Queens

replenish food supply. Honey bees as a population follow an extremely interesting order to maintain productivity and success within their hives and colonies. Adult female bees are labeled as queens in the hive and only emerge to mate with the adult male drones. This happens three times over the course of their queen bee lives, and the sperm is held over time to produce…

genuine selves (Crothers et al., 2009, p. 104). The actors of aggression can be classified into three categories: queen bees, middle bees, and victims. A queen bee is described as a female that is always protecting her status in her interactions with other females, allowing her to be able to be the first to attack should a threat be recognized (Culver, 2007, p. 164).…

debuted in 2009. The show focuses on drag queens and their ability to showcase their “charisma, uniqueness, nerve and talent” through a variety of challenges: acting, costume construction, modelling, fashion forwardness and more are assessed by a panel of judges, including host and titular drag superstar, RuPaul. Drag queens have always been central to the lgbtq rights movement, tied to the Stonewall riots and existing as hypervisible queer folk, so queens occupy a political space that questions…

Relationships are a part of our daily lives. Love, friendship, hate, all associated with the idea of how we embrace our acquaintances in life. Have you ever made a decision based solely on others? If so, are we to blame for the consequences? In “Romeo and Juliet”, character motivation, irony and symbolism all address the topic of the significance of relationships and how they shape our lives. William Shakespeare’s tragic play on the love story between Romeo and Juliet reveals that…

in the 1980’s had; to become famous (Snetiker). Even though all odds were against Charles from the beginning of his career, he managed to push through and create an reputable life for himself. The internationally famous singer/songwriter and drag queen has gone on to be recognized in Time Magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential People 2017” and plenty more (Campbell). Yet RuPaul has stated that his greatest accomplish was receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this past March. “It is the…

the guts to go into school speak like a drag queen would. It would have probably resulted in me being hung by my underwear on the flagpole, given a swirlie, or something else to that dramatic high school extent. I began to engorge my social media accounts with drag news by following queens and joining fan groups. I do not consider myself a drag queen but I do consider myself a mere bystander to the phenomenon. I learned the language by examining drag queens and becoming infatuated with the…

Burton’s most visible choice to the average person is the costumes and color choice. He is known for having a darker approach on his perspective of everyday life, for example, In the film “Alice in Wonderland”, in the battle scene we see the White Queen vs the Queen of Hearts, the contrasting colors of the red to the white displays the seriousness and harsh difference between the two sides and personalities, this…

great and powerful Queen of Hearts is after you. When she finds out you are here she will not stop until you are her prisoner.’ ‘Why what is wrong? What has happened that she needs me.” A worried look came across my face. ‘Please help me get home before it's too late.’ A tear ran down my cheek. The Mad Hatter hugged me and said ‘he would never let her take me.’ I hugged him back harder and the rest of the animals at the table all hugged me too. At that very moment a queen of hearts card was…

Kenya Davie Mrs. Bowers English 4B April 9, 2017 The Comparison of Coraline & Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland From “Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons are real but because they tell us dragons can be defeated” (G.K. Chesterton, Coraline) to “If you don’t know where you are going, any road will take you there” (Lewis Carroll, Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland). These two stories are very similar to each other, but still very different. Both are amazing…

It is in this garden that Alice saves multiple men from the Queen of Hearts’ wrath and is invited for a game of croquet with an odd twist. The balls are hedgehogs and the mallets, flamingos. The Queen quickly orders the execution of many players while Alice finds the Cheshire cat again. He initiates a conversation, but is quickly interrupted by the King of Hearts, who is ultimately ignored by the cat. The King is angered and orders the cat’s execution but no one knows how to go about the…