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and were convicted for contempt of Congress; all ten were blacklisted permanently and served short prison terms (Wall). These ten were never allowed to return to their original positions, although some others who were blacklisted did work under pseudonyms. Anyone who was associated with the Hollywood Ten was added to the blacklist, making it nearly impossible for them to find work. This mentality of “guilt by association” rippled through the crowd. No one was safe from the accusations of the…

Ethnographic Research Methodology in Practice Ethnographic research is one of the dominant methodologies in my field of study. While I have read ethnographic research studies in the past, this project gave me an opportunity to actually study how the methodology was used in different ways. To select my articles, I went to a folder I created for a project I am working on with my research advisor involving ethnicity and race talk in classrooms. After reviewing the abstracts, I selected three…

Billie Holiday Also known as “Lady Day” and born Eleanora Fagan, Billie Holiday was one of the most prolific jazz singers of her time and also made a significant contribution to the civil rights movement occurring during her life. She is widely regarded as a unique and important figure in the in the jazz community and has relevance even 50 years after her death. GROWING UP: Billie Holiday was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1915 to Sarah Fagan and Clarence Holiday. She had a very tough…

You look in the mirror every morning and yet it still strikes you as surprising. You feel like it should be easy to love yourself, there’s nothing inherently wrong with you… is there? You inspect up from your waist, across subtly defined abs, reaching developed pectorals and out to either shoulder to track down bicep, forearm and finally you reach your hands. When you finish flourishing your digits you find your neck, chin, and begin the journey across your face. Your cheekbones are sharp and…

place. Before her contributions there were only thirteen asylums in the United States. After her travels there were 123, of she personally was a key factor in opening 32 of them (van Hartesveldt). Around the time of Dix’s success, a journalist with pseudonym Nellie Bly wrote a report on treatment of mentally ill people in one of the asylums of New York City. She spent a week in a psychiatric hospital pretending to be a patient there. She wrote a book exposing the derogatory treatment of all the…

kept, in silence sealed; The thoughts, the hopes, the dreams, the pleasures, Whose charms were broken if revealed” (Bronte). In order to fulfill her hopes and dreams of becoming an author, Charlotte Bronte had to hide who she was, writing under the pseudonym Currer Bell. During the time period that her novels Jane Eyre and Villette were written in, the Victorian Era, women had no value, so being a female author was not only a huge accomplishment, but a huge step forward for women around the…

It would be folly to state that reflection is useful only for academic and training purposes. Reflection is a process in which the majority, if not all, people use on a day to day basis. Whether it is on the way home from work after a hard day, or perhaps after a conversation with a family member; it would be a rare individual indeed who could state that they do not go over previous experiences in their mind. It is, in essence, the active evaluation of our day-to-day lives. The act and art of…

“Time in the forest could perhaps be interpreted as a period of personal development. A rite of passage perhaps?” (Gaunt 2). In the article titled, “The Fairytale Forest - a Source of Symbolism” written by Justine Gaunt, describes the true change that can occur in the forest leaving such an impression on those who experience it, that it in a sense is a coming of age. The forest has many figurative and literal symbols within it such as a new beginning or fear, but also can symbolize earth and the…

Time Manipulation PROLOGUE “Good morning!” a bright voice muttered while drinking her coffee. “Good morning, Jane” grumpily, Daniel Goodman greeted his wife. “What’s wrong?” “Nothing. I’m just ecstatic for another day at the firm.” Daniel Goodman worked at a popular law firm on Wall Street, New York, New York. This firm solicits to very huge corporations, such as Nestle and Kelloggs. He and his wife rented a small apartment in Brooklyn. Daniel has a doctorate in Astrophysics from the…

In human history there have always been people who attempted to hide their identity for various reasons, but most commonly to allow someone to say whatever they wish to say without persecution or retaliation. Pseudonyms, masks, and voice changers have all been used as ways to escape backlash from disagreements. Ever since the internet became an everyday part of the average American’s life, people have been exploiting the anonymity of the internet to say things that they would normally never have…