Lisa Ling

Set in the circa of the 1950's, the movie, "Mona Lisa Smile" is an inspirational film that explores life through feminism, marriage, and education lead by a modernist teacher at the end of a traditional era (Mona Lisa Feminist/ Conflict Theory). The film is very true to the period it was set in; taking great lengths to ensure authentic depiction of the era. Katherine Watson, played by Julia Roberts, is the main character of the film. The film takes place at Wellesley College, a very prestigious…

roses for the couple. Priscilla had their first and only child Lisa Marie Presley. Elvis, while he may have had a loving relationship with his wife in the public eye, he was anything but faithful to his wife and the mother of his child. Known to have numerous affairs, even with his Hollywood co-stars form numerous movies in his acting career. This was one of the many factors that lead to the divorce of Elvis and Priscilla in 1973. Lisa Marie Presley was born in 1968 and is the only child of…

Does something as simple as a book have the power to change a society? Can a change of rules morph the North Korean culture into a more liberating society? Just as books changed Equality 7-2521 in the novel Anthem by Ayn Rand? As readers dive into this communist and totally controlled society that takes place in Rand’s novel, their minds can’t help but be completely intrigued by such an intense life that our main character, Equality 7-2521, is forced to live. A place where the words “I”, “me”,…

in orphanages and eligible for adoption. In the video, Journalist Lisa Ling goes to China with some American families as they meet their newly adopted daughters for the very first time. For example, Rich and Denise Hall adopted their daughter Marissa from China to give her a better life with them in Atlanta, Georgia. They also put her in Chinese dance lessons so that she still feels close and connected to her Chinese heritage. Ling described Marissa as an “ordinary American kid” however, before…

I recently watched the movie “Gimme Shelter” featuring Vanessa Hudgens as the main character Apple. Apple lived in a broken home with an abusive drug addicted mother and an absent father. At age eight she, was placed into foster care after her mother was arrested for drugs. At the age of twelve she had been placed in twelve different foster care homes. When Apple was sixteen she, made the decision to leave her home and ended up living on the streets. While living on the streets Apple discovered…

The video for Miss Representation starts off with a very powerful text by Alice Walker: “The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” The video then proceeds to list statistics about how the average American teenager spends their time online, reading magazines, and watching television. After reading these statistics the viewer is made aware of how much time these teenagers spend on Media; they are spending numerous hours on it. They are spending almost half…

daughters because boys are valued more than girls. Boys keep the family name and take care of the parents when they are older. This shows how little girls are not valued and explains why baby girls are being abandoned In the video of (Lost Girls) Lisa Ling spoke to a woman in China who was kidnapped and sold as a wife. This shows the situation will get worse in time where a woman will be kidnapped and sold as a wife. China’s One Child Policy is inhumane because girls are being abandoned,…

Child Obesity: Is it a problem yet? Child obesity has been, and still is, a problem in America today. Many people go to restaurants that serve large portions of food along with a numerous amount of unhealthy ingredients that they may not be aware of. Chili’s Grill and Bar is a go to restaurant for families for any occasion. They serve food and drinks for both adults and kids. One of their ads that I analyzed was aimed toward kids and their parents. When you first look at the ad, three…

Rhetorical Analysis of Miss Representation Miss Representation, a documentary film produced by Jennifer Siebel Newsom, premiered in 2011 and quickly received the concern of audience because of the controversial issue that it raised. Through the popular culture, women are told how to be femininity since they are young. In other words, the traditional feminine norms have caused many restrictions on feminine self-expression and development. When Newsom was pregnant with her daughter, she was…

people of a certain race or even categorize them based on a stereotype. They simply do not understand if their peers are expressing racism or prejudice against others. thus , they do not understand the difference between the two, in contrast. Nicki Lisa Cole, Ph.D explains that understand the two makes a difference from how someone's behaviors or feelings are categorized based on what they believe. Children will have prejudices against people of color, primarily because there is no actual reason…