Thor

completely new way of thinking known as philosophy had emerged, myths answered the questions of the world. A myth is a story involving gods that explains certain situations, origins, or events in nature. In Nordic culture there was no lack of myths. Thor, a prominent god and character of many myths, had a hammer which caused thunderstorms. Thor’s hammer was also a vital weapon in the ongoing battle between the gods and the giants. This battle was a, “mythological explanation for how the balance…

Prussia: A Forgotten Nation From the rise and fall of the Holy Roman Empire - 962 AD to 1806- ("Holy"), to the American Revolution -1765 and 1783-, there have been many different nations to exist, then split up, change their names, or completely disband. Sikkim -1642 to 1975-, Czechoslovakia - 1918 to 1993-, Yugoslavia -1918 to 1992- and Neutral Moresnet -1816 to 1920-(Hoeller), all of these are either nations that used to exist, or nations that have gone through some name changes. Much like…

Flakka is known to be a new street drug that was originated in South Florida. This new street drug is known as to be a chemical cousin of the amphetamine-like drug that you can mostly find in bath salts. It is also placed in the category of being a synthetic and/or designer drug. It comes in many different forms making it easy for anyone to be able to access it out in the streets. It is very addictive and makes its users experience some very highly paranoia delusions. Flakka abuse is treatable…

When most people think of the Viking’s, people often think of the image ingrained in popular culture whether through films, books or other stories. The image of an imposing long haired bearded savage warrior, who along with his band of mercenary’s raided and pillaged the land and dominated Europe. Although raiding did take place this was only one aspect of their way of life and various aspects of their culture actually influenced society such as their architecture. The time during which the…

There is a multitude of stereotypes associated with individuals’ biology/ sex. When a woman gives birth, she is usually asked for the binary sex of the baby, whether the individual is a male or a female. Since birth, society has placed labels on individuals that grow with them throughout life. Society expects certain norms if one is a female or a male biologically that include the toys that one plays with, to a larger problem of stereotyping women as weak and men as powerful. As discussed in…

Abortion: A Necessary Evil I sat down and cried the day it happened. A flash of emotions started streaming through my head, but somehow I felt my head nodding along. If ever a person could survive on auto-pilot I was succeeding now. I knew I should be paying attention, but I couldn’t get past how the nurse carried on as if everything were routine. I don’t know why I expected something more ceremonious, but I had. Did they not understand what was happening today? I was making the decision to damn…

So a person who holds to Eclectic Wicca can adopt ritual and ideas from the other form of Wicca and combine them to their needs and can also adopt any deity or religious system like Jesus, Zues, Horus, Thor and etc. Most Electic Wiccans affirm person responsibility, communion with nature, and are generally not into structured Wiccan traditions and all they want to know is what works and how they can use it to their benefit. Gardnerian Wicca is one of…

When you think of a female superhero what do you see? Do you see nice ass and big boobs, or someone fighting for a purpose? When it comes to female superheroes they have been over sexualized since their first creation. No one can truly understand the full complexity of a female superhero when all the viewers can look at is the front and the back. Creator of DC Comics, William Marston, says “Wonder Women, who was created in 1941, was a feminine character with all the strength of Super Man plus…

Universe, and other feminist issues within that topic. In May of 2015, Marvel published its first all-female superhero team called A-Force. The comic series has been making its way onto store shelves. Others include Silk, Captain Marvel, Spider-Gwen, Thor, and Princess Leia. DC comics have also been praised for its newest incarnations of Batgirl, and Gotham Academy, both mostly led by…

She groans, before standing up quickly. “Are you alright? Dr.Schuetz” She looked up to see Steve and Tony stand up. “Yeah, just go and find out what happened. Put on the suit.” Kira said, as they nodded before running off. She runs over to the director, helping him up. As Fury was talking to everyone in a earpiece. She may have grudge, but never wishes someone get to hurt. “Go to the detention section. You will find Coulson there.” Fury orders as she nodded. Kira started running down,…