Glitter

Loud laughs, heavenly smells of bacon and biscuits, front doors banging open and slamming closed, and shrill, childish screams greeted me as I woke up early one summer morning. The sweltering Louisiana heat wave kept most people locked indoors, but not us. For today was a celebration, my great grandmothers ninety-second birthday. This event brought the whole family together from extended cousins to step aunts and great uncles. As a child, I lived for the moments where we’d all gather in the…

dresses, who would later grow up, marry a man, and have children of her own because that is how society says the life of a girl should be portrayed—and that is how I was presented. My closet flooded with a never-ending pattern of pink, purple, and glitter, puffy dresses and skirts,…

You hold your wife’s hand as the nurse performing the ultrasound rubs the conductive gel over her swollen drum of a belly. The thud of a tiny heartbeat floods your mind as you wait in anticipating silence to discover the sex of your new baby. “It’s a girl!” cries the nurse, noting the beginnings of utero, your wife beaming at you. You’re pleased. So pleased. Maybe…maybe you’d been hoping for a boy…maybe you’d been imagining playing football and aeroplanes in the back garden instead of trying to…

The Real Housewives: Postfeminist Symbol or Patriarchal Stereotype? Over the past decade, representations of women on television have evolved dramatically. Roles for women are no longer limited to the secretary or office assistant, the stay-at-home housewife, or the damsel in distress waiting to be saved by the manly hero. Women are now represented in both film and television as complex, multi-faceted characters who exist independently of their romantic relationships and home lives. In an age…

I woke up and looked around. Where...am I.... I wondered. I looked down, and saw claws on my hands. Wait...aren’t I...a human? I thought. I looked behind me, and I saw a fox tail, and when I reached up, I felt velvety fox ears. I jumped up in horror. “What the heck happened to me?!” I yelled. Suddenly, my new, sensitive ears picked up footsteps outside the door. I took a real look around at my surroundings. I was in a damp room, little more than a hole in the rock, with a wooden bed and a toilet…

The 20th Century saw several changes take place in all sectors in the United States. Fields like science, technology, mass communication, and the economy made great improvements in this century. The 20th Century also witnessed the struggle for freedom by minority races and slaves and their liberty. These innovations, change in governance and certain ideologies transformed America into something similar to what the country is now. One of the most significant movement/ideology was progressivism.…

to learn how to take the media and pundit’s biased information with a grain of salt, how to make their own decisions and not be swayed by empty promises of candidates willing to say and do anything to win a vote. It’s time to learn that all that glitters is not…

Prostitute. A loaded word, a taboo social construct—but what exactly is a prostitute? According to twenty-first century Merriam Webster—Urban Dictionary—a prostitute is “a woman who sells her body to a variety of creeps, low-lifes, and degenerates.” Another, perhaps more verbose and subjective definition is “someone who sells their own personal morals and/or values for the idea of money, not necessarily for sex.” Two things are sold in these two very different definitions: sex and morals. Which…

Christmas, Halloween, and St. Patrick's Day. Look jolly this Christmas season with this green sequin Santa hat. Liven up you Christmas style with this festive tutu. Layers of red and white tulle trimmed with silver sequins and sprinkled with red glitter create a look perfect for the holiday season. You'll be able to spike your egg nog with this Christmas flask. The green flask has the phrase, "I'm full of holiday spirit. It's called vodka," written across it. The word "vodka" is written boldly…

Marriage is a good thing "He who finds a wife finds a good thing And obtains favor from the Lord" Proverbs 18:22. Aunt Jenifer 's marital life has made me understand that not all glitters are gold. Seeing couples outside their homes does not mean all is well with them. The poem Aunt Jenifer 's Tigers have given me a deeper understanding of how a wedding, which everyone thinks is the best option in life can ruins one’s life and cause them not to be able to function the way they have been created.…