America's Next Top Model

a massive drugstore chain with stores in all 50 states. They also have stores in the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. They had fiscal 2014 sales of more than 76 billion dollars. The mission of Walgreens is to be America’s most-loved pharmacy-led health, well-being and beauty retailer. Their purpose is to champion everyone’s right to be happy and healthy. (News Room Fact Sheets, n.d.). Walgreens had a humble beginning in 1908, with their first store…

Hacksaw Ridge is a real-life inspired movie about the story of America’s first conscientious objector who received the Medal of Honor; Desmond T. Dawes. The movie was released in 2016 and was directed by Mel Gibson. It stars Andrew Garfield as Desmond Dawes, Luke Bracey as Smitty Ricker, and Vince Vaughn as Sgt. Howell. The movie tells the about Dawes heroic actions during the pacific battle of Hacksaw Ridge on the island of Okinawa, and how Dawes single-handily saved 75 men by himself. It shows…

Many individuals in this day and age believe the ideals of feminism are no longer necessary. The fact that society has made vast strides to the equality of many different individuals makes it seem that injustice is a thing of the past, and that any kind of change in our attitudes of one another is highly unneeded. Given the rise in misrepresentation of perfection through media, verbal and physically mistreatment of women, and the uprising of the rape and continued acts of violence all around…

designing the content of the magazines. Especially in an era where printed magazines is declining due to technological advances in the way readers can view publications. This paper will compare and contrast the information and services of five of the top leading magazines ( Vogue, Haper Bazaar, Glamour, Vintage Life and i-D), their market presences, and production/cost overview. In addition, it will explain how…

Throughout history, society has shaped the lives of individuals by assigning individuals a specific way to be a part of society while deviation is most likely viewed as unacceptable and censured. Betty Friedan in chapter 1 of her novel “The Feminine Mystique” describes society’s assigned role for women and how women sacrificed their desires to fulfil this role and assimilate into society. E.J Graff in his essay “The M/F Boxes” describes how transgendered and intersex individuals suffer…

Oprah Uses Her Influence to Endorse Harmful Health and Beauty Products Oprah Winfrey has been wildly successful. From hosting a morning show on a Chicago-based TV station to hosting The Oprah Winfrey Show for 25 years, she is arguably one of the most successful celebrities in the United States and beyond. Even after curtains closed on her show that ran for 25 seasons, she continued her success by launching her own television network, Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN). According to Forbes magazine, OWN…

book ReMix, Latterell (2010) stated that “Sometimes from as early as their toddler years, millions of students are raised to believe that there is nothing more important than success, and nothing that reflects that success more than admittance to a top-tier college”(p. 251). With this being stated, it shows that everyone wants success. During competition you either win or lose. Since this is the case we always want to win so we will do whatever it takes to achieve that success. Latterell (2010)…

All of the kids began to use the word, but I didn’t know what it meant, no one really seemed to know what it meant. At the same time, I began to be exposed to more ‘grown up’ media, especially with my older sister who watched shows such as America’s Next Top Model. The show featured a handful of gay men, although I still didn’t really know what ‘gay’ meant, I just viewed them as very flamboyant. I remember my dad seeing the show and commenting on the men, saying they were gross. I asked him…

should retire next”), only to announce his retirement the next week (54). His successor, Duncan Moore, then initiates a series of reforms against which he can only rage. When he and Aspinwall discuss the fact “that Mr. Moore was considering a Negro boy for next year’s first form,” Prescott nobly claims that he would have done so had he found “boys who could really profit from Justin” (297). While his never having done so in sixty years as headmaster makes this claim doubtful, what he says next…

educational funding, and criminal containment, to operate. While Americans will never escape the burden of tax, altercations to the current tax system can correct the issues that taxpayers fear. The current US federal income tax is a progressive tax model that utilizes eight tax brackets ranging from 10% for the lowest income earners to 39.6% for the highest income earners. However, recent…