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of oversexualization of female characters in video games. This was because female harassment in video games was something that happens in the real society and these ladies found it offensive. These women were survivors of violence and they wrote a petition to the Target in Australia to take down Grand Theft Auto V from their shelves. In their letter they…

You can visit change.org and sign the petition associated with using cannabis as a cancer treatment. Then, write a letter to Bobby Scott. As, our congressman, he can bring this to the attention of the federal government. With this attention, more people will be compelled to sign the petition and write a letter. Lastly, we all need to send a letter to the FDC citing the research that has been published. We need to…

What is gloving you might ask? Yes, it’s those light up gloves you saw on shark tank a few months back. Gloving has been in underground culture called “raves” until 2006 when it was first introduced to the rest of the world on YouTube. Ever since then, millions of people use this art form called “gloving” which is when a person, using their fingers, to make trails and patterns using light up gloves that can change color with the motion of the light. Light shows, dancing using the gloves, is a…

represents only the visible part of a long line of abuse, decided that as a gesture of respect for the Romanian Army, the Romanian legislation and as a good patriot, he will follow the paths offered to him by the Romanian justice and by his right to petition. However he again found himself…

The Pericles Funeral Oration influenced the United States Bill of Rights. Pericles delivered his famous speech during the Peloponnesian War. His purpose for the speech was to honor the fallen soldiers and to inspire the people of Athens to keep on fighting. The principles for the Funeral Oration that influenced the United States Bill of Rights are personal freedom, rule by majority, and the right to get ahead through ability rather than social class. The Pericles Funeral Oration influenced the…

Take a look at the people around you. What do you see? I see refugees dreaming of freedom, I see parents anxious to start a new life for their children; people of all different backgrounds, cultures, and religions, but today we’re all the same. Today we’re standing together as you pledge yourselves to a new country. We’re united as citizens of a great nation; America. What is an American? An American is being proud and free, but more importantly, being an American is being you. Although we’re a…

Direct democracy is a form of democracy in which the people decide policy initiatives directly, according to the wikipedia definition. Representative democracy is when the people vote on representatives to act as a voice of the people to decide the policy initiatives, rather than having the people decide directly. Direct democracy would be the perfect form of government for a small country with educated citizens. With educated citizens, the votes will be ethical and prioritized. The citizens…

The documentary I choose to watch was I am Jane Doe, which discuss cases of human trafficking in the United States. This film chronicles the legal battle that several mothers had against Backpage.com for allowing children, like theirs, to be trafficked for sex. Many of these women’s children were only in their early teens that either ran away or were kidnapped and sold for sex. As a result, these teens were abused, tormented, sold repeatedly, and forced to take drugs. Most of them suffered from…

The article “English Only” Laws divide and Demean by Warren J. Blumenfeld states the author’s view against enacting a law making English the official language of the federal government. Mr. Blumenfeld’s premise in "English Only" is that the law is unnecessary and divisive in the United States. He is seeking a call to action in his home state of Iowa against the “English-only” law because he believes that it will negatively impact the beliefs that our nation is founded upon, rather than…

Since the beginning of time, girls and boys are expected by society to play certain roles in based on traditions, different religions, and beliefs. These behaviors shape the gender roles in the developing world. Women were denied the right to vote until the nineteenth amendment was passed in 1920, fifty years after African American men were granted suffrage. Woman not having natural rights such as, the right to vote, access to equal education, right to divorce and so forth, did not stop them…