Glitter

80's Pop As most of you probably know already, I'm Madonna, a popular singer and actress. This is the 80's, a decade with a different type of music. How many of you listen to pop music? (Wait for audience's reaction) There's been a big change in this decade in music, especially pop. Although it seems more boring than the 1960's or 70's, our music today is still a big part of our culture. Before, most artists made their own music. Folk was a very popular style of music.…

Strep Throat can ruin plans for ten days or more. This story is about a girl, named Allieanna Norsteadt, who catches Strep Throat. She researches about Strep and gives a report to the class, when she returns back to school. Strep Throat is common in Mexico, Canada, and the United States. About two million people catch Strep Throat each year. Strep Throat killed many people in the 1700’s, but now the Americans have a cure. The cure for Strep Throat consists of antibiotics. Some people prefer to…

how children understand what it means to be a girl or a boy. In the Toy department at Walmart, it is really obvious which toys are for girls and which toys are for boys. The toys are separated, and mostly by gender. One aisle is pink and full of glitter. It gives the impression of having just entered a fairytale. Another Aisle is dull with dark colors such as black, red, and olive green. This is exactly what attracts each gender. The pink section is full of toys such as Barbie, Disney princesses…

The People Up The Holler by Roger L. Guffey is a collection of short stories delineating life in the Deep South. For those non-committal readers wanting a great read without the hang ups of a full novel, this collection would be an exceptional fit. Guffey begins this collection with an acknowledgment to the phenomenon of umwelt, the collective life experiences of a person. Though all the stories deal with different characters and circumstances, these differing narratives are connected by the…

Most kids dream to inherit tangibles. The truth is, I too would like to inherit a nest egg. Instead my parents bestowed upon me the intangibles to last a lifetime; hard work, compassion, selflessness and civility. I live in the tropics, on the island of St. Thomas. My parents emigrated from the island of Dominica in search of better economic possibilities. As years past, I've traveled the numerous other partnering islands and discovered they have more in common than they differ. The…

she did not want the neighbors judging me because of what I was wearing and that for sure they were going to think wrong. My outfit was a mermaid body suit; it was green and purples and it had glitter all around. I have leg straps on and some Vans shoes. I spray painted parts of my hair pink and added glitter spray paint. So I decide for the experiment take place in Target only because I knew that all sorts of people from different cultures would be there. I asked my friend to accompany me just…

Death As Inevitability In ‘Totem’ Plath once described this poem as “a pile of interconnected images like a totem pole” (Padel, 2013). Even the title resounds a spiritual significance. A totem is kinship related, and the interconnected images that compose the poetic totem explore an almost ritual, visceral blood relationship to death in which all life forms are implicated. Life, thus, is adopted as an emblem for death. Plath’s Totem is in fact a culmination of her fatalistic attitude, the…

Slime is a very unique toy that is very fun to play with. It is also very popular because it is satisfying and relaxing. You also might know this a silly putty or goo. It is unique because it has properties of both a liquid and a solid. The Science The science behind this slime is awesome! A unique polymer, this slime is made mostly out of glue. Because of the glue’s long and flexible molecules, the slime has properties of both a liquid and a solid…

was trying to manage all those tree thing but it wasn’t that simple. Since I was in a family were was not in a good economic standard I always had scholarship to skate, because it is an expensive sport with the pair of skate to the fancy dress with glitter. This has made me the person that I am today especially with the value that mother teach me. I value what I have now, because I am fortunate to have a house and food at my table and some other people do not have that every day I know what…

A society is composed of people who share a common culture. This culture is composed of a set of common beliefs, conventions and ideological values and acts as the binding force within the society. To be accepted by society one must conform and follow the set culture. A culture is shared by people within a large defined territory and encompasses various subcultures within it. A subculture typically holds values and beliefs at variance with that of the parent culture. One such subculture within…