Ellen Pompeo

1. Summary One Million Moms, a project of the conservative American Family Association, is targeting JC Penney for their decision to partner with Ellen DeGeneres. The retail giant, in the midst of an overhaul, recently announced that DeGeneres would serve as a spokesperson for the brand. But “family values” watchdogs at OneMillionMoms.com are calling for action against JC Penney, declaring that “hiring an open homosexual” like DeGeneres is a poor business decision for a company hoping to…

Ellen Degeneres: America’s Funniest Person Thesis: Ellen Degeneres, voted America's Funniest Person, shows true activism in nearly everything she does. She stands up for the rights of people and is working to change the injustices all around. She uses her very popular talk show ‘The Ellen Degeneres show’ to get through to people, and just to simply entertain. I. “I Contributed, I’m on this planet doing some good and making people…

Ellen Foster was written by Kaye Gibbons, and the book is narrated by a young girl named Ellen Foster, telling the reader about the unique childhood she experienced, filled with an abusive father and many different homes and experiences that a ten year old child typically wouldn’t have. When interpreting the book Ellen Foster through a social power lense, you can see that the power of the society and the way Ellen grew up, and the experiences she had under the power of her elders, really pushed…

The life along the Great Barrier Reef is full of danger and Marlin, a single parent clown fish, has to protect his son, Nemo. As the time starts for school his dad nervously accompanies him and agonized over his every move. Nemo defies his father and swims to the reef's awesome “drop off” to investigate a boat. Suddenly he gets scooped up by a diver and Marlin helplessly watches the happening. Marlin frantically swims off in search of his son. As he passes a school of fish, he suddenly bumps…

hammerfists to the face at UFC 193 in Melbourne, Australia. The beating came via current women’s bantamweight champion Holly Holm, who not only stripped Rousey of her belt but everything she had come to believe she was. Rousey, who appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show on Tuesday, bore her soul in an emotional interview with the talk show host. "Honestly, my thought in the medical room, I was in the corner and I was like, 'What am I anymore if I'm not this?'" Rousey said as tears began to well…

Ellen DeGeneres is very inspirational, she is always happy and always strong, and she never lets anything or anyone bring her down. Ellen DeGeneres was born in Metairie, Louisiana on January 26, 1958. (Watson 1) She graduated high school from Atlanta High School in 1976. She started college at the University of New Orleans. (Watson 1) Ellen only went to college for one semester, as she dropped out she was deciding what she should do with her life. She had many jobs like a clerk, house painter,…

Ellen DeGeneres "Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming. Just keep swimming, swimming, swimming." Said Dory, Ellen DeGeneres' famous animated character, with positivity to inspire many. Ellen DeGeneres is a powerful figure who benefits society by sharing positive humor and news on her talk show, being herself, which gives people courage, and rewarding ordinary people for being kind to others. To start, Ellen DeGeneres is a popular comedian who has positively impacted society. Ellen Lee…

When a couple decides, it is time to move forward with their relationship and have a child, the times that follow cannot be so great. Raising a child can be extremely stressful for the parents. This action causes parents to be overprotective and sometimes it causes the parents to put strict boundaries on the child. They put the unreasonable boundaries on the child because of pervious life experiences, losing family members or friends or even just the simple fear of the child getting hurt or lost…

would be a good thing to rent a house in a part of the city where many primitive and actual needs are found” (Addams, 48). Addams then went on to buy a 43,560 ft^2, later known as the Hull House, in a poor neighborhood of Chicago, with her friend Ellen Gates Starr. The Hull House remained her home until her death in 1935. These early experiences, all before the age of 30, helped mold Jane Addams into the reformer she became. Addams didn’t have any financial backing or investors behind her when…

Throughout the world multitudes of individuals from different races, cultures, and backgrounds, strive to reach America for a dream, the American Dream. When striving to reach the American Dream countless immigrants sacrifice their lives, homes, and family, leaving everything behind in hopes of a better life, never imagining that in America it would also be grueling. Laura Jane Addams as a young child was given the entitlement of having nice clothes, food, a shelter, but most importantly a…