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It is certain that stores have the ability to sell popular culture through their products and merchandise, but not many of them can say that they conduct their own national Thanksgiving Day Parade. Through its wide range of available products, Macy’s is able to target just about any type of consumer and profit off of them. The store not only carries a variety of products, but also a variety of brands, allowing a wide range of customers to be able to shop there. By offering everything from…

It is 8am on a Tuesday, and I was getting ready for school. I threw on a bright pink short sleeve shirt, jeans, some rose gold hoop earrings, and a hot pink jacket that had the printed words ”Love Justice” with a heart between the two words. I pulled my hair back in two pigtails then went downstairs to grab my bag and head out. When I arrived at school I went up to my friends Sarah, Diana, and Alana. Sarah was a tall peppy girl, who had black hair, which was always put up in two buns, and…

feel accepted and welcomed by my peers, and truly comfortable in my identity. I am of course referring to Pride Day. For Pride 2015 I went up to San Francisco dressed in my colorful watermelon tank-top, flamingo covered Vans, and my rainbow cake earrings, and for the first time in a long while, I felt myself. I arrived early so I could stand up the front near the barriers and lean on them, high fiving passing families and parade marchers. I got to cheer and clap and even shake my chest while…

The subject of the role of parents in body modification is very controversial; while many individuals believe that it is acceptable to make body-altering decisions for their children, others find it to be negligent. Enzo Ribaudo presents this controversy through the use of his example of an instance in Georgia involving parents administering tattoos to “6 of their 7 children, ages 10 through 17.” The parents were prosecuted not only because the tattoos were not completed professionally, but…

During one’s teenage years, how he or she is viewed by others often have a huge impact on their mindset, decisions, and actions. In Black Swan Green by David Mitchel, the reader follows a year of Jason Taylor’s life. Going through adolescence, he faces the pains of growing up: pressures from a divided household, a stutter that affects his ability to speak under pressure, and bullying from his fellow classmates. While he initially craved popularity, his experiences throughout the novel caused him…

In the story, “Everyday Use” there is a sister named Maggie and a sister name Dee. The sisters seem to have different personalities. Maggie who helped her mother prepare to clean the yard for the arrival of her sister who was at college in Augusta. Momma says “Sometimes I dream a dream in which Dee and I are suddenly brought together on TV program of this sort” (l.19-20). Maggie and Dee's mom who describes herself as a”large big-boned women with rough, man-working hands” (l.26) . Maggie who…

Women are always portrayed different in R&B and rap music than other genres. Songs by male artists reflect the negative, sexual stereotypes associated with women. These artists are extremely sexual with their work, downgrading the image of women and the respect that they deserve. They utilize harsh, inappropriate words, names, and hostile images to depict women. The women are portrayed as sex images, mainly to attract other men to the music. Male figures of contemporary R&B consist of The Weeknd…

My picture is a robot enjoying a sunny, spring day. The robot is wearing a purple bow made out of acute triangles and acute triangle earrings. In addition, the robot’s hair is a parallelogram and she has a square face. The eyes, nose, and ears are acute triangles. Her smile is an obtuse triangle which helps civilians know that she is elated. Also, the robot’s body is a rectangle. The middle of her body is a heptagon on top of a pentagon which is sitting upon a hexagon. This is her symbol which…

Siddhartha Gautama transformed history in the fifth century BCE. When the famous Indian prince renounced his royal life and reached nirvana, the Buddhist philosophy was born. Being the first Buddha, he became the inspiration for all iconic Buddhist art. Although artistic styles, visual conventions, and iconography change over time, the iconography of the classic anthropomorphic Buddha, first developed in northern India, managed to span the tests of time and expand into other regions of Asia such…

It was 1364 B.C the day I called myself “The ARRIVAL” which means the day that Amenhotep became The Great Pharaoh of the new Kingdom. That morning when the sun peaks over the great sandy dons . The village wakes up ,the farmers brings plants,vegetables and fruits to the ceremony to offer to the great pharaoh of the new kingdom. As the kingdom was watching the great pharaoh be crowned in front of the wave over family's, farmers, works and also me. I’ve been living on the streets of the…