Desperate Housewives

There are many female characters in television shows and in movies that are presented as radically marked, and they represent minority cultures in a stereotypical way. Although there are many radically marked female characters, I decided to focus on women of Hispanic decent since there has been an increase in directors choosing these women to be featured in television shows, but for the wrong reasons. Directors tend to choose these women in order to be considered diversified and keep audiences…

Women will keep moving forward because now WE have power over our own bodies and no one can tell us what to do with it. As a society of men and women, we need to break away from the stereotypes that say that all women must be stay-at-home moms and housewives. The Roe v. Wade case has paved the way for women’s rights in America. Way to go…

Latina women have often been stereotyped in the media for working low-paying, domestic jobs, such as housekeeping. Longoria altered the perception of this stereotype when she played the glamorous role of Gabrielle Solis on television show, Desperate Housewives. Longoria showed audience members that Latina women could be intelligent, successful, and live a lavish lifestyle all while embracing their…

Electrical Engineering, Newcastle University British actor and comedian Rowan Atkinson is perhaps best known for his role in the TV sitcoms Mr Bean and Blackadder, both of which were incredibly successful. Atkinson even appeared at the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games in character as Mr Bean, where he played piano to a packed stadium and a television audience of 27 million (almost half the UK’s population). Do you think the planning authorities of next year’s Olympics in Rio…

returned from the fight and took back the jobs that they had previously left. As women had not yet been considered equal to men, they had been pushed back into unemployment. They were expected to return back to their old life of being mothers and housewives. Had they not done the jobs just as well as the men had done them? This question had crossed the minds of many of the unemployed women. Many of the women would have much rather retained their jobs as they possessed more rights and were free…

awarded her first academy award at the age of twenty-one. Furthering her success, Marlee also potrayed roles in Dancing with the Stars, additionally participating in a show called Switch at birth, also making an appearance in the series of Desperate Housewives. Marlee Matlin has performed many movies as well as shows, furthermore being able to accomplish all this and aspire for more. Marlee Matlin is not a regular famous person she is a extremely special woman. Achieved all her goals despite the…

Traditionally, women were always an integral part and permanent parts of many movements and settlements. In early America, the status quo was for women to stay at home and take care of their children, while men worked outside to support the family. Women tended to center their lives around farm and family. Most of the labor involved men such as planting and harvesting the crops while women worked inside the house, transforming raw products into usable commodities. When World War II (WWII) broke…

of Australia, instead of being classified as flora and fauna. Due to the displacement of millions of European people after the war, a large-scale program of migration to Australia began. During this time there was an economic boom, as there was a desperate shortage of labour. A belief grew that having substantial population growth would be essential for Australia’s future. These factors and others led to the formation of a federal immigration portfolio in 1945. The government encouraged the…

Relationships and technology have become intertwined. With the age of computers, new situations have arisen. When my father was in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, he video chatted my family and I on a routine basis. Although we did not physically see each other for months on end, we managed to remain close. Technology has reshaped ways we communicate, given new opportunities, made dating easier, as well as created a sense of dissatisfaction in relationships. A hundred years ago, the…

Just two decades after the world’s supposedly greatest war, a greater and more devastating one occurred. World War II, the most costly war in the history of mankind, had a lot of causes leading up to it. One such cause was the Treaty of Versailles. The Treaty of Versailles was drafted by the Allied Powers after World War I during the Paris Peace Conference in 1919 to ensure that Germany would never rise to become a major military force again. Its multiple provisions required Germany to pay harsh…