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The one reading that stood out to me was Chapter 1, Abject from Hal Foster's book Bad New Day. It caught my attention not because he mentioned engaging writers and psychoanalysts; Jacques Lacan, Sigmund Freud or George Bastille, but being it is relevant to my work and what I am specifically attracted to as an artist. There are particular things Hal Foster brings up throughout Chapter 1. For example, he discusses and brings up the concept of the gaze and quotes Jacques Lacan, “the subject is…

Recent years have opened up a new window for technology to impact the lives of millions across the globe at the same time. This innovation has provided for the fast spread of news and information through the gateway of media. With open access for anybody, and often unfiltered information available to all ages, our early generations are getting tastes of reality, sometimes earlier than they can handle or even process. Though there are plenty of positive and encouraging pathways led by the media,…

is all a place that I would love to go to, or shall I say go back to. New Orleans, Louisiana is where I would go if I had a ticket in my hand to go anywhere. Many people tell me all the time that New Orleans is a bad place to be in. It isn’t to me, I grew up there, and maybe that’s why I want to go back. Everywhere you turn around, there is always a person doing things he or she shouldn’t be doing, so it’s bad things and bad people everywhere. This is how I look at it: no one or nothing is…

Braking Bad has been awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama series, Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series and several more awards in 2014. I recently begin watching Braking Bad and I am obsessed with this Television series. The director Vince Gilligan and editing team of the television series have me bowing down like if they were goddesses. The Television series Braking Bad was filmed in Albuquerque New…

-6- On Monday, I go to my first day of summer school. When I arrive, there is my old teacher, Mr. James. I say, “Hello, Mr. James! Lucky day! Guess what? It’s me! Francisco!” Mr. James says, “Yes, I see that. Please sit down. It’s time for our very first test. You did do the pre-reading, right?” I say, “I did not do the pre-reading. Or the reading. Or the post reading. I did not do any reading at all because it is summer and that is just wrong.” He says, “Well. Here’s your test. It is…

In this increasingly media-driven society, competition in the entertainment industry to create the next big hit is fierce; it seems as though new shows assault our televisions in a ceaseless stream. Despite this influx of shows, it oftentimes feels as though nothing exceptional is offered to viewers; ideas are simply reused instead of created. Every now and again, however, audiences are wholly captivated by a show with a brilliance that far surpasses its competitors. When thinking of notable…

SUGRUE, JESSICA. "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace: The Good News and the Bad." Business NH Magazine, vol. 35, no. 1, Jan. 2018, p. 49. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=cookie,ip,url,custuid&custid=magn0117&db=bwh&AN=127270427&site=eds-live. Sexual harassment is an infringement of women's rights and an outlaw form of violence against women in many states (Sugrue 49+). Sexual abuse causes destructive physical, and psychological injuries to a huge amount of women…

Saving the world and saving your yourself while still trying to have a childhood is harder than it looks, which is shown by the book Maximum Ride: Nevermore and A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning .After I read Maximum Ride: Nevermore, I discovered that both these books focus on the struggles of young kids who have been detached from society because of terrible tragedies. They try to recuperate over time, but because of hypocritical people and brusque actions, they cannot escape…

Walter White is one of the main characters in the TV series Breaking Bad. In the first season, the character of Walter White undergoes a tremendous transformation. In general, the first season is about discovering how close Walter White can get to “Breaking Bad”. This growth and development of his character are critical because the life he embarks on is one that demands that he adapts to new traits to prosper and most importantly, to survive. For example, for the transformed from a poor…

Change Is Not Always Bad As I sat in my room and reminisced over the change that happened in my life, a smile crossed my face. My smile was not because I like change, but it represented me overcoming the fear that gripped me every time change occurred. Many times in life I began to love or hate certain factors that life handed me depending on how I went through my first experience of that situations. Change is one of those factors I hated because when I first encountered it, I was young and…