Ellen DeGeneres

1. How do you interpret the following quote: “You can’t truly be Afghan if you don’t know someone who’s been in prison.” “I am tired and sick of war. Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, for vengeance, for desolation. War is hell.” This quote was once said by William Tecumseh Sherman, an American soldier who fought during the American Civil War. The American Civil War is known for being…

It worked as a PR mechanism that also engaged celebrities and influencers such as Ellen DeGeneres, Oprah, News Channels and many more. The campaign generated more than 1.4 billion unpaid impressions in 6 months: “practically every marketing and tech blogger, and almost every media and news outlet in the country, covered the story”. Isaiah…

In today’s day and age, life is filled with many events that can affect a person’s life. Some of these events can lead to life-threatening situations. One of these situations is being a victim of depression. Depression affects the way a person thinks, acts, and even the way the brain functions. Everything may seem fine on the outside but deep down, depression will slowly eat away at the person inside until the only thing left is an empty shell of despair and sorrows. This could, in turn, make…

The Importance of Marriage and the Family The human race depends on reproduction. We must reproduce or we will become extinct. That is, we will cease to exist. Some will argue that reproduction is our main purpose, our main job in life. At one time, the American Dream was simply to secure a decent job, marry, buy a home in the suburbs, and raise a handful of children. I was born in 1965, by the time I was in my teens, in the early 1980’s, that had somehow changed. I don’t recall dreaming…

Preventing Animal Cruelty in the Environment Animal cruelty, also called animal abuse, is the harming of animals or not caring for an animal responsibly. It is against the law to abuse animals, especially for personal benefits. Animal cruelty is a global problem that cannot be easily resolved. Studies have shown that more than 15 million animals are used for research purposes worldwide, often with little or no medical care. Animal cruelty comes in many different forms and there are various…

Education has proven effective by the advantages in medicine for being able to prolong someone 's life and by making life easier with things like the telephone or things in the nature of the internet that connects people from around the world, however even with all of the education in the world there are going to be some problems. School has proven to be more and more stressful with the pressures of students’ families and with the possibility of a promise for the purpose of a scholarship to go…

Introduction In April 1997, Ellen DeGeneres came out as gay on national television during an episode of her sitcom. She pioneered the way for gay and lesbian representation in public television. At first, the feedback was good and viewers were supportive, then the criticism of Ellen’s new lifestyle grew and the show ended up getting canceled after the last episode of the season. A year later in September 1998, a new gay character emerged on the popular sitcom, Will and Grace. Will Truman was the…

Health Issues of the LGBTQ Community Society’s Role in Helping with Those Issues Cali Spilker HEDU 5300-002 Introduction The LGBTQ community has been around in the world for longer than most people know. Many might assume identifying as a gender other than male or female or having a sexuality other than heterosexual is a new thing, but it is in fact something that has been around for years. Native Americans had the ideology in their community and accepted it for years until European…

neurosurgeon who is very averse to all relationships. They have a conversation about their deepest secrets, assuming they’ll never see each other again. The next day, back at her apartment, Lily finds the diaries she kept growing up. She wrote them to Ellen Degeneres because she watched her show every day after school. One of the excerpts from a diary is shown, explaining how she met her first love, Atlas Corrigan.…

better in the next 60 years? I would like to hope that one day society will change again for the better. Instead of having one of the Kardashians as a role model we should look up to someone who really is making a difference in our society like Ellen DeGeneres or Oprah Winfrey who continuously give back to people all around the…