Fads

Within the past decade, zombie movies have become a fad. It all began with the original Night of the Living Dead and cruised into the more current ones like World War Z and The Walking Dead. These movies and shows have taken horror and gore to the next level, but if you are looking for that scary, dreadful, and nail biting zombie movie that everyone loves, I would suggest looking elsewhere. A Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse is a movie about 3 high school scouts who plan an…

the latter half of the 1930’s. The tiny publication describes the use of brown stockings as a way to bridge the “color-line” in Paris, it uses the color nigger Brown to describe the exact shade of the stockings being marketed. In marketing this new fad it could only be concluded that through the steps at nationalization of the importance of equality between the races. In the context, a reader can determine two distinctly opposing representations of the use of the term “colorline” as a selling…

The first descendants of black people experienced much hardship. Thousands of Africans were taken from their homeland, bound in chains, suffered through deplorable conditions as they traveled on a ship and were forced to work 12 hours a day, everyday until the day they died. Once slavery ended in 1865, black people had the opportunity to create a life for themselves. Slavery had ended, but the struggles of being black were far from finished. Despite the tremendous adversity faced from the end…

What does our past contain? It has an experience, a memory, and we're all given just one. It's breathtaking, unique, and customized to be personal to everyone. No two are the same, and more than often, are vastly different. But no matter how diverse we are, we dedicate four years of our life here together as students. Our different perspectives are molded and shaped under the same roof of our school. Castro Valley High School's Trojans’ dreams and ambitions might be all different, but if one…

Disorder,” Claudia Kalb’s “Food News Blues,” and Karin Kratina’s “The Right Thing to Do?” it is made apparent that how we eat may be just as important as what we eat. These three authors make very valid points about American’s obsession with health fads and negative thinking towards many food groups. However, an estimated 160 million Americans are either obese or overweight. (Mokdad) Even with constant media coverage and new studies being conducted and released daily, American’s quest for a…

One popular fad diet is cutting down carbohydrates or cutting out carbohydrates completely. This diet however can decrease your healthiness based on the Health Dynamics book. “As our main source of energy, carbohydrates provide about 50 percent of our energy requirements…

When these developed fads or trends change, so does the meaning of normal: “Do you think this is a club for people who are going to commit suicide or people who know people who might commit suicide/Why are you thinking of joining?/ Ha! I’d rather hang myself/Shoot yourself…

with this new gluten free diet of yours, but I assure you that you have nothing to worry about. In fact, it’s scientifically proven that having a diet consisting of gluten free is really beneficial for one’s health in the long term and not just a “fad.” You may not be fully aware of what gluten really is, so let me break it down for you. Gluten is for the most part made up out of 2 proteins; glutenin and gliadin. First off, glutenin is what gives the dough in products its elasticity as well as…

this school environment, I probably would have ignored Silly Bandz all together. However, because my peers were into this fad, I became entranced in it as well. I also remember the popularity of The Hunger Games. Due to seeing my peers reading the books, I picked up the books myself and read them. I also watched the movies because all my peers were talking about them. Different fads seem to come with every generation. Education takes up a large portion of our lives. Despite its large size, it is…

The food that people consume can acquire a positive effect on our health and our danger to obtain certain diseases. Eating healthier, changing daily customs, exercise, and changing environment can advance to a healthier lifestyle. It’s certainly foremost setting limited goals; it eliminates negative distractions, over time this can compose a tremendous impact on your health. My current fitness and nutritional habits are not exactly where I prefer them or need them to be, I am overweight for my…