Katha Pollitt

Media's Effects: Child to Adult In today's culture young girls all across the world are growing up in very different situations; yet, one thing is always a constant, men being the superior. Katha Pollitt, an award- winning writer for magazines such as The Nation and New York Times, discusses how this divide between men and women shown by the media is critical in the upbringing of today’s youth. From princesses always needing saved to the cute little bunny with pink bows in the background these create the acceptance of a male made world. Much like Pollitt, Jean Kilbourne, EdD, is a marvelous writer who has been shocking many since the 60’s with her concepts on how advertizing degrades women of all ages and cultures. With Pollitt’s experience…

Why in today's world is Creationism still a major point of debate? From a scientific standpoint, the theory of evolution has been proved time and time again, yet, the fight still rages on. In Katha Pollitt’s argumental piece titled “What’s the Matter with Creationism?” she attempts to explore this continual issue and how it is affecting Americans today in the classroom and later in adult life. She claims that the high percentage of those who believe in creationism or some form of it are a direct…

Since 1991 when The Smurfette Principle was written a lot of things have changed; mostly for the better. Movies, shows, politics, and the workforce have become a lot more female centered. However, there is always room for improvement in any area; I feel we are leaps and bounds ahead of how things used to be. Today I will thoroughly explain how things have changed for the better, for the female sex since Katha Pollitt’s essay was written over twenty years ago. As a mother of a preschool-aged…

When we were assigned to write a rhetorical analysis, the purpose was to analyze without our emotions. Being the over-achiever I am, I chose the article that I would find the most difficulty remaining objective over – “What’s the Matter with Creationism?” by Katha Pollitt. I did not agree with her stance and the way she explained her argument made me angry. I knew that I could let my emotions override my logic while analyzing her essay, but I did not let that happen. I chose that article because…

She expresses that abortion is a social good. Pollitt explains that legalizing abortion saved women from death, injury, and potential arrest. Legalization of abortion also allows women to commit to furthering their education which is extremely important in today’s society. Pollitt acknowledges the fact that many pro-lifers are religion driven and feel like baby’s lives are in imminent danger. If a woman is forced to carry a baby, she enters a terrifying loss of control over her own fate. It is…

to this day. Although feminism and woman’s rights have come so far in the past years, there is still more progress to be made and the sexist labels do not only happen to women. Having gender stereotypes, that begin when we are young, creates the platform for many of these sexist issues that women, as well as men, are still facing. The article “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls” written by Katha Pollitt expresses the ideas of male and female stereotypes along with feminism. She beings by…

The first essay was “What’s Wrong with Gay Marriage?” by Katha Pollitt. Katha Pollitt was for Gay marriage. Pollitt thinks her idea is write because she uses logical things. For instance she says that there still is “ forced marriages, child marriages, marriages predicated on the subjugation of women- gay marriage is like a fairy-tale romance compared with most chapters of the history of wedlock,(Pollitt 460). Pollitt basically says how it is ridiculous how we let these types of marriages but we…

When reading and studying the Upanishads I recognized the shifting influence that the principles of the text has had upon me through my experience of time. Specifically in the Katha Upanishad, Natchiketa’s interactions gave me insight into my own with Yama, Lord of death. I can recall standing at my Cha Cha Nancy’s home where my great-grandmother rested quietly. Her paper thin skin was withered like the sides of a wind shaped mountain and she lay with her eyes closed, arms crossed, on a…

and girls do. “Why Boys Don’t Play with Dolls” Katha Pollitt wrote “Why Boys Don’t’ Play with Dolls” on October eighth, nineteen ninety-four while she examines and challenges parents and adults to not lessen the biological differences between boys and girls and what messages they are receiving (Pollitt 187). Some of the things that she coveys in her essay is that she looks at how children are raised, how women view sports, how Barbie affects women, the society views on women, theories, and how…

“Majority of woman, 54%, now pro-choice, vs. 46% of men.” (qtd. in Saad page 1) By Saad giving this data to her readers they will know how men and women feel about being pro-choice. Additionally, this information is important since she is not just collecting from only men or only woman. Saad also presented a timeline with starting at 2001 to 2015 to demonstrate the increasing or decreasing of the certain groups being pro-choice. Pollitt talks about statistics in her articles as well. “The most…