Plush

Sylvia Plath tragically died more than 50 years ago, however the vitality of her work continues on. To some, Plath’s writing is a biography of her life, yet to others, her work is simply a piece of art to be admired and studied. Through the earlier drafts of her poem “Stings,” one can develop a biographical perception of Plath’s writing. However, it is within her published version of “Stings” that Plath’s writing is revealed as the Introduction to Johnny Panic states, “impassioned…

Equal rights for women are suppressed by patriarchy. “Practicing” by Marie Howe and “Experience” by Carrie Fountain explore womanhood through the lenses of feminism in response to patriarchy. “Practicing” presents the speaker’s first experience towards becoming a woman when she explores her sexuality with other pre-mature girls while “Experience” unfolds the speaker’s ambiguity towards entering womanhood in comparison to the initiation of manhood. Social constructions teach young girls to feel…

childhood and light flows in and penetrates every corner of it. I could see my mother standing in front of the mirror that spanned the width of the wall in her bathroom where she washed her face. After she had rinsed and pat-dried her face with a plush towel, she took a dollop of creme from a jar she kept on a shelf above the sink and massaged it into her skin using gentle circular motions over her face, down her neck and across her…

turned my head and came in contact with his perfect ocean blue eyes, I caught him looking at me in awe. “Well we better get going, Uncle Jacob Probably wants to meet up.” I smile and take Asher by the hand to led him down to the back patio on to a plush love seat. “So Asher where do you live when you are not studying at Sony Prep?” I asked because most students travel back home to visit friends and family during the warm summer months. “Well my godparents are the proud owners of a thriving…

room. Every day I wake up from my imaginary bed. The still freshly charred floor, covered in ashes. Lungs darkened by the smoky room, and my heavy heart still in pain. The sounds of screams and fire, ringing through my ears. Once, there had been a plush, luxurious bed that made me feel like a princess. Fast-forward to a few years later, and I am anything but feeling like a princess. Every night is a nightmare, disturbed by every thump and bang. If only this was all a big nightmare. ‘Mom…

The month of December is fast approaching. Now is the time to plan for the year end celebrations. We tempt you to look beyond the same old ambience and party scene and bid adieu to the current year and celebrate the New Year in one of the world's hottest party destinations. From riotous street parties and fireworks extravaganzas, to marching bands and torchlight processions, here are some of the best New Year's Eve parties from around the world. Bali, Indonesia Bali has been celebrated as the…

It was approximately 6:30 in the morning when Emelia woke up. She wasn 't hungry, in fact she wasn 't even willing to move. After what happened to her father and last night, she decided she deserved to be lazy. But then she realized how much she wanted to visit her father. She violently threw off the covers, bathed, got dressed then left for the day. The moment she walked out the door, a cold wind danced across her skin. Drawing the red cloak, which she had been told was her mother 's, closer…

As juicy flavors of grease stream down the hand of a person holding a burger, and the aroma of the charcoaled steak fumes through the hungry man 's nasal cavities, his body screams "heart disease". A cup of milk was just chugged, and the girl wonders why her stomach hurts. The factory across the street that produces the meat in the local market chokes up harmful chemicals that are dispersed into the air, polluting Mother Earth. But the rejuvenated vegan across the room just finished a heavy meal…

The Moon’s Curse By - Lexia Hennings There once was a girl named Miyu, she lived in a quaint village directly in the middle of the forest. The village was Known as Ferncrest. It is called this because large ferns formed wall looking structures all around the small village. The village of Ferncrest was magical and was filled to the brim with many wonders. Miyu turned out to be a fairy which was rare. Most of the villagers were Elves or Goblins. To be more specific, the people that founded the…

contract money (estimated at 1.6 billion dollars), returned or they wanted the hardware. This of course was the latest in a series of crisis since the new administration had taken control in America in 2008. Pash did not know what Putin had on Obama, but it had to be something big. For the US President to withdraw the missile system in Eastern Europe, allow Syria to go unchecked, and Putin to annex Crimea was in a word incomprehensible. Under the previous American administration any of these…