Red Scarf Girl

“Here's to strong women. May we know them. May be be them. May we raise them.” A quote that depicts the strong-willed woman in society. In the novel The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne the readers are shown the mindset of a headstrong women. In every example of a woman made by Hawthorne, he shows the courage and the struggles gone through by the main character, Hester. Portraying idealistically the very existence of today's “feminists” dates back to a time when a strong willed woman was as…

being a dancer, she experienced racism like no other minority in the ballet world had experienced. Pushing forward through the hard times has increased the diversification in ballet, and has motivated many other minorities, like young African American girls, to join classical ballet. Copeland is changing the uniformity that the ballet world has, and allowing for…

People identify me by my curly hair. But, let me tell you how much of a pain curly hair really is. It is the absolute worst thing that could possibly happen to an African latina living in Miami. Firstly, it makes me look fatter than I am. Secondly, I cannot get a brush through my hair. And thirdly, the humidity in this multicultural city does not help under any circumstances! I can attempt to leave my house with my hair perfectly in place, but as soon as I step foot out the door, poof, “There it…

idea that people have towards something or group of people that the idea is commonly wrong. A stereotype would be that girls are not good at sports. This is a just Hypothesis from girls and all the people think that it’s true; girls are not good at sports. If some girls are not good at sports it doesn’t mean that whole population are not good at sport and there is so many girls that they are so smart at sports. How characters in the sitcom are stereotyped? Discuss about it. The Jessica and…

Media's Effects: Child to Adult In today's culture young girls all across the world are growing up in very different situations; yet, one thing is always a constant, men being the superior. Katha Pollitt, an award- winning writer for magazines such as The Nation and New York Times, discusses how this divide between men and women shown by the media is critical in the upbringing of today’s youth. From princesses always needing saved to the cute little bunny with pink bows in the background these…

Many people think working at a daycare is the simplest job. At the day are I work at I have to deal with parents, coworkers, and the kids. In my experience the babies are the hardest part of the job. There are bay bay kids, the quiet ones, teacher's pet, and targets. First are bay bay babies. These are destructive and bullies. From seven am until seven at night, they are on a mission to make the teacher's head spin. Adrianna is the prime example in my class. She walks in with a sneaky grin…

Malala Malala was a girl who loved her education and wanted to attend school but just because she was a girl she could not attend. The book Malala is an autobiography that explains the struggles the author has been through such as not having the right to go to school. Malala was a young girl who wanted to succeed in life and make her parents proud. She was also shot in the head by talibans while she was riding the bus. She fought for her rights but went through a lot injustices but at then she…

Fashion in the 1930s was full of style and glamour. Even though people were broke, they surely didn’t dress like it. Men still dressed up nice with their overcoats and suits. Women still wore dresses and kept their hair nice. Through all the hardships, they maintained their styles. What did women wear in the 1930s? Most people will overlook fashion in the thirties because of the Great Depression, but it was full of glamour, elegant, well-tailored clothing. The fashion mainly consisted of loose…

receive their emotional meaning from the way society uses these words, or what people associates these words with. Along with the humor that Baker uses, he does incorporate an abundance of connotation. Baker adds, “Are there a significant number of girls who feel outraged over not being part of the Boy Scouts?” (Baker). During this sentence, Baker uses the term “outraged”, which society relates their emotions to. To elaborate, the definition of outraged is “an act of violence…

In Honor Diaries, a group of nine female activists come together to discuss issues faced by women and girls, specifically with a focus on Muslim-majority societies. These nine women touch on an array of issues but emphasize major topics such as female genital mutilation, forced marriages, and honor violence. All the topics revolve around one major concept which is honor. The women argue that honor is contained in women and it is to be guarded by men (Basch-Harod, Kweskin, Traiman, & Smith, 2013)…