Black feminism

It is with great difficulty that the narrator of Mai Ghoussoub’s Leaving Beirut attempts to reconcile the “victimized and vulnerable” with the “large and powerful”; to reconcile the two, and then locate them in the body of an Arab woman, is another qualm entirely (Ghoussoub 66). Nonetheless, it is through this reconciliation that Ghoussoub endeavors to subvert the trope of the weak and helpless Arab woman. Through her text, Ghoussoub takes a “frail, skinny little girl” who is constantly…

Throughout the eras, literature has witnessed women progressing into more miscellaneous personalities. Contemporary societal and cultural views in literature have varied with the times. At some point in time, the diversity of women’s roles began to increase and characters were given more personal thoughts. Literature began to expand its possibilities, and as a result, both women and men became stereotyped and categorized. In Sandra’s Cisneros’s book “The House on Mango Street”, the women…

“The Doers Dont” Susan Cain expresses her thoughts that, “the doers don’t receive the acknowledgement they deserve” in her article, “Not Leadership Material? Good. The World Needs More Followers.” Susan Cain includes her own personal experiences to relate to her article. Ms. Cian states that, “it is no longer enough to be a part of the student council, you must run the entire school.” This is like graduating college and applying for jobs to find that they require a minimum of three years…

Since its publication in 1985, Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has been used as political inspiration for the feminist movement. After the 2016 election, which ushered in Republican majorities in the House and Senate as well as the election of Republican Donald Trump to the presidency, The Handmaid’s Tale has seen an increase in sales and the character of the Handmaid has resurfaced as an image of feminist resistance to anti-choice legislation. Despite the fact that this image is highly…

Unfortunately, oppression is a dominant aspect of society, but there is a prevailing phenomenon regarding women being victimized in particular. Women have long faced discrimination surrounding their physical appearance and personal decisions as well, which is seen in Woman at Point Zero and The Book of Memory. The novels’ main characters, Firdaus and Memory, share how their experiences of being objectified and confined, both mentally and physically, have forced them into precarious existences.…

Oprah Winfrey is a well known figure from popular culture. Recently, at the Golden Globes, she was given the Cecil B. DeMille Award for Lifetime Achievement. In her acceptance speech, Winfrey spent very little time describing her story. Instead, she focused on the developing “#metoo” movement. She uses multiple rhetorical techniques to develop her speech into one that would be discussed in classrooms and media throughout the country weeks later. One of the primary rhetorical techniques that…

Women have often been thought of as very delicate, weak creatures, but these views have changed drastically over time. At one point in time, the word “power” was never associated with a woman. Margaret Atwood uses sirens to exemplify the power of women in her poem “Siren Song”. Originally from Greek mythology, a siren is a “women or winged creature whose singing lured unwary sailors on to rocks” through their seductive nature (“siren. n.”). These creatures manipulate sailors, making them believe…

A Rose For Emily is a short story written by William Faulkner. It revolves around a woman who lived her entire life in solitude in a small town. The yellow wallpaper on the other hand, by Charlotte Perkins, depicts the struggle of a woman with psychosis who is deprived treatment due to ignorance of her doctor husband which leads to deterioration of her health drastically. These two stories are interrelated in that both represent plies of women in a sexist society where men impose decisions on…

1 ) In the article called “The Last Meow” Author Bilger make this statement about Lady “she’s blind ,she’s toothless ,she has renal disease, and she’s is really sweet” .Bilger use the facts to support his argument,but he uses the surgeon Lillian Aronson to support his counter argument .This makes reader to support Bilger because facts are more logical and they revealed the truth .On the other hand , Bilger uses opinion which is judgment from Aronson (surgeon of Lady) .Thats makes his side of…

This article explores the spirit of postcolonialism in the writings of Mulk Raj Anand. In his novels Untouchable and Coolie he not only reflects the exploitation of his contemporary society but also he has posed strong objection to the system. The society was ridden with so many categories of social exploitations based on religion, caste, class, poverty, education, marriage and sex. Anand in his fictional writings stages a three-fold protest against the political domination of colonialism, the…