Crass

In life, humans have the ability to blame someone or something for an issue, no matter how little it may be. I guess you can say it’s a way of relieving stress off one’s shoulder. With blaming someone, the person has the ability to put the problem into someone’s hand. Blame creates no results, but more negativity than what is necessary. With blaming someone, there comes the feeling of agony, sorrow, and grief. It’s natural to feel agony, sorrow, and grievance when one applies blame to the…

hatred of herself and her children, but by asking for help she prevents the infanticide that would completely connect her to La Llorona. Felice is unlike any woman Cleofilas has known before; she “drove a pickup” that she owned alone and speaks in a crass way that “amaze[s]” Cleofilas (55). Felice is the physical embodiment of the women from Cleofilas’s beloved telenovelas and that is why she sees the woman as such an inspiration of sorts. And as Felice hollers as they drive over the river La…

The independent film movement of the 1990’s allowed for a range of young, hungry filmmakers to move to a forefront which many directors nary got a chance to experience in the past. Yearning for voices which were "out of the box” in story, dialogue and acting, these indie flicks began to span beyond just arthouse cinema. Creatives didn’t always have to rely on big studio backing to get their projects off the ground. Often rough and raw, the films and their visionary maestros orchestrated their…

In Egypt, women are conditioned to be subordinate to males, accept sexual harassment, and abuse while remaining reticent. Women have miniscule amounts of control over their lives. Nawal El Saadawi’s Woman at Point Zero protagonist, Firdaus, is oppressed due to her socioeconomic status and gender. An avid feminist, El Saadawi, spoke about her hatred of oppression, “We cannot be liberated as women in a society built on class oppression or gender oppression or religious oppression” (Mayton 1). El…

Self Absorbed Humanity (An analysis of the messages from Musée des Beaux Arts by W. H. Auden) “The rise of selfishness was apparently irreversible” (Star). Indeed, modernity has many faults, one being selfishness, and it is on the rise. Not only in the United States, but the whole world’s population, is comprised of very egotistical individuals. Only caring about what happens to them, what their needs are. The modern individual has the mindset of it’s not my problem, or out of sight out of…

Culture can be broadly defined as the signs, objects, activities, structures, and institutions through which we take meaning and pleasure from our social and material environment, express and define ourselves and communicate with others. Culture evolves, in part, through our creative interaction and engagement with cultural commodities. Matthew Arnold (1822-1883) saw the forms of mass culture that emerged after industrial revolution and urbanization in the nineteenth century as homogenized…

in such high regard in the past. This seemingly random shift in Othello’s behavior has surmounted as a result of Iago’s behavior. He convinces Othello to agree with his radical ideas about jealousy, women, and love until he is overcome with these crass thoughts, and ends up putting them to good use on…

towards sex that Yolanda lacks. He talks about sex with a distinct American vocabulary, using words such as "laid," “balled,” "fucked," and slang such as "69," (97). This causes Yolanda to be offended by what she feels is an inappropriate and crass way of talking about sex. She cannot think about sex in the same ways that Americans did in the late sixties, a fun and harmless experience. She continues to see it in many ways as her parents did, as a symbol of a long term and spiritual…

Oct. 2016. In this article the author believes that dance cannot be a sport because it doesn’t compete man to man and it is classified as a fine art. He states “Dance is a creative, expressive art form without winners and losers and not defined by crass comparisons. Many people, including myself, do a lot of dance without ever taking part in a competition. To define dance as a competitive sport neglects their contributions, and demeans the art form as a whole.” Dancing without rules and…

flung himself out of his saddle, and knocked Gwaine to the ground with a resounding crash. Percival was always one to think before he acted, but this time, Gwaine had gone too far. How dare the man insult the woman Percival loved, speak of her in such crass and crude ways! As Percival and Gwaine lay tangled on the ground, Percival’s fists flew, but Gwaine mostly blocked the strikes. “Are you a madman?” shouted Gwaine, moving his head to the side to avoid another punch. “You will not…