Third Day

Shrek the Musical was based upon a young oger who lived with his parents until the age of seven. At this point in his life, he was sent into the idk world to make a living for himself. As time progressed, an embittered Shrek is living contentedly alone in a dirty, musty, swamp. His life was flipped upside, down when all the fairy tale beings of the land showed up in his confinement of solitude. From that point on, the journey that Shrek embarked was portrayed through the strong and weak…

Having a transgender friend is amazing, I have one friend and I see him as he sees himself. I was always interested in transgender because I heard about it all over the news, communities and families. The news always showed how one transgender youth always being bullied, hazed or even discriminate. Why can't they show that transgender is just as human as nontransgender people? Media play a huge role if they expect transgender people, who knows the social norm might change toward them. Not only…

When I did my preliminary 60 hours in a preschool, one of the my biggest takeaways was how gender impacts a child. In this reading by Martin, I was intrigued by the further exploration of the construct. In the present-day, gender can be a tricky idea. Concepts like gender neutralism and transgender are becoming increasingly prevalent in the culture conversation of equality and acceptance. Furthermore, the roles that society consciously and subconsciously apply to genders is a hot button…

What would you do if your country wasn’t powerful enough to defend yourself, your family, and your friends? Would you leave or fight back? The United Nation peacekeepers make it so you wouldn’t have to do either. The United Nations was established right after World War II originally made up of fifty countries and now is a coalition of one hundred ninety three countries throughout the world that came together to help change and protect the world. In order to protect the world they created an…

male or female attributes (“The Hijras of India: Cultural and Individual Dimensions of an Institutionalized Third Gender Role” Nanda). Similar to the Two Spirit individuals Hijra is a largely sacred term, having strong ties to indian religious practices. In Chapter 12 more information about the Hijras is given, “A commonly told story among hijras, which conceptualizes them as a separate, third gender, connects them to the Hindu epic, the Ramayana” (Nanda Chapter 12). The tale references how a…

Deconstructing the gender binary and gender roles and expectations, serves as an initial pedagogical tool in the discussion of trans identities in the classroom. Since trans identities are as much a part of the field of gender and sexuality studies as conventional cisnormative and heteronormative identities, they cannot be studied in isolation, but must rather be viewed in terms of intersectionality. Mary Armstrong, in her essay, “Towards a Queer Pedagogy of Conflicted Practice,” identifies a…

PART II. 1. The myths of development as progress that are presented by Mies and Shiva is through science and technology. Modern science sees itself as universal, that the thinking behind it brings conclusions or answers about life, people, our planet, basically everything, examples of this is scientific advancements such as the Scientific Revolution and it claims to benefit everyone (Shiva., pg. 22). This is not true as feminists and Mies and Shiva argue, and have found that development and the…

Historically, various people have been migrating from one country to another to better their life and searching for hospitable place to live. Yet when European countries started to journey around the world searching for a new world to expand their power and territory. One of their greatest discoveries was America, which shift the political power from Europe to America. The great amount of natural resources and untouched lands has attracted other European countries interest as well. However, the…

Prompt 2 In Today 's society, the LGBT community is becoming more and more known to each and everyone. People are expressing themselves more openly and not hiding out anymore, they want the world to know who they 're and what they stand for. Gay marriage recently became legal in all 50 states which was a huge win for the LGBT community, but just because that happened did not mean that everything was going to be easy there is still so many obstacles that this community has and will continue to…

because the action affects human welfare and/or environmental. An ethical relativist will probably say that moral depends on the culture or society. In the case of E-waste, they may justify that it helps to create jobs for people who live in the third world countries. An organization that dumps hazardous products oversea are only look out for self-interests which include stay in business, making a profit, and minimize the loss. They may perceive their decision as a necessary course of…