Good Times

Industries often find target audiences for their products, and the hosiery industry is no exception. The product itself is designed for women, yet the ads in the 1950’s were designed to make women desire a man’s attention. Models were often posed provocatively, showing that they could have that sexual appeal if they bought the nylons. Advertisements enforced women’s societal roles, showing that they needed a man to be successful. Eventually, this changed. In the early 80’s, the ads began to…

My mom and I may look-alike, sound alike and have the same blood type but we are not alike. Instead, I am more like my dad. I grew up in a prominently male Louisiana family. I have one brother who is 7 years older than me and 6 uncles. Being the first girl cousin of a long line of boy cousins is something that has always defined me. My dad always wanted a daughter while my mom did not want any more children after my brother. When I was born, my mother and I’s similarities stopped at…

A few months later, I began to become addicted to my phone. The only thing I wanted to do was text. I was never in the moment with my family and the situations around me. It became a real problem. My mom warned me several times that I needed to cut back on the amount of time I was spending on my phone, but I did not listen. Finally, one day my mom took away my…

and motherly/fatherly figures. Yet, as the course progressed and the more we were able to discuss common issues and the aspects of a typical family, it suddenly became much more easier to relate to each other and work together. For example, at the time of our first assignment, where we had to determine what roles we would play in our family, Nadia, Tyler, and myself found it was very odd to consider the fact that Jeremiah and Shelby were our parents and find what level of respect…

This is how Ana described that scene, “The first time I saw Noa, she ran across the street jumping around and gave Leah a big hug. That’s nice but I could tell she wasn’t genuine. She doesn’t even like Leah but has to be nice since Leah is showing her around La Jolla. She was asian, had perfect make…

the Montgomery Fair Department Store where I was working at the time. Eventually the bus came for us passengers, and we got right on. I ended up only having one choice for the seat I was going to sit in. It was the seat right behind the white section. As I was getting on the bus, I gave the bus driver some money in order to pay for the seat I sat in. We kept going along the route to…

Stress is known to cause a number of health risks including heart disease, asthma, obesity, depression, anxiety, and a number of others. Stress can cause a person to experience a quantity of problems that can be carried out for a long period of time during their lives. Within stages this affects the people around me causing them to be drawn from my behavior. My parents begin to worry if I am going to be alright and stress that maybe I am doing too much so they offer their advice to improve my…

spiritual force, or with time, we have drifted away from having connections with others and the world that we live in, instead people are focusing more on themselves. Even though The Waste Land was written in 1922 it still holds some truth about how we are disconnected with time in today’s society. Time is an essential part in everyone’s lives, and everyone should make the best out of it by helping others and taking care of the world that we live in. Throughout The Waste Land time and emotions…

my work. Also my very good friends how help my not have a bad day. If I am having a bad day they make my day better. Throughout my senior year there are still people helping my still to this day well who did I get to where I am today in school, and how I became a lot better at doing my homework and also not getting less or even no homework academy. For my to get to this point I had to work my but off and get a lot of help for some of the pares with my work. Also my very good friends how help my…

Throughout this episode of Everybody Hates Chris entitled “Everybody Hates Christmas,” there are flaws within the social message and objectification of Chris. During the episode Chris is constantly struggling with the social discrimination made by his teacher’s assumptions based off of his race. This episode has many ongoing themes, however the way that Chris’ teacher continuously tries to offer food donations to his family remains very prominent. Despite Chris repeatedly explaining to his…