Intersexuality

Ignorance Broken. Alone. While I may not have thought these words exactly at the time, they perfectly describe what I felt in middle school, junior high, and most of high school. Everyone around me constantly talked about their boyfriends and girlfriends, that one hot celebrity, who they had crushes on, their first kiss. I was never interested in any of these. By sixth grade, I was probably the only girl who hadn’t had a boyfriend, even if most elementary “relationships” only lasted a week. I…

The theory of gender being biologically determined emphasized, in terms of western culture, that women were mediocre to men since they were associated in terms of domestic undertakings, hence, their primary role is reproduction and child care, while men and the public sphere of social responsibilities were co-related (Weber 1998, p.17). It was asserted that women wherever is associated with nature, to a degree due to their reproductive systems, while men were associated with culture. This…

smogless Detroit day and January of 1960; and then again, as teenager boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974.” (pg.3) Middlesex, by Jeffery Eugenides. Middlesex is a remarkable non-fiction about an individual born with intersexuality. The first half of the book briefly about the family’s background; how and why the grandparents immigrated to the United States. Desdemona and Lefty once were brother and sister, married each other as they escaped their country. The…

Poe the Poem Master “The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink” (Source D) Literature affects everyone at some point. Whether it is writing something in class or reading a book for fun, everyone feels the power of literature. It is not just ink on a page or words in a book; it is the feelings that are meant to be shared. In his quote, T.S. Eliot expresses how the purpose of literature is not just about writing a story for amusement, but to express feelings, no matter what they are.…

Essay question: 4. With reference to key films and figures discuss how one of the following themes have been addressed in European Cinema: war and politics. Representation of polish martial law in Man of Iron (1981) and Walesa. Man of hope (2013) by Andrzej Wajda The main aim of this essay is to analyse post-war reality in Poland by using two films directed by world acclaimed polish artist Andrzej Wajda. Due to the technical limitations I had to pick one event or period of time to look at,…