This One's for the Girls

people become so obsessed with being and looking skinny that they lose so much weight until the point when their body cannot take it anymore. Anorexia is an extremely dangerous disorder that causes high risks to one's health, resulting in years of reshaping one's life or losing one's life. This is why everyone should be aware and look out for the symptoms of the disorder in others, to prevent it from happening to someone's family member, friend. The disorder affects both males and females, and…

perilous last-resort choice. The girl is a straight-A’s honor student. However, at the end of the last semester, she had to take care of her sick mother and fell behind in her school work. She missed multiple weeks of school, resulting in her deciding to buy a report online to turn into her AP Psychology teacher. The AP Psychology teacher caught the girl plagiarizing and sent her to the guidance counselor. The guidance counselor has the option to enter that the girl plagiarized onto her…

main reasons why many women feel awkward in today’s social environment; by affecting their self-esteem teenage girls and young women are often unable to participate in outgoing events as they feel that they no longer “fit” into the society. Anorexia is the main reason for many cognitive disabilities, which creates social awkwardness, such as affects in the neuropsychological domains, one’s emotional health and behaviour. It is important to understand that the state of being of an anorexic is…

that are built from the complete subjection of blacks upwards to the dominance of whites. Within this continuum lie definite subcategories of ‘black’ and ‘white’. The paradox of the permanent yet ephemeral idea of race and color is further complicated with the static, yet changeable perception of one’s racial identity through behavior and social accomplishments. Anthropologist L. Kaifa Roland defines this process as whitening, or blanqueamiento, where anyone can advance up the…

This was one week after our youngest daughters first birthday. Thankfully, we have not seen him in thirteen years. After he left I filled for divorce and a restraining order. It took me almost a year to get a divorce; he would not accept the papers so I had to run it in the newspapers for two weeks. I knew I had to protect my girls and the only way to do this was to get him out of our lives. Luckily my girls were three and one years old and do not remember…

Disruptions to one’s connection to culture is a prominent topic in today’s society and culture is an important feature in many people’s lives. Whale Rider directed by Niki Caro and Stolen Girl by Trina Saffioti and Norma MacDonald displaying this common theme in their respective indigenous contexts. Both texts explore disruptions to one’s connection to culture differently, with whale rider overcoming intercommunity development in relation to gender and stolen girl commenting on the stolen…

Knox asserts that “sex selection technologies” such as MicroSort, “a new preconception sperm-sorting technology,” allow “parents to increase the chance of having a girl or boy baby” by selecting specific embryos in a lab “to be implanted in a woman’s uterus” (Knox 313). While some support these technologies, Knox writes, some argue that “sex selection contributes to gender stereotypes that could result in neglect…

young girls across the nation. Countless numbers of these young girls have treasured Barbies, so much so that some even collected dolls, clothes, houses and other items pertaining to Barbie. However, more and more of those young girls are beginning to perceive the Barbie doll to be the definition of beauty; craving to be blonde, tall, and skinny as well. Instead of striving to mold themselves, children should be shown that there are several different forms of beauty. For the sake of young girls…

Student have the liberty to choose their interests, despite community values. For example, gifted students in public schools steer away from the ideal-student perception as it is a common belief that these students should be spectacular in education. This phenomenon generally occurs when school facilities do not aid the student’s style of learning rather hurt them. As a result, students lose interest in school due to the lack of proper care by the administration or their egotistical thinking,…

My week at the American Legion Auxiliary Department of Maryland Girls State program was an eye-opening occasion. I went to Girls State knowing little to nothing about the government in the state of Maryland. I had no interest in running for any type of government office. Girls State was originally just a place to get away from my parents for a week, but once I got there I realized it was so much more. The first day was not a full day because of registration but it felt like it because of all…