Black feminism

Women in today’s society have made leaps and bounds to becoming men’s equals, but what if in the future all the progress women have made was reversed in an instant? What if women were no longer able to hold money, hold a job, or make the most basic decisions for themselves? Their only job is to bear children and listen to the orders from men because men are the superior gender. In The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Republic of Gilead exercises total control over its people, women in…

The Imagery in Two Kinds Amy Tan's “Two Kinds” shows readers the problematic relationship between mothers and daughters. The mother-daughter relationship is the main conflict through the story. Conflicts occur owing to divergent opinions about identification. As a Chinese immigrant living in California, Jing-Mei's mother decides to put her idea of the American Dream in the mind of her daughter. But being born in America, Jing-Mei hates the idea of her mother’s American Dream being put on…

Sexual Agency is not a Problem of Neoliberalism: Feminism, Sexual Justice, & the Carceral Turn is an essay written by Kari Lerum and Shari Dworkin in response to Bay-Cheng 's production of the Agency Line. Within their essay they critique the limitations and presumptions that Bay-Cheng makes in their own work, and suggest routes of deeper examination and possibility towards a more inclusive ideology. I will first summarize Lerum and Dworkin 's essay, and then position myself in dialogue with…

“It was not intended to drive people crazy, but to save people from being driven crazy” (10). “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman describes a woman’s descent into madness. Narrated by the main character, the reader is given an insight into each change her character experiences. Isolated and patronized, the narrator becomes obsessed with a certain aspect of her temporary home. She faces an overwhelming amount of opposition from her husband which produces feelings of loneliness,…

Marjane’s Journey Most young women in our world today would say that life is challenging. For a young girl transitioning into adulthood in the middle of a war, life can be much harder. For example, during the Islamic Revolution women were not allowed to go out after dark, they were required to wear the veil, and they were subjected to domestic violence and sexual trauma. One of these women who lived through this war is Marjane. Throughout Marjane Satrapi's graphic novel Persepolis, Marjane…

In the article Seneca Falls Women’s Right convention the author, Judith Wellman speaks about the main causes she believes lead to the Seneca Falls Woman’s rights convention. This convention symbolized the first modern protest for woman’s rights and Wellman uses facts from the article to support her argument. For instance, Wellman states that there are three major reform organizations that pushed the people into networks before the Seneca Falls convention formed. The author identifies these…

Suspense of Death These two authors, Zora Hurston and William Faulkner channel different cultural and ethnic backgrounds in the stories “Sweat” and “A Rose for Emily”. They both where written between the 1800-1900s.They seem to take you through different experiences which were acted out during that time, all while giving some of the same meanings and connection through symbolism. There are feelings being touched both in a negative and positive way, but there are also consequences to every action…

Asad Rizvi The Handmaid’s Tale Explain what is unusual about how the story is told and how what’s unusual about the telling of the story enhances the novel’s meaning or significance. The narration of The Handmaid’s tale, by Margret Atwood, is very interesting as it is told from the perspective of Offred, a woman living in a society in which women have limited access to the world around them. Due to this fact, the reader only learns about Gilead through Offred’s past experiences and how she…

to have to keep her head down, and not make a big fuss so she can be able to pass time quicker. 6. Has reading Orange Is the New Black altered your views of the criminal justice system? Or does the memoir basically confirm what you believed? - My views regarding the criminal justice system has not shifted at all, as a matter of fact reading Orange is The New Black gave me another example of why the system is flawed. It shows that inmates are still handled with disrespect, as Piper was by the…

Set after the collapse of the United States, The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood tells the tale of a woman named Offred living in a totalitarian government. The Republic of Gilead dictates roles based on one’s sex organs and their viability, such as the Commander, Eye, and Handmaid. Through the narration of the Offred, the reader notices that the relationship she forges with the Commander emphasizes her strengths and weaknesses. By analyzing the bond the main character has with the foil,…