young girls to understand the concept of positive body image and to learn what it is to truly…

Response to Sandra Cisneros “Pilón (2002)” In this short story “Pilón” written by Sandra Cisneros was very detailed from the begging of the story as a song stuck her memory that she went on to explain transformation as a little girl growing up going through puberty to her growing up as in emigrant. It only got better as the story went on. Cisneros shared the way she felt deep inside from beginning to end of the short story. Wishing she could be at a place in her life that knowing what she…

Women have often been included in paintings and art even back to the Native Americans. Women within pieces of art typically portrayed the role of women during that time or culture. As the time in which a piece was created changed, the depicted role of women also adjusted. Additionally, the role of women varied between different cultures. However, the general ideas represented by the female form in artwork were motherhood, beauty, and the obligation to care for the home. One of the ways in…