Final girl

Ever since I was a little girl, my father and I have always had a very close relationship. My father’s influence on my life helped shape my confidence, self-esteem, and most important, my opinions on men. Not only am I the baby in the family, but I am the only girl. With that being said, it is safe to say I am his favorite child; however, being the favorite child comes with a lot of responsibility. My father constantly watches my every move and lays down strict rules for me to follow, especially…

A Glimpse into the Soul of Taylor Foster Bold, athletic, and outgoing are a few words to describe a girl I happen to know very well. That girl is me, Taylor Foster. I am a junior attending Alpena High School; a few things I enjoy in my spare time are playing my guitar, running, and playing basketball. Sports take a huge part of my day to day schedule, and I wouldn’t have it any other way. My true passion is running hurdles in track and field, and I love it so much my plan is to run throughout…

Jean Kilbourne the author of “Beauty… and the Beast of Advertising” preaches how the exposure of advertising leads to a negative view of one’s self because of the portrayal of unrealistic standards in happiness, and sex in the media. The 1946 yes girl coke…

to you not to stray off the path, would you actually listen to her? Young girls don’t really tend to listen to their mothers because when they want to explore the world and see what's out there, but the mothers want them to be safe and do what they need to get done. In “Little Red Riding Hood” by Charles Perrault and “Little Red Cap” by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm (The Grimm Brothers), they both tell a story about a young girl who is bringing goods to her sick grandmother in the woods. The mother…

Growing up a girl I could see how girls were treated differently. For some unknown reason the phrase boys will be boys was a boy’s way of wiggling out of any situation. An adult would say boys will be boys and somehow whatever they did was justified by the fact they were a boy. They were bullying another student? Oh well, boys will be boys. It was as if the phrase could change any wrong to a right no matter how wrong it was. Unfortunately, for girls there were no girls will be girls phrase to…

the pervasiveness of gender stereotypes. The idea that “a girl should be a damsel in distress” or that a girl must “look pretty for men” still lingers around in today’s society. From a young age, little girls are indoctrinated into playing with dolls, makeup, baking cupcakes, and wearing flowery dresses. Girls are expected to sit still and listen; subservience is emphasized for girls, while disobedience is expected by boys. And for the girls that don’t follow the stereotypes, well, they are…

It is important not to judge anyone because you never know what they have gone through. But two girls named Phoebe Winterbottom and Salamanca Hiddle had done the same mistake and learned from that mistake. The book “Walk Two Moons” by Sharon Creech is about a 13 year old girl whose mother died so she goes on a trip with her grandparents to see her mother on her birthday. While she is on that journey she tells her grandparents a story about her friend named Phoebe Winterbottom and how she dealt…

In ‘An Unknown Girl’, Moniza Alvi uses the occasion of the speaker in the poem, who’s persumingly Alvi herself, getting her hands hennaed at an Indian Bazaar to explore the feelings that she has about her cultural identity. She seems torn between her western upbringing and a longing for her native continent. Much of the imagery in the poem, comes through her use of metaphors and symbolism which convey the richness of the Indian culture and her feelings about it. The act of hennaing the hands is…

In her article “Dancing on my own: Girls and television of the body”, Claire Perkins discusses how the body is used in place of dialogue to develop the story and the characters (34) The next few shots are jump cuts between Marnie and various main characters. First we see Jessa who has wild and free dance movements that show her carefree nature. Her face is always positioned away from the camera, which indicates that she is secretly insecure about who she is – something she does not have the…

Brandon Siron Anne Henley Rowe ENG 112 27 September 2017 Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been Final Draft In the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" Written by Joyce Carol Oates, is a fiction about a rebellious fifteen-year-old girl named Connie. She is obsessed with her appearance and avoids her mother when she tries to tell her that her appearance isn't what's important. Connie wants to get attention from boys until she gets attention from the wrong boy.…