Machismo

Sexuality is very difficult to write about, and only the greatest can tackle this subject without making it cliche. Neil Simon spent the majority of his life composing plays and becoming one of America’s greatest authors. With his lifelong commitment to writing came the establishment of many different themes throughout his works. In his world famous 1960’s play, The Odd Couple, Felix Ungar has recently gotten divorced, and needs somewhere in New York live. His best friend Oscar invites him to…

refused his sexual request.” I was invited to Italy by the former chairman of the art department at my college. (We had previously gone to Italy when I was a student during our winter semester art history trip where I created a photographic series, “Machismo.”) Just “dinner company” was expected of me, I clarified. It was my summer break from teaching art at the college in my hometown. My former art history professor, Bud, and I had kept in touch over the years and this was his retirement trip.…

Introduction: Dealing with Domestic Abuse in Peru and the United States From the Spanish Conquest in 1532 to the current struggle with a terrorist group known as the Shining Path, Peru’s history is riddled with violence and abuse (Flake 2005; Mitchell 2013). The experiences of women in Peru show no exception to this. Estimates indicate that women in Peru experience incredibly high rates of domestic abuse, within the highest across the globe (Boesten 2006; Flake 2005). Regardless of laws…

Sharing our feelings, likes, or dislikes on social media is quite the thing for many nowadays. Many individuals expose a certain personality throughout sites or apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and many more. For some, it is much easier to express emotion when they are behind screens. For others, there are simply boundaries or different personalities within real life and a cyber community. “We engage in impression management to present an ideal self to others” (Durden 2016).…

The financial crisis that took place in 2008 is said to be, according to many economists, one of the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression that took place in 1920s. The crisis threatened the collapse of many large businesses and stock markets dropped worldwide. The housing market also suffered causing evictions and a large unemployment rate. Many people were afraid for their future and the future of their companies during this time, as they turned to the media for information and…

In Media Studies, it is significant to state the difference between the narrative and story. According to K. R. Jennings (2015) “A story is a structured narrative. It has a beginning, middle and end. It typically contains other ingredients too, like characters and a plot.” Furthermore Jennings states that “a narrative, on the other hand, is a sequence of events. It has no standard form or structure. No distinct beginning or end.” Simply put, narrative is principally the order in which something…

Susan Eloise Hinton is one of the most popular and best writers, for young people fiction books. S.E. Hinton wrote many books for different ages. She grew up as a tomboy and loved horses. Susan was a very shy person that wanted to become a cattle rancher as a young girl. Susan was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma on July 22nd 1950. Susan married a man name David Inhofe. Susan became “The Voice of the young people”, she helped them out when she wrote the book, The Outsiders. Susan was only 15 when she…

On the macro level, one could argue—as Johann Norberg did in his 2003 doc Globalization is Good—that entry into the global economy is an important step towards achieving a higher quality of life. With some caveats, this argument is basically supported by the findings of statistician/geographer Hans Rosling in his pro-data Ted Talk Debunking 3rd World Myths… However, a look beneath the overview of sweeping trends reveals that the costs of entering the world economy often involve grievous offenses…

In the short story, “The Killers” two of the main characters are Max and Al. They are both dressed in almost identical winter coats and they come in with attitude. They both are trying to order dinner when only breakfast was on the menu they continue to complain about the service. While they are inside of the diner they say some comment to George about how they are “Bright boys” they mean that as they are dumb and talk down to them because of their masculinity and power. Even though they are…

A commercial depicts a male and his group of friends going out to get fast food. His friends order double stacker cheeseburgers while the male decides to order a salad. The male cashier seems puzzled, “what are you watching your figure, pretty boy”. We just put healthy foods on the menu to appease “chicks”. The male responded, “You know what, on second thought give me a Quad beef stacker with extra cheese and pickles. The cashier countered, “That more like it buddy”. Consumption of meat has…