the strongest female leads in 2000’s popular culture are Katniss Everdeen and Sydney Bristow. Sydney Bristow, who is played by Jennifer Garner, is a double-agent spy in her late 20’s. Not only is she a spy for the CIA and the special operatives group SD6, but she is actively pursuing a graduate degree and working part-time at a bank. Katniss Everdeen, played by Jennifer Lawrence, is a poor 16 year old girl from the dystopian district 12 portrayed in The Hunger Games. While the only apparent…
Police accountability has been in question for many years regarding to treating the public fairly regardless who they are or where they come from. In recent encounters with the public, the police were not accountable for their actions. The trust between community and policing has been lost because of incidents that the police has not been punished for. Incidents like the Kalief Browder and Pedro Hernandez case, losing communication with the community, the mayor of New York City not implementing…
For instance ever since the case of Actresses Halle Berry and Jennifer Garner in which they and their kids were harassed by paparazzi the actress both urged California to pass a law to ban paparazzi from harassing well know celebrities kids. (Clyde Hughes, Paparazzi Ban on 'Harassing' Kids of Celebrities, Politicos To Be…
People see the Sun and the Moon as two discrete figures in the sky: bold and compassionate. The Sun provides strong, lusty, light, to its people while they work through the busyness of the Sun’s day. At the end of the day the moon garners time to bring in a soft light - granted by the sun- to aid the people in their sleep. Yet the Sun and the moon are part of the same world. These two figures can compare to the distinct genders we know today: male and female. Most people would agree that gender…
“One-fourth of college students surveyed at the University of California say racism is no longer a problem in the U.S.” (Kingkade, 2015). This may be hard to believe with highly publicized cases such as Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner. Racism is still very much alive and is still a problem in the United States. After examining two articles, it is apparent that Ron Christie’s Justice Was Served in Ferguson—This Isn’t Jim Crow America and Victor M. Rios’s The Hyper-Criminalization…
Children Should Be Required to Take Necessary Vaccines As people all know that vaccine is a preparation containing usually killed or weakened microorganisms (as bacteria or viruses) that is given usually by injection to increase protection against a particular disease. As the medical technology developing, various vaccines were created in order to confront certain diseases. Thus, people gained recognition of how important vaccines are for their family—some parents get their child vaccinated…
reality. Transformational Leadership matters because if one person notices a problem within them or community, they are able to bring others who feel the same way together to start the movement that will change their community. Through her research, Jennifer Eberhard has shown that there is a growing problem with the relationship between police and the communities they serve and the main contributor to this issue is race and has been able to rally those around her to close the gap between the…
all about. Jayson states that the search “items that included the terms “ALS’’ increased 1,007 percent, and ones that mentioned Lou Gehrig’s Disease 1,167 percent.” What this indicates is that with the help of slacktivism and all the attention it garners, people will always support a movement if it resonates with their values. The Always #like a girl campaign also succeeded in increasing awareness and ultimately redefining the phrase “like a girl.” According to the Always brand director Amanda…
As a form of entertainment, popular magazines such as Seventeen, In Touch Weekly, OK! Magazine, and Cosmopolitan are known for spreading celebrity gossip, offering advice columns and even updating people on the latest fashion and other pop culture. While some of these may not seem to have malicious intent, there is something else these magazines do to people, more specifically, women who are ages 18-24. Magazines reinforce gender stereotypes, teach young adult women to strive for perfection in…
This is shown through their reports on Umbridge’s reform of Hogwarts and through the defaming comments towards Harry and Dumbledore. However, by suggesting to garner more revenue, the Prophet always crafts news that fits the Ministry’s agenda, Proffitt and Cortese have overlooked the media’s constantly negative portrayals of the Ministry, which also reveal that Ministry does not have as much influence and the…