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Stonewall Riots The prominent philosopher Slavoj Zizek breaks down the standard definition of violence into a two-part cause and effect system. In his novel, Violence, he categorizes violence as either being “subjective”, i.e. the more physical and literal examples of violence, such as murder, riots, and similar acts, or “objective”, the systematic or metaphorical violence that has caused the subjective violence, such as systematic oppression by the government or similar controlling bodies. The…

The host of the show, who identified themself as a ‘Drag Queen’, wore dramatic makeup, padded body modifications, and lingerie. The crowd reacted to this presentation in a positive way; it captured their attention and acted as a model of liberation of social norms. I observed no male audience members with like…

tickets online one for my girlfriend and one for myself to watch The Cecilia Chorus of New York with Orchestra preform Beethoven Missa solemnis, Op. 123. It took a lot of convincing but with some bribery I was able to drag my girlfriend along with me. We left about two hours early from Queens expecting to reach one hour early to Columbus Circle but things didn’t go as plan. As we got on the train it was running fine for good 10 min before the infamous A train delays started. To make it worst…

People in this time period were living in an era were homosexual sex was illegal in every state except Illinois. Homosexuals were discriminated against homosexual sex was punishable by prison. Within Greenwich Village is the Stonewall Inn which was a common area for homosexuals to hangout and drink. In the 1960's, New York created police vice squads that's purpose was to raid gay bars and baths. They began using decoys to solicit and entrap gays. By 1966 over 100 men a week were arrested as…

Gender can be seen as a connection between a person 's physical appearance and sense of self as a male or female, gender identity, which help to shape and enforce expectations for each gender within a community. Specifically in The Citadel, a military style institution, where there is a strong belief that Citadel men represent true masculinity, which is why the cadets try to hold themselves above anyone who expresses weakness or any qualities linked to femininity. In the 1994 article “The Naked…

At one point or another in anyone’s childhood, they have been reprimanded for some violent action and lectured on how violence is never the answer. Despite all the violence and aggression present in today’s society, this ideology still rings true. It has been proven time and time again that a nonviolent act can gain just as much attention and success as an act of violence. One well known instance of this was Henry David Thoreau 's stance against the Mexican-American War which inspired his essay…

king. Prince Hamlet is concerned over the morality of his mother’s swift marriage to his uncle. However, unbeknownst to Hamlet, Claudius now wears both the crown and a mask of innocence. The truth is revealed to Hamlet one night after a few friends drag him along on nightly guard duty to witness an apparition that has appeared. Hamlet stays with them and eventually a ghost materializes. Amazed by this spectacle, Hamlet questions the ghost, who is revealed to be Hamlet’s father, and learns that…

be tempted with the lotus flowers. Odysseus forewarned his men by exclaiming that "... no one [is to] taste the Lotus, or you will lose your hope of home"(Homer 373). Odysseus' orders were not followed by his men, which caused Odysseus to have to drag them back onto the boat and tie them to the benches. He was smart, he knew that the flowers were going to be tempting, but he had to resist all urges to eat them. If he was not thinking, he would have let himself and his men eat the flowers,…

This term has many definitions. It is frequently used as an umbrella term to refer to all people who do not identify with their assigned gender at birth or the binary gender system. This includes transsexuals, cross-dressers, genderqueer, drag kings, drag queens, two-spirit people, and others. Some transgender people feel they exist not within one of the two standard gender categories, but rather somewhere between, beyond, or outside of those two genders. Transphobia: The fear or hatred of…

My mom always kept a quart of Ben and Jerry’s in the garage for when we needed to hide out. Our first house was really more of a chessboard than a home. Two Queens: each ruled their own territory, and the rest of us - four uncles, one cousin, my brother, my dad, and me - we were pawns on the table. My mom ruled the second floor from behind a desk teeming with stacks of quitclaim deeds and country music CDs. The dark office smelled like Grand Marnier and printer ink, a combination I came to…