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My Friend Ana In a world filled with women of different shapes and sizes, there can only be one true solution to the perfect body. Welcome to the Pro-Ana lifestyle, a blog, out of many, where young, teen girls are introduced to the life of feeding on what people think of them, and nothing else. The beauty of a thin body is all that matters in this lifestyle, and this can only be defined by “ana,” anorexia. “Stay strong. Starve on” is tagged upon multiple posts along with “What the scale says is the most important thing” in order to provide encouragement to achieve this perfect body and meet society’s outrageous standards. A sixteen year old girl, naming herself L, began this free blog in order to reflect upon her life dealing with anorexia, hoping to realize she isn’t alone in the struggle. This soon became a widespread epidemic. As quickly as anorexia became considered beauty by the media, L’s blog became a campaign to encourage the only ideal that would change her from an unhealthy freak to a beautiful goddess. Using her “Thinspo crush of the week” and…

Notebook Joan Didion characterizes the Santa Ana winds using various stylistic elements. Her essay characterizes the Santa Ana winds as Controversial, Theoretic, and Catalytic. The stylistic elements Didion uses to convey these views are Diction, Logos, and Metaphors. Joan Didion exemplifies diction conveying the controversial characterization early on in the first paragraph of the essay with the following quote. “We know it because we feel it. The baby frets. The maid sulks.” This fits the…

Memories and Emotions The work of fiction, The Things They Carry, can be categorized as either a novel or a collection of short stories. If one were to put it into a genre, or a sub-genre, then realistic fiction or a memoire would not be inaccurate. All the stories are told through memory; every chapter is a story told through the point of view of one of the men from the Alpha Company. Half as many chapters are about the surviving characters and them reliving their experiences, but the…

can. Anorexia does not just come to a person at a random time. There is usually always a source that sparks one 's interest. Believe it or not, most of these sources are found on the web that is observed by the whole world. The "10 Thin Commandments" are known by most participants of anorexia or an eating disorder. Some sites even include a pledge such as the "Letter to Ana" pledge that reads: "I pledge to fear food and to see obese images in the mirror, I will worship and pledge to be a…

In The Invention of Ana by Mikkel Rosengaard, Rosengaard highlights how a story impacts all those who hear and the narrative holds the power to bend time allowing the story to interlace itself with reality. Through the life stories of Ana, the reader is enveloped by her past such as life under the Romanian dictator, Nicolae Ceausescu, her father’s unexplainable suicide and more. The life events of Ana are also embedded in the narrative of a Danish intern just outside of New York City who writes…

Stakeholders holders in this policy include residents of Texas, physicians, APRNs, Insurance companies, State and federal health agencies, and professional organization like ANA( American Nurses Association, Coalition for Nurses in Advanced Practice (CNAP), Texas Nurse Practitioner’s Association (TNP). First of all, APRN has to bring the practice problem to the steering committee of Texas region ANA committee. APRN can involve in this committee by requesting to testify and the result of this…

“La raza! / Méjicano! / Español! / Latino! / Chicano! / Or whatever I call myself / I look the same / I feel the same / I cry / And / Sing the same. / I am the masses of my people and / I refuse to be absorbed. / I am Joaquín” (Gonzales, 1969). These powerful words were taken from Rodolfo “Corky” Gonzales’s, poem “I am Joaquin”, which revolutionized the definition of “Chicano” in the late 1900’s. Although many are challenging the traditional definition of Chicano social identity as it was seen…

Ana-Luic legend carries from many centuries ago, from a tribe of mischievous group of small people who lived hidden in the forests and valleys of the islands, before the first western settlers arrived. These arcane bloodlines of Ana-Lu, which means the Owl Gods, roamed the old forests, and happen to be about 3 ½ to 5 ½ feet tall, though considered short by many, what they lacked in height and strength they utilized in intelligence, agility and stamina. Like other cultures they enjoyed…

As an artist of the 1970’s, Ana Mendieta is interested in exploring art beyond the confines of a studio setting. Because the earth art movement offers an earth-centered, liberating approach to artmaking, Ana Mendieta chooses to produce work that fits into that category. The techniques and ideologies associated with the movement allow her to challenge a multiplicity of paradigms that conflict with her identities. Even though Mendieta’s work fits within the earth art movement, her artwork’s…

ANA Code of Ethics Provisions 5-9 The Code of Ethics is the foundation to a nursing career. It can help the Registered Nurse (RN) to deal with ethical and unethical situations throughout patient care. Provisions 1-4 discussed some of the basic principles in patient care. Provisions 5-9 address the nurse’s duties under different circumstances. Provision 5 Provision 5 discusses the importance of not only the nurse’s duty to the patient, but the duty to themselves. It involves promoting health for…