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Breaking News, shots fired at a local high school, multiple casualties reported including the gunman. Immediately, thoughts of Columbine, Virginia Tech, and Sandy Hook appear along with the question, how do we stop these tragedies from happening. The answer for 62% of women is simple, stronger laws regarding the sale of guns (DePrang, 2016). Women are the loudest voice for stronger gun control in the United States, but their voices have not been able to change the minds of U.S. government…

I loved Rachel Joyce’s The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, as devastating heartbreaking as it was and while I haven’t read any of her other books something about The Music Shop tempted me into picking it up. And fortunately I was given an advance copy shortly after hearing about it at the Penguin Random House Fall Preview. Set in the 1980s, the book focuses on Frank the owner of a music shop who stubbornly refuses to get with the times and stock CDs (choosing instead to continue to own deal…

Being Mary Jane is a drama categorized series that airs on BET. There are currently three seasons and the fourth is said to be aired January 2018.It is about a successful black woman named Mary Jane Paul played my Gabrielle Union, and the problems she endures throughout her life. Mary Jane Paul struggles to get through problems with herself, family, friends, lovers. Being Mary Jane shows how Mary Jane Paul gets over her problems. Some of the problems that Mary Jane Paul/Pauletta Patterson face…

Memories Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot brought up the question of should people hold onto memories. “Many people believe that to move up the ladder of success and achievement, they must forget the past ,repress it and relinquish it. But others have just the opposite view.” This means that people are having everyday issues determining whether or not you should hold onto memories or let them go. Memories have a positive and negative effect when it comes to dealing with other people, traumatizing…

In recent years, gun violence has increased significantly in this world. As Americans, we are facing with an ever-growing problem of violence. There are more cases of children and teenagers engaging in violence. There has been a huge debate over whether gun laws are strict enough and solutions for reducing such acts from occurring. With more people are affected on a regular basis, more problems arise as how people can live safely when guns are being used in increasing numbers. It is disgraceful…

in the midst of the Iranian Revolution and knits together the turbulent history of Iran and Marjane’s turbulent life. Although devoid of color, the movie certainly does not lack in humor and charm. Growing up in Tehran, young Marjane (voiced by Gabrielle Lopes) is carefree and unstoppable, encouraged by her parents (voiced by Catherine Deneuve and Simon Abkarian) and applauded by her unapologetic grandmother (Danielle Darrieux). They are all caught off guard by the Islamic Revolution of 1978,…

And, it's not just women of a certain color or economic status. Women from all walks of life face the "no kid" thing, and with a celebrity like Gabrielle Union talking about it, the situation entered the mainstream spotlight. This October, Wright has decided to move from virtual to physical. She is taking her website "live" and bringing the NotMom virtual world to the people through the NotMom…

People in life strive to be the best. Everyone wants nothing but to be number one. Although, in some situations people have no choice to be nothing but second. In Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette’s short story called, “The Other Women” is a direct analysis of what it feels like to be second. Characters involved in the stories were Marc (the husband), the first wife , and Alice (the second wife). Throughout reading this piece it is very apparent that the second wife was more concerned about the first…

The African Methodist Christian Recorder repeated a famous and well-known quote: “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never break me”.But in all reality that was not and is not the truth.Unfortunately, nine out of every 10 students have experienced bullying while in school or online. Bullies are purposely causing mental and or physical damages to their victims, which will affect them for the rest of their lives.Bullying has shown that it does cause a huge amount of pain for…

One example of this is how Atwood was able to change the character of Penelope by allowing Helen to have a more prominent role in the novel, that Homer did not have. Perfectly stated by Gabrielle Neethling in her article, “It is precisely in the contact between the two cousins that we find the recasting of Penelope; her shame, regret and humiliation are all expressed during their conversations, which allow for new characteristics to be attributed…