Otherness

2014, p. 45; Fabbre, 2017, p.73; Gabrielson, 2011, p. 330). This article demonstrates the effect historical homophobia has on lesbian and gay individuals’ use of services (Johnson, et al., 2005, p.95). It also demonstrates how the invisibility and otherness of lesbian and gay seniors both in care and in the broader LGBT community affects their quality of life (Almack et al., 2010, p. 917; Brennan-Ing,…

Bessy’s purpose in the story was very important, exposing the harsh truths of life in the North. She brought important perspective into Margaret’s views, uncovering her eyes and revealing her otherness. Bessy’s father, Nicholas, saying Margaret’s foreignness cause her ignorance, remarked, “Yo 're just a foreigner, and nothing more... Much yo ' know about it. Ask th ' masters! They 'd tell us to mind our own business, and they 'd mind theirs. Our…

culture’. This identity assumes a ‘binary difference’ between what is French (‘self’) and what is not French (‘other’), creating oppositional, exclusive categories: metropolitan and African, coloniser and colonised, and black and white. This ‘otherness’ is also highly gendered, with the male/female and masculine/feminine binaries othering the female/feminine. When individuals blur these categories, they become liminal. Valeria Sobol defines the liminal personae as ambiguous, paradoxical, and…

As is often the case in the Bible and Aloe Blacc songs, love is the answer. “In love,” writes Wright, “The person who is loving is simultaneously affirming the Otherness of that which is loved and their own deep involvement with that Other” (Wright p. 173) Through love, we validate the “otherness” of the ass. This concept applies to both the undesirable parts of the church, and a person who is being hard to love. In one of my favorite “Birgisms,” “Humility is loving someone…

Short Essay #3 Throughout history, the view of Asian American identities has been influenced by international politics. The United States government’s relationship with other governments is the main justification. However, other factors contribute to the mainstream perception of Asian Americans. International tension, World War II (WWII), and the Vietnam War became major justifications for racism as well as discrimination toward Asian Americans. These periods during U.S. history formed the…

As we spoke about how her sex has influenced my mother’s sense of self, I was reminded of Christ’s article, Why Women Need the Goddess. One section that I felt really related with my mother’s experience was Christ’s statement about how women need the Goddess to reclaim the female body. In her article, Christ urges to reclaim the female body, aging, menstruating, birthing, and all as respected forms of women. She speaks about the denigration of the female body, especially in aging and in death…

Chapter 32 (Rabinow) discusses the relationships with informants and the information they present to the anthropologist, Rabinow in her field work in Morocco. Rabinow mentions that ben Mohammed was among one of the villagers that were not afraid of him and was his host. His friendship with ben Mohammed deepened, they talked about a lot of things but the most apparent topic was regarding their separate traditions. The author mentions that for ben Mohammed the fundamental principle of Islam is…

There has always been a huge influence on women's body image due to marketing by huge corporations, and stereotypes created by such marketing. One can see how much of an impact it has on society just by watching tv/movies, seeing advertisements, and porn. Right now in our society, the social norm is to have a big butt and to be extremely skinny. Many women are affected by this, and it's sad how society views women's bodies; due to this kind of marketing and stereotype it basically tells everyone…

If religion is defined as “…the direct expression of universal human needs” (Bainbridge & Stark in Davie, 2007, p. 71) while spirituality is defined as “…the deepest values and meanings by which people seek to live” (Sheldrake, 2007, p. 1) it’s clear that the two seem distinctly separate. This essay will explore the definitions for both terms while examining the relationship between religion and spirituality, which are undoubtedly connected. It will assess how spirituality can exist without…

“Others” The film 300 had a main focus of the Spartans and their elite soldiers. Anyone that was not a member of this elite society was depicted as “others.” “The Greeks created a new set of ideas about what it was to be a member of a human community” (Herodotus, Histories). The film came out at a sensitive time for today’s Persians and was received in a very negative way by them. It was in a time of war and many saw it as an attack and a ploy to unite Americans against the Persians. There were…