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The Heart Of Selmer Lake We all have a place closest to our hearts, a place where we may travel to once, or many times. A place that draws us in because it reminds us of serenity, beauty, maybe even calmness. To me, these words describe my grandparent’s cottage on Selmer Lake in Iola. My family packed this famous cottage full of memories made from years before I can remember. Standing tall, the light blue A-frame sits on a small lake surrounded by a dense woods, with cranes as loud as the…

The world we live is a home to the splendid panorama of mountains, majestic volcanoes, marvelous rivers, and boundless deserts. Our delightful planet is a very compelling and captivating place but we should not forget how threatening Mother Earth can be. Traveling means unwinding, relaxing, and leaving all your worries behind. There are risks when travelling to any parts of the world but there are also places that are very dangerous especially to unaware travelers. Dangers come in different…

extremely risque content. Beyonce, who is know as the queen of pop, displays sexual content, and gender stereotypes in the music video for her song ‘Drunk in Love’. It takes place on a beach at night where she walks through the sand wearing a very skimpy bikini with a see-through dress over it. She poses for the camera as it scans up and down her body, and in these scenes her face is either shadowed or covered by her hair. In the scenes showing her face she is making a dazed and seductive…

relationships than to the need for the product itself. It is not uncommon to see a perfume advertisement with a naked woman holding her breasts, a denim commercial with a man and woman making love, or a fast food ad with young women prancing around in small bikinis. Despite this outward media on sex, society runs into the contradiction of sexual repression. With the increase of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases among teens, numerous people are quick to…

I’m standing at the front door staring at my reflection in the glass “Knock, knock, knock,” “let me out, it’s so cold and lonely in here.” I hear the tiniest whisper of a voice, it’s so faint I can barely hear it. “Let me out of here.” The voice gets louder and more controlling. I look around I am at a loss for words, my blood runs cold my mouth gets dry. “I said let me out!” That’s the last thing I hear as I see a decayed hand reaching out towards me. I start running fast, as fast as I’ve ever…

In today’s society, appearance plays a vital role. Individuals place a great deal of emphasis on physical beauty because of how the media portrays it. Actors, models, and musicians uphold a youthful appearance through cosmetic surgery. Cosmetic surgery is a procedure that alters or enhances an individuals’ appearance as in which the individual desires. Cosmetic surgery has not only increased tremendously over the past decade, but it has become a norm to society. Cosmetic surgery takes on…

Females are treated as recreational sex objects for powerful military men and politicians. So, it is suitable that there is only one female in the film (Turgidson’s secretary, Ms. Scott). In her only scene, she is wearing a bikini and heels at the General’s home. Since he is in the bathroom, she answers the red phone when the news of the attack comes in. She recognizes the caller (apparently she is someone else's girl too), and when the General appears, he speaks to her like…

Advertisements for beer show women wearing bikinis while running around. The camera pans into close-up shots of their lips, breasts and butts. Women are objectified and hypersexualized in these ads to cater towards the male gaze. This also implies the norm that men are the only ones allowed to enjoy…

madness quite sublimely. In terms of the story, Windsor Drive brandishes a wildly chopping narrative – to the extent that Bible’ feels the need to hammer home several pivotal characteristics, such as the mundane visual of a gorgeous woman in a red bikini (assumed to be relatable to the emotions garnered by the nostalgia and temptation of the proverbial woman in a red dress). Still, the climax, for all intents and purposes, is fully expected – finalizing a resounding thematic notion that only…

than good. “’the big discussion in the fashion business has always been about should we retouch girls, should we create a portrait of a girl that is not achievable by a real girl’” (Poynter). When popular magazines show pictures of edited models in bikinis, it creates a false reality of what an ideal woman looks like. Girls then begin to view themselves differently and question if they are pretty or not. Many creations have come out recently that help women achieve this “perfect body,” and…