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African men and women within the realm of the African diaspora have historically decorated their heads in inventive and unique ways. Its central transcending position makes the head an ideal site for the aesthetic and symbolic elaboration of the body. In many African languages, as in English, the word "head" is used metaphorically. Some common meanings of kun, the word for head in the Bamana lan- guage spoken in Mali, include leader, main, premier, highest, superior, chief, and source. Among the…

eagerly performed my first dissection that year, and I soaked up every moment of it. Seeing real organs and muscles for the first time made me immensely curious about what my own body looks like. Since then my interest has not faded, and my Baylor courses have continued to cultivate my love for science. Knowing how my body functions makes me appreciate life even more. Every heartbeat, eye blink, and breathe is so complex and beautiful. Furthermore, I find myself in awe of my body’s numerous…

In Neil Shubins’ “Your Inner Fish: A Journey Into the 3.5-Billion-Year History of the Human Body”, he takes the audience on the journey of the discovery and history of how different organisms and adaptations have converged to form a relationship between fish and tetrapods. Shubins first relates the evolutionary fact that humans and other forms of “tetrapods’ major body systems have developed from fish and sharks” (20), through his time on the field as a paleontologist. He describes his multiple…

every aspect of Louise’s body. It can arguably be seen as a romantic approach to describing the body of a loved one. However, it greatly varies from the romantic description of the body that most people are used to. The narrator goes inside of Louise’s body to discuss the relationship between her body and the concept of romance and desire. The narrator’s depiction of Louise’s body is divided up by location, starting off with the cells, tissues, systems and cavities of the body. “Will you let me…

would expect their wives to have a stereotypical model body: Twiggy, Donyale Luna, Patti Boyd and Linda Morand were some of the top 1960s models according to Supermodels of the 1960s by Lauren Valenti. These were some of the most famous models in the 60s in which men would expect their wives to maintain their bodies as these models. From a curvy waist to a flat stomach and a well size butt to please men of an ideal “perfect” body. Not only the bodies but as well as the facial features. For…

masculinity, femininity, and about our body as a gendered construction. It has become an obsessive concentration in an increasingly visual culture, a perpetual quest to meet expectations of self and standards of society. The world in which we live writes a disastrous and oppressive fiction of “woman” which involves an incessant devaluation and dismissal. Femininity is synonymous with weakness and never-endingly associated with things such as beauty and body. In this environment, insecurities…

Taking a Stand Against Sexual Assault CEO executive, Liam Jackson, discusses the need for change in Australian legislation surrounding the prevalent issue of rape in today’s society. Each year millions of taxpayer’s dollars are spent on prosecuting sexual assault in Australian courts. As well as this rape leads to debilitating psychological strain on our women, not to mention the added strain on of our economy, costing taxpayers millions annually. The women of this world are, our mothers,…

The Negative Effects of Barbie Dolls on Body Image: “As a child most girls played with Barbie dolls and if they had not, their views of what is considered beautiful and acceptable for women would be different, as well as how they felt about body image” (Ive, Dittmar, Halliwell 283). Childhood is the period of time where girls start to build their basic belief system that they will carry into their adulthood. Most young girls, especially in the United States, are given toys that portray the…

a whole which helps it achieve the ultimate goal of life, to survive and reproduce. The most fascinating information I read was that humans descend from water animals. Humans are the only land animal with attached fat to our body. All the other animals with fat are water animals such as whales. Humans have evolved over…

"Body Rituals among the Nacirema" was a well written article. Horace Miner presented a strong argument to back up the claim of magic and the human body being a major factor in the Nacirema culture rituals. The opinions and biases were kept to a minumum, and rather let the argument speak for itself. The article did not come of as harsh nor judgmental, but some choice words made the culture sound more exotic in some situations than need be. The format was also logically laid out and easy for the…