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In 1948 researcher Alfred Kinsley published Sexual Behavior in the Human Male. His book was to be the largest documentation of sexuality at the time of his publication. In 1953 he released the Female version of this book. Both books were best sellers that sold more than 750,000 copies. In these works, Alfred concluded that homosexuality was a bigger population of America than originally thought. He stated that, “ A full 37% of men said they had had some form of homosexual experience at some…

Year Age Major Events 1940 25 Billie performed for nine months at Café Society. She was supposed to sing again on 1 October 1940 but she did not turn up. So Barney Josephson cancelled her contract. She was replaced by Hazel Scott who sang there for the next seven years. In December 1940, ASCAP (American Society of Composers and Performers) went on strike. 1941 26 On 25 August 1941, Billie married Jimmy Monroe, a never do well, an ex-trombonist and a former pimp. She had been engaged to Sonny…

Elaine Ru Dr. Lazrus October 26th, 2016 Reflection paper #3 When I think of New York City, I think of bright lights and tall skyscrapers in Times Square, despite growing up in Queens where an extension of the Big Apple still lingers. After taking this class, my perspective of New York dramatically changed. In our assigned class reading “American Notes” by Charles Dicksons, he states in New York there were no "Punches, Fantoccini, Dancing-dogs, Jugglers, Conjurers, Orchestrinas, or…

In the documentary Before Stonewall the experiences of the LGBTQ community throughout the 20th century are highlighted and discussed. The documentary begins in the early 1900’s. Many speakers at the beginning of the film set the stage, stating that during the early 1900’s getting caught as a gay individual meant being arrested, thrown in an asylum, beaten, or even resorting to suicide. The word “homosexual” was thought to be dirty, and individuals who were called homosexual were thought to be…

Bob Dylan’s Lyricism: A Countercultural Perspective Abstract: Bob Dylan, a songwriter, poet and a 2017 Nobel laureate in literature is often portrayed as the guiding spirit of the sixties counterculture. Dylan’s politically committed songs in the 1960’s articulated a vision of society that was radically different from the existing political realities. The paper highlights the cultural resonance of Dylan’s radical lyricism amidst the countercultural era. It depicts the close affiliations that…

Ana Mendieta was a sculptor, painter, video, and performance artist who had created an earth-body art series, Siluetas, for many reasons; as well as a way to mimic her own life and her culture of origin. Mendieta had said that the making of her silueta in nature as a form of art was “..a way of reclaiming (her) roots and becoming one with nature.” At twelve years old in 1961, Ana Mendieta was sent by her parents to the United States from Havana, Cuba. This was a turbulent time in her country…

Bethesda Softworks, a subsidiary of ZeniMax Media company, released their video game Fallout 4 in November 2015 resulting in over $750 million of sales within days of its release (Bethesda Softworks, 2015). The title is the latest installment of their successful anthology that explores an alternate reality where humans commercialized nuclear technology ushering in an atomic age. The player, cryogenically frozen in a fallout shelter as bombs drop on the United States, awakens 200 years later to a…

Alcohol Addiction in New York What is alcohol addiction? Alcohol addiction is a chronic disease caused by long term, habitual alcohol consumption. The disease of alcohol addiction is widely known by varied common terms such as alcoholism, alcohol dependence syndrome, and alcohol use disorder. This disease has several distinguishing characterizations that determine a positive diagnosis. Accepted medical conclusions of a positive diagnosis is made if two or more of the following signs are…

children and wanted to forever prevent the same scenario from happening to anyone else. Elizabeth attended Agnes Scott Institute in 1908, four years later when she was 21 she moved to New York City, settling in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village and went on to study nursing at White Plains Hospital. She worked closely with Margaret Sanger as a side by side nurse, after realizing they came from similar upbringings and have a similar mentality on having children, Margaret sold her…

History of Art During my visit at Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, I came across several modern and contemporary artists. At the time of my visit the museum displayed different pieces created by women artists, they called this, “You Go Girl!” exhibit. While viewing these works I viewed different artists with different pieces but similar themes. Each artist used their art to convey issues or their feelings using different techniques. One artist was Georgia O’Keeffe. Georgia…