Gloria E. Anzaldúa

It becomes an uncomfortable topic, it is unacceptable. Even if you want to be comfortable in the topic, society trained women to shy away from the subject even if they dare commit the dirty deed, while men will willingly tell you how many times they masturbated yesterday without even asking. Irigaray states that “…if woman takes pleasure precisely from this incompleteness of form which allows her organ to touch itself over and over again, indefinitely, by itself, that pleasure is denied by a civilization that privileges phallomorphism.” (Irigaray, p. 26). Society views anything but the male phallic or the male hand to touch the female as wrong, but it is acceptable for the male to do whatever it takes to receive full stimulation. Gloria Anzaldua similarly suggests the idea of the Shadow Beast which is one’s internal drive of rebellion. (Notes, 10/3/15). The Shadow-Beast “…is a part of me that refuses to take orders from outside authorities. It refuses to take orders from my conscious will, it threatens the sovereignty of my rulership. It is that part of me that hates constraints of any kind, even those self-imposed. At the least hint of limitations on my time or space by others, it kicks out with both feet.” (Anzaldua, p. 38). In “Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza,” Anzaldua explains that borders are outlined in order to determine between the safe and unsafe places. Since a border is defined duly as a line that separates and as something that forms an…

In both "To live in the Borderlands means you. . .", by Gloria Anzaldua, and "Crying poem" by Jimmy Santiago Baca the authors use various unique stylistic techniques and figures of speech to not just tell the reader of their past, but to paint a picture of the circumstances they faced when growing and how they have affected them. In "Crying Poem", Baca uses the structure of his poem and various stylistic techniques to reflect the frustration and internal conflict he has faced having to "grow…

In a radical kind she calls autohistoria, which offers an inventive approach to compose history, Gloria Anzaldua presents a nonlinear history of both the geological and mental scenes of Borderlands. Anzaldua's autohistoria is a class of blended media—individual story, testimonio, true records, cuento, and verse—that disproves stasis pretty much as the Borderlands from which Anzaldua comes. As indicated by Anzaldua, the Fringe is a "third nation" whose history as been told on Anglocentric terms,…

Anna Monson, Sam Blankenship, and Mattie Rametta Horror Story Henry was a small child who had just turned the age of nine. He lived with his grandpa who was seventy-three. Henry’s grandpa didn’t pay much attention to Henry, he had dementia and other mental diseases so he didn’t know much about taking care of Henry. From the age of five Henry had to learn how to care for himself. Henry was very intelligent, he had to learn how to cook food for himself, wash his clothes, and take care of other…

Gloria Steinem was born March 25, 1934, in Toledo, Ohio. Gloria started out in her early days to be an author, but no one would take her writing as she is a woman. One day she went to watch an abortion hearing. When in high school, Gloria herself had an abortion, so the topic hit close to home. At the hearing, she heart arguments such as “abortion is murder”, and watching all the women fight for rights that day impacted her. She chose to become an woman's activist. During the late 60’s, she…

Dorcas Abiola Xavia Dryden 02 December 2015 English 237 The Courageous Black Women ofBrewster Place and Their Lives “The Women of Brewster Places” focuses on seven women who struggle to balance their emotional lives but are interconnected in some way as they are all residence of the Brewster place. The author Gloria Nayolar gives a combination of dual cultures of African American women migrating from the Southern to the northern part of the United States of America. Brewster place is a…

Joe Gillis: A Character Study Joe Gillis is one of the most interesting characters to ever grace the silver screen, and a character that is still studied to this day. While Gloria Swanson’s historic performance of Norma Desmond garners more attention and praise, I would make the argument that William Holden’s portrayal of Joe Gillis is just as intriguing. Billy Wilder created a character that I have never been so unsure of, he is one of the great examples of the anti-hero. He’s not a great guy,…

Billy Wilder’s “Sunset Boulevard” and Judy Grahn’s “I Have Come to Claim Marilyn Monroe’s Body” both detail how the intense Hollywood cult of celebrity can lead to dizzying heights of fame, transforming ordinary people into worldwide stars with legions of adoring fans and admirers. Such fame and notoriety, however, does not come without a cost. Both Norma and Marilyn, Hollywood stars of these respective narratives, came to see the fame that once dominated their lives devolve into a destructive…

1. The movie Sunset Boulevard follows a writer, a man named Joe who comes across an old mansion while trying to hide his car which is about to be reclaimed because he is unable to pay his bills. Desperate for a job, he starts to read the script of the old Hollywood star that lives in the mansion, Norma Desmond. Norma was once one of the biggest silent film stars in Hollywood, but once talking pictures got popular and she got older, there was less demand for her work, and she has spent the last…

Everyone has some talents, but if nobody discovers our specialty and encourages us to develop, it will bury their talents. In the article “Believing in the True Self”, Gloria Steinem says the children who are encouraged to follow their interest became better than those who are motivated by reward, punishment or competition with other children. Gloria’s point of view shows encouragement can help people develop their interest efficiently. There is a good example to prove Gloria’s point of view. In…