Pretty in Pink

the way you see yourself? As a Child… Growing up, I never really thought about being female or acting female. I just was, and I was okay with that. I liked to shop in the girl section at Target because everything was Pink and Sparkly, because the world around me taught me that pink was a “girl” color, and “blue” was for boys. I liked to twirl around in dresses because pants were seen as too “masculine.” I thought boys were gross and full of cooties. I felt like, as a girl, I had to separated…

Keena Ta Diana Sieker 13 December 2013 Literature of the 1980s Fashion Speaks Louder than Words What is fashion? Fashion is something that is dealt with everyday. Fashion is never constant. Something that is in today might not be in tomorrow. As Coco Channel once said, “Fashion is made to become un-fashionable.” Fashion tells you what is trending and is constantly searching for the newest of everything. Some say that fashion gives an individual a sense of self-expression. Fashion is a language…

J.B. Priestley’s ‘An Inspector Calls’ was written in 1945, however, the ambience of the play was set within 1912. Throughout the play, a consistent political theme is embedded through Priestley’s creation of two contrasting ideological viewpoints between his characters. Both characters are on the extremes of the political spectrum; Birling embodies a maximal capitalist viewpoint whereas Inspector Goole represents an impenetrable socialist perspective. This stark diversity is a result of…

referring to them as sheep or houseslaves, but he never groups the girls in with the other shoppers, “The sheep pushing their carts down the aisle - the girls were walking against the usual traffic (not that we have one-way signs or anything) - were pretty hilarious… I bet you could set off dynamite in an A & P and the people would by and large keep reaching and checking the oatmeal off their lists and muttering “Let me see, there was a third thing, began with A, asparagus, no, ah, yes,…

Florence Duomo Historical Background Information Around 1415, Filippo Brunelleschi competed for the chance to build the dome of the Florence Duomo. Florence was home to many talented artists, and all of them entered competitions to build or design various buildings around the city. Just a few years before, Brunelleschi had competed to design the bronze doors on the baptistery, but lost the competition to Lorenzo Ghiberti. Along with Ghiberti and Michelangelo, Brunelleschi built a model of what…

Holidays, in addition to being a festive time for celebrating with friends and family, is also a time to enjoy classic fine arts together. A stable every Christmas season is the Nutcracker, which the literature is republished in multiple forms including play, dance, and orchestra concerts. This season I had the pleasure of being a audience of The Nutcracker presented at the McCaw Hall. The show was phenomenal, and included moments of cheerfulness and happiness, but during others moments of grave…

In 1888 Van Gogh created The Night Café using oil paints on a canvas. It's title alone depicts it almost to a tee, however, what one might envision without seeing it would be completely subjective. The same concept can be applied to what one feels when looking at this work. The painting depicts a very eerie room with colors that clash and are almost painful to look at. However, you’re drawn in by a man standing off in the corner of the room who appears to be staring at you. He almost looks as…

for respect with all people, less domestic abuse, someone telling girls that they should not wear a certain thing because it distracts people, and getting rid of gender stereotypes that men are stronger and that boy color is blue and a girl color is pink. Over the years there has been a huge improvement in gender equality, but society still has to accept all genders identities, sexualities, and most importantly,…

Pretending that nothing had happened with Chris had slowly gotten easier over the past few months. The two girls definitely weren't as close as they had been before; plus, now Caitlyn had days where she was just mopey and would lock herself up in her room...thankfully those times were indistinguishable from the days that she just wanted to game for hours. But it was better than it had been when Chris had said she was going to leave....as uncomfortable as their situation could sometimes be, she…

There were 13 dancers in this piece that was choreographed by Kimberly Rabins. Music was by Christian Aguilera, Pink, Mya, and Lil Kim. The dance looked like it was a piece made for empowering women. The different lighting for this piece worked great with the choreography and added a dramatic effect to the piece. The costumes were pretty and effective with the lights changing throughout the piece. The use of the dancers’ rhythms was greatly used during the three kick lines…