Indigo Girls

Malala Malala was a girl who loved her education and wanted to attend school but just because she was a girl she could not attend. The book Malala is an autobiography that explains the struggles the author has been through such as not having the right to go to school. Malala was a young girl who wanted to succeed in life and make her parents proud. She was also shot in the head by talibans while she was riding the bus. She fought for her rights but went through a lot injustices but at then she…

Fashion in the 1930s was full of style and glamour. Even though people were broke, they surely didn’t dress like it. Men still dressed up nice with their overcoats and suits. Women still wore dresses and kept their hair nice. Through all the hardships, they maintained their styles. What did women wear in the 1930s? Most people will overlook fashion in the thirties because of the Great Depression, but it was full of glamour, elegant, well-tailored clothing. The fashion mainly consisted of loose…

receive their emotional meaning from the way society uses these words, or what people associates these words with. Along with the humor that Baker uses, he does incorporate an abundance of connotation. Baker adds, “Are there a significant number of girls who feel outraged over not being part of the Boy Scouts?” (Baker). During this sentence, Baker uses the term “outraged”, which society relates their emotions to. To elaborate, the definition of outraged is “an act of violence…

In Honor Diaries, a group of nine female activists come together to discuss issues faced by women and girls, specifically with a focus on Muslim-majority societies. These nine women touch on an array of issues but emphasize major topics such as female genital mutilation, forced marriages, and honor violence. All the topics revolve around one major concept which is honor. The women argue that honor is contained in women and it is to be guarded by men (Basch-Harod, Kweskin, Traiman, & Smith, 2013)…

When she is at school and tries to help a girl by sharing her lunch but another student intervenes and get rid of Sookan's lunch. She realizes that she wants to help the little girl but she also realizes the danger she is in because what her values show her are very deferent from the ones the Japanese are teaching. When Inchun is comforting her and trying to show…

Traditionally, this coming-of-age celebration was intended “to introduce girls to society and signify they were ready for marriage” (Quinceañera: Coming of age in a bad economy by Nancy Lofholm of The Denver Post). Nowadays, this momentous occasion recognizes girls as women who are capable of wearing makeup and dating. According to the previously mentioned article, “there is no definitive source for how it came to be that 15-year-old girls initially were presented to society when they reached…

In the STEM fields, women are usually discriminated against. This is due to either their experience or, occasionally, just because they are female in general. I believe that this is quite unfair as women are able to do just as much or more than men and they are sometimes more qualified than men to do a certain job. Even if they apply for a job in one of the fields of STEM and get it, they are usually harassed or not taken seriously. In my essay, I will explain my vision for women in the STEM…

walked down the aisles, they were usually separated between boys, girls, and for all genders. You can tell by the color of the aisle. The girl aisle was mostly done in pink and purple. The boy aisle was mostly done with blue and green. I even noticed that the writing on the packages were even different. The girl toys had a more feminine writing and the boy toys were in a bold, manly writing. The girl toys usually had a picture of a girl playing with the toy and with the boy toys they had a…

Flint, Michigan: A River of Lies We live in a world full of fake. Women pose fake images of themselves when they wear makeup, dye their hair, or wear fake nails. This fakeness can pose as a way to make women feel better about themselves and pose as harmless to everyone around them. However, other forms of fakeness can produce extremely harmful effects on people and led to huge problems. When the government qualifies something as “safe,” the people trust the government. The public can follow…

In the memoir, “I Escaped A Violent Gang” and in the informational text, “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote,” a common theme is courage. In “I Escaped a Violent Gang,” Ana had the courage to get out of the gang that she had been in for a long time. In “Susan B. Anthony Dares to Vote,” Susan had the courage to fight for women’s equal rights. Although these two texts share the theme of courage, there are still some differences. In “I Escaped a Violent Gang,” Ana is trying to get out of the gang,…