Victoria Beckham

Police use of force has been a particularly prevalent topic of debate in Victoria for decades, most seemingly so throughout the mid 80’s and late 90’s. But with new and improved equipment as well as old known issues, the long held debate has again begun to rear its head in Victoria. Whether it be a police shooting fatality, or a perceived use of excessive force, the police face heavy scrutiny when excessive force is used. Regardless of the arguments regarding the level of force and…

The lengthy, cramped, and quiet bus ride to Living Hope Day School both excited and terrified me. A never ending stream of “what if” questions rattling my brain caused me think twice about what I was doing there in the first place. I was a stranger to them, someone whom they knew nothing about. I gazed out the window, trying to calm my thoughts when I saw them. An endless sea of purple sweaters, and cheery faces lined the fence at the school. All of my previous doubts washed away when I stepped…

The weekend my boyfriend began seeing another woman, I walked into a megachurch for the first time. My girlfriends and I didn’t go to praise Jesus. We went for fun. (I didn’t know about the boyfriend yet.) My two friends, both 20-something journalists like me, were visiting me in Houston, and we considered Lakewood Church — the largest house of worship in the country and home to controversial superstar pastor Joel Osteen — a tourist attraction. We parked in a crowded underground garage and…

Bend it like Beckham is about football, race, gender, and culture. The sport has different definitions – it can be a voluntary participation (fun), intrinsic reward important, physical skill and exertion. As discussed in the first lecture, sport provides a pleasurable experience to so many people. Sport can be a source of tension but at the same time, it brings people together from different cultures, ethnicities and countries. It is an inspiration to many people in our society today. I will be…

true to her dream. Gurinder Chadha, the director of, Bend It Like Beckham, depicts how Jess struggles with having to accommodate what her parent’s expect out of her, and what she wants for herself, but in reality one can have the best of both worlds. Throughout the movie, Jess strives to become a great soccer player, but knowing her parents are against her playing, holds her back. Jess, the main character in, Bend It Like Beckham, is an indian girl who loves soccer. Her parents on the other…

hold the homogeneous characteristics of the society. However, for Jess Bhamra, a teenage Indian girl, she develops an interest for football that is contrary to the role that her family and community want her to become. In the film, ‘Bend it Like Beckham,’ directed by Gurinder Chadha, Jess is confronted with the external conflict of upsetting her strict and traditional Indian parents while engaging in her desire to play football that highlights that one’s turmoil caused by an ambition that is…

Have you ever had a dream that you would play professional soccer? Well in the movie Bend it Like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha the main character in the movie Jasminder Bhamra had a dream to play with David Beckham, a professional soccer player. But in her hero's journey she had to go through a lot of obstacles to get there. In the movie, Jess has to overcome a series of obstacles. Jess has a passion for soccer, but her mother disagrees with her playing soccer because her mother thinks she is…

The Victorian Era is understood to have existed during the rule of Queen Victoria during 1837 to 1901 and it was realized to be an exciting period that saw various literary schools, artistic styles, along with, social and political movements. Notably, the period was described to have led to swift developments and changes from observed advances in scientific, technological, and medical knowledge to changes in population growth. It was reckoned as an era of prosperity, great political reforms, and…

Supernatural themes within Gothic texts are designed to push against the common way within society in order to be relevant and convey a message. Throughout history, the human race has taken many different paths and embraced many different beliefs. Three of these beliefs that have been incredibly influential in the past three centuries are: neoclassicism, romanticism and Victorianism. In each of these historical periods, gothic literature and by extension the supernatural, acted as a rejection of…

Victorian Satire in Oscar Wilde’s ”The Importance of Being Earnest.” Victorian era ideals are littered throughout Oscar Wilde’s “The Importance of Being Earnest.” Whether it be the act of bunburying, the prominence behind one’s name, or the suitability of someone in another’s hand in marriage, all are visited in this play in some form or another. Points of importance to Victorian culture are found quite trivial within the lines of this work published near the end of the same era, especially…