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vCharlotte Perkins Gilman 's "The Yellow Wallpaper" tells the story of Jane, a woman who suffers from "nervous depression” (113). In "The Yellow Wallpaper," Gilman demonstrates the oppressive social roles expected of Jane, the narrator, such as not having any aspirations other than that of a submissive housewife and mother. First, Jane 's husband and physician, John, has total control of both Jane’s mental and physical reality. The combination of Jane trying to be a submissive wife and her…

discrimination results in the loss of grant money. (Moore 2016) While the act was not imposed upon the states, they had the threat of less funding that forced them to obey the law. This era of federalism further supports the slow dissolution of the separate spheres of state and national government; as the national government began to involve itself in state duties, it became less likely to…

Postfeminism is the belief that gender equality has been achieved and therefore, society does not need feminism anymore. This belief rises out of features of soft essentialism. For example, because women can now choose to be in whichever social sphere they want, some Americans may believe that sexism is entirely dead. This is only furthered by popular female celebrities who exemplify women “having it all” but actually only represent few privileged women. According to Shauna Pomerantz, et al,…

You don’t stick a knife in a man’s back nine inches, pull it out six inches and say you’re making progress.” ~ Malcolm X As the ideological father of the student led activism that Ibram Kendi notes in his book, The Black Campus Movement: Black Students and the Racial Reconstitution of Higher Education, Malcolm X and his ideology are a perfect reference to decide its success. In his epilogue, Kendi argues that the BCM has pulled the “knife” out several inches since its inception, by either…

privacy for the media to publish that tape. Likewise, the secretly recorded racist conversations of NBA franchise owner Donald Sterling that were leaked to the media, are also not a violation of privacy. This is due to Sterling’s role in the public sphere, and the stature of the NBA making the tapes a public matter. The fallout that Sterling experienced, resulting in him having to sell the Clippers, was appropriate and he should not have legal recourse against the…

Often times, a common way broaden that sphere is mass media: social media, broadcast media, and print. These media sources have opened a wide range of opportunities for people to broaden their impact and their power with the general public. People are now able to go on their nightly news and…

itself on the wall and moves along the coffers as the sun moves across the sky. The Pantheon thus functions like a sundial, reflecting the movement of the heave (Cohen). The rotunda also contains many statues of gods, symbolizing how earthly sphere meets heavenly sphere in such a divine place (Steven, Zucker). There are also 140 coffers on the dome (Moore). These coffers not only help relieve the immense weight of the dome, but also symbolize the heaven (Kleinbauer, p.239). As Norberg-Schulz…

was an observant reader even though she did not always share her findings in class. Her summaries reflected a profound understanding of the reading materials. Lillie’s first paper examined the relation between women, the flaneur, and the public sphere by drawing on articles by Janet Wolff and Susan Bassnett. Her paper was enjoyable to read, and she summarized the arguments very well. She could enrich the paper by providing the different context in which each writing emerged in order to…

The Age of Exploration began in the 1500s and lasted until the 1700s. This period was known as a time when the old world began exploring the new world by sea in search of new goods, land, gold and new trade routes. The information gained during the Age of Exploration greatly allowed geographic knowledge to move forward. European exploration led to global trade and colonization. The old world discovering the new world made the Columbian Exchange: a wide transfer of goods, like food, animals and…

The late nineteenth century and early twentieth century was an era of radical ideas that lead to the rapid creation and transformation of several new music genres including the blues. African-American were not allowed to record many songs until the rise of race records which were “records manufactured to present separate lines of material targeted at African American consumers” (Wald). There were several African-American women, including Gladys Bentley, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Bessie Smith,…