American Girl

infanticide, where it's actually the most popular. The documentary “It’s a Girl” first shows an Indian women stating “Women have the power to give life,” she explains, “and the power to take it away.” (It's a Girl) India and china have rooted in them the practice of infanticide. The film opens up with a woman telling her story about her births. She has been pregnant eight times, all of these eight times she gave birth to only girls, and eight times she had strangled and killed her daughters. She…

Most of the American people don’t seem to understand that the media tries to sway to the American people to their side. (Does the Media Influence Us? 2015). Media in some ways affects us by show television and manipulating the people. Media influence has negative effects on people. The Media makes women, and men have a negative for body image. The book Beauty…and the Beast of Advertising Kilbourne’s statements said, (28). “Even grade-school girls are succumbing to stick-like standards of beauty…

approximately 38.3% of students identify as African-American, which creates the largest segment of the student body and is expected in many schools in Jacksonville where 41.7% of student population is African American (Kings Trail Elementary School). In addition, 27.9% of students identify as Hispanic, while, 20.7% identify as White and 9.2% identify as Asian (Kings Trail Elementary School). Lastly, 3.5% identify with two races and 0.2% identify as American Indian and Pacific Islander (Kings…

relates to The Great Depression of the 1920s. Although that is not mentioned in the film, the main focus is poverty and how children got around few things. There was one young girl that was part of the higher class and the young boy notices how she is taken and wants to help. The whole idea behind the upper class young girl was for the other men to get a reward back from the town because of poverty. Although the film was short, it was easy to pull information…

FEMINIST ANALYSIS OF “TIP DRILL” Cornell Iral Haynes Jr. popularly known in the American music industry as Nelly came out with “Tip Drill” on his 2003 remix album Da Dertty Versions, he featured the St. Lunatics on this song. The expression tip drill is a slang vulgar expression, describing a well-known ugly girl with a nice body, hefty breast and backside. The lyrics of “Tip Drill” describe a girl who can only attract the opposite sex with her body and not her face, she is cheap and ready to…

representation of the female stand out and allow for a greater comparison: The Guerrilla Girls and Howard Chandler Christy’s ‘Christy’s Girls’. To a certain extent, both artists focus on the duality of women, however, The Guerilla Girls focus on the psyche and the actuality of the woman whereas ‘Christy’s Girls’ represented the form of the woman and their perceived purpose set out by men. The Guerilla Girls are the epitome of unabashed warfare and calling the viewer out on their actions as well…

A 10 year old girl, who underwent heart surgeries is asking her favorite toy company to create a doll that has surgical chest scar, just like hers. Although, the company hasn’t commented about the petition yet, her family is still hopeful that the little girl’s request will eventually be heard, after the firm released a diabetes care kit for dolls. In the Change.org site, Lamaya Sakales explained that she was born with congenital heart defect. She said she has a scar running through her chest,…

We Can Do It? During the years of World War II, Rosie the Riveter proudly stated to all of the American females that “We Can Do It.” Rosie was referring to jobs that, since the men were off to war, women had to do to keep the country going. Eventually, the men came back from war and it was like starting from scratch. The ideals of “a woman 's place” came back into play and ever since, women have been working hard to do It, whatever that means for them. Looking at how far the world has come in…

As the girl got older she started to realize the truth behind adoption. When she was younger she thought that kids got picked out in some sort of order. Maybe based on the time they got there, their birthdays, or even their heights. When she hit ten years old, she found out it was a lot more evil than that. The adoption process was almost like creating a kid that you want. You could pick out the age, the skills, and even the way they looked. This is where the girl felt her problems came into…

Why Females Develop a Low Self-esteem when Neglected Over 40% of girls have self-confidence when they are 6th-grade, but this number plummets down to about 12% by the time they are in 10th-grade (Paquette). Girls are more likely to perform better than boys when they begin schooling. This potential gradually gets overshadowed by numerous life concerns as girls continue to grow up. Their academic levels slowly drop, and they soon start focusing on pleasing the society. Although all human beings…