Maggie May

the ethos, James Dean represents a sense of rebel cool with his “red leather jacket”, and in a similar idea, the Cheongsam is a representation of the Chinese culture and aesthetic. Celebrities play the ethos role of Cheongsam. For instance, “Actress Maggie Cheung 's 23 cheongsams in director Wong Kar-wai 's In the Mood for Love sometimes drew viewers ' attention from her acting to her wardrobe” shows the reputation of the Cheongsam (Chinadaily). The movie was published in the 1960s in Hong Kong.…

Statement of Books Purpose Collective Courage: A History of African American Cooperative Economic Thought and Practice details African American cooperatives in America during slavery. A cooperative is a company that is owned by the people who use their services. African American’s implementation of cooperatives during slavery proved courageous and dangerous at the same time. Overview of Book’s Content We learn from the introduction that the purpose of a cooperative is to provide quality goods…

Everyone comes from somewhere, believes in something, or ultimately becomes who they are based on certain characteristics. When we focus on a particular group in society, especially their behaviors and beliefs, we are looking at someone’s culture. Culture can be defined as the “Behaviors and beliefs characteristic of a particular social, ethnic, or age group”. With that said, I decided in the last week to center in on one culture specifically, the elderly. We all consider someone an elder if…

writes “authorities in communities throughout America have used the rhetoric of “war” to define the “threat” posed by graffiti and to justify the mobilization of community resources to eradicate it. In the article “The Making of Space, Race and Place”, Maggie Dickinson goes on to explain how in New York City, the mayor has tried to stop the practice of graffiti by making laws. She explains how the police and the government have tried so many ways to stop people from doing graffiti on every…

She may also be a utilitarian like Rick. She's becoming smitten with the power she never thought she had. This doesn't follow a normative theory that I know of but it seems that she wants what's best for the group which means that "right" and "wrong" don't…

Rapunzel, Let Down Your Hair Extensions Anatomically, hair consists of dead skin cells that sprout from one’s skin to protect the body from sunlight. However, hair that flows from the scalp acquires a more significant status on the head of another person. People typically refer to these borrowed locks as hair extensions. Hair extension use runs rampant within first-world countries like the United States particularly. Due to the long conceived notion that long, thick hair equals beauty, coupled…

In “Great to Watch”, Maggie Nelson discusses “desensitization”, the lack of response to a stimulus due to a surplus of exposure to it (Nelson, 306). In particular, Nelson discusses desensitization in terms of “image flow” (Nelson, 304). In Azar Nafisi’s “Selections from Reading Lolita in Tehran”, Nafisi reviews cases where the desensitization negatively affected society, but was able to be stopped. Moreover, in “Selections from Alone Together”, Sherry Turkle discusses some of the benefits of…

Ethics in labor unions do exist today. Many labor unions provide ethics training to their leadership. Maggie Cohen writes in WorkingUSA, that “The overarching goal of union ethics training would be to teach activists, elected leaders and staff how to integrate principles of democracy, fiduciary duty, fair representation and training of new activists into…

In the first article, they are working with profound young persons. “There is still much to be understood in terms of the ways in which interpersonal interactions within music making may be beneficial for young people with profound IDD… Little is known about how or whether musical interactions might be unique or different to other pleasurable activities with an engaged interaction partner. Therefore, the aims of this study were: to…

have a place to lay her head at night, but to survive. Despite her obstacles, she had goals of completing school and having a future. She stayed true to herself by making a way to continue with schooling and making it to class on time. Although it may be hard living on the streets, there are grants that ensure that students can continue with their dreams and stay enrolled in college. Eleanor also states that’s three students that have all be granted a LeTendre grant (694). She notes, “Thanks, in…