Karen Carpenter

In Betty Smith’s A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Smith focuses on Francie Nolan, a young child suffering the hardships of poverty in the streets of Brooklyn. In the exposition, Francie lives with her mother, Katie, brother, Neeley, and father, Johnny, in a small tenement. Johnny earns money for the family waiting tables and singing at restaurants, but he is an alcoholic, which makes it difficult to provide a steady income. Katie is forced to work as a janitor to pay off rent, while the children…

The lead vocal is sung by Karen Carpenter with her calm and gloomy voice was the most distinctive element and the layer of harmonies of the lead/backup vocal of her brother Richard. The backup vocal would sing part of the verse and “we’ve only just begun”. In addition, the uses of horns, syncopated rhythms, drums, and keyboard for the upbeat tempo in the post-chorus. Throughout the song Karen uses her voice to dialect to create a sentiment sound by telling…

decides to start a rumor about the headmistresses, Karen and Martha, played by Madeline Lambert and Karen Carpenter, and how they were having an affair. Piece by piece everything…

Girl in a Band Book Review “When we came out onstage for our last show, the night was all about the boys” (Kim Gordon). This is the bold first sentence that Sonic Youth vocalist/bassist Kim Althea Gordon writes in her autobiographical memoir, Girl in a Band. The inspiration behind this liberating title is from “Sacred Trickster,” an ode to the quartet’s early 1990s high-gloss hardcore phase that appears on Sonic Youth’s final album, The Eternal. The entirety of this memoir is told from the…

I realized that in the 1980’s, women were becoming very successful and America was okay with it. Women were still making money to support their family but this time, they had more serious jobs. One would think that society would be opposed to this idea because men were traditionally the ones with major league jobs, however society was not. An analysis in 1981 from Mademoiselle, did a study on whether “Men will still love us as much now that we dare to love ourselves and our work as much as we…

lost a set since joining the Mother Lode League in 2014. Sophomore Riley Patterson led the Wildcats with 12 kills. She also finished the night with nine digs and three aces. Kelsie Evans had five kills, while Adrianna Albanes and Riley Carpenter had four. Carpenter also had two block assists. Kianna Pisula led Sonora with 24 assists. Bella Petterson and Riley Patterson each had three aces, while Evans had two. Riley Hennington had a team-high 11 digs, while Riley Patterson had nine and…

Imagine that a person becomes intrigued by calories, losing weight, and exercising. Does this person have a psychical problem or just being health conscience? The answer depends on the person in question. In a few cases, people find negative ways of coping with these types of situations. One-way people negatively cope is via Anorexia. This is usually a subconscious effort. Someone who becomes extremely obsessive with these concepts may develop an eating disorder called Anorexia Nervosa.…

Introduction About 83% of adults’ drink coffee in the US which averages to about 3 cups a day which is the world’s biggest consumer beverage (Republic). Coffee is becoming a trend for most households in the United States. Keurig has noticed this trend and decided to jump at the first opportunity it had to become the first-mover. Keurig has been the leader in single-brewed coffee systems for over 35 years. Keurig gave coffee lovers ability to brew a cup of coffee conveniently in their home,…

Today, Facebook, Instagram, and magazines are changing the way society views body image. Social media is promoting an unhealthy body image amongst young children and adults. It is demoralizing the brains of young children and teens by displaying a false image. Instead, the media should promote that all body types are acceptable. By promoting this belief in advertisements and youth programming this will allow society to change their perspective on the ideal body type, prevent body distortion,…

The Facts Publicity for Eating Disorders was nonexistent until Karen Carpenter died in 1983 due to anorexia. This was the first time the mass media was exposed to the seriousness of eating disorders. After Carpenter’s death, anorexia became known as the “disorder of the 80’s”. An estimate of up to 3.7% of women suffers from anorexia nervosa in their lifetime and about 1% of adolescent females’ have anorexia. If anorexia was considered the disorder of the 80’s perhaps bulimia was the disorder…