Victoria's Secret

Without drama night and the practices leading up to it, I probably would have never gotten close to those people like I did. The people I hang out with everyday now, call out to in a crowd, share my problems with, tell all my secrets to.The people who truly make my life amazing were somehow squished into it by a small school play and that fact is still what surprises me to this day. As I see it, when you’re given no other choice but to be with someone, you quickly realize that…

recent years, the group most vocal about cultural appropriation has been Native Americans. One of the many criticisms include the use of traditional Native headdresses as fashion-accessories. From being sold at Urban Outfitters to being worn by Victoria’s Secret models, headdresses…

views on feminism; the former stresses egalitarianism, while the latter stresses the peril of a woman’s subservient in a marriage. 19th century female characters tend to be depicted as reticent and delicate. This philosophy was in behalf to Queen Victoria’s embodiment of the way women was supposed to be. They are expected to be obedient wives, excluded from the societal relations and are heavily dependent on men. Marriage is laboriously inevitable in order for woman to attain economic…

Beauty can be seen from many different perspectives. To define what human beings might find charming is based on studies and research. A book that talks about beauty is “The Naked Face” by Karen Ray. In this book you can find opinions and ideas from a mom’s point of view, about what is and what is not beautiful. People don’t find themselves attractive as a result to contemporary expectations. Standards for beauty are constantly changing in today’s society, most of the time being publicized…

As times have changed, society has come to believe that the smaller we are, the happier we are. Diet fads fall in and out like fashion trends, magazines hook readers with healthy recipes and revealed weight loss secrets. The twisted dream that a slimmer waist magically grants you popularity, beauty, appreciation, and fulfillment is a tragic facade. Though curvy, plus-sized, and simply overweight individuals have their social challenges due to their unintended size…

What does it take to be a woman today? It’s not a secret that as long as humanity knows its history women has been treated poorly then men. The only time when females had more priority is during homo-erectus era when male would hunt for food and female were at shelter taking care of everything else. The only reason why women took lead then is men would easily die during hunt. Since then humanity improved in every are known to us and then society started stating that males take the lead as…

displayed in the media were used to sell products and often had a certain look. The media has a projected ideal on the definition of beauty and body image. Media tends to depict these images in advertising brands such as Abercrombie and Fitch and Victoria’s Secret. Advertisements suggest that the ideal women be tall, thin with perfect skin and men need to be tall with chiseled abs. This is highly unlikely in today’s society to achieve and causes dissatisfaction with one’s self which could lead…

On October 7th, 2016, Netflix released an original documentary called 13TH, produced by Ava DuVernay. The documentary provides a historical account of the U.S criminal justice system following the end of the Civil War, and continuing to the present. The documentary could not have come out at a better time, as the country is currently in the midst of a national discussion of police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement. The excellence of 13TH is evident in its position as the opening film…

The town was established by Erastus Gary, Warren Wheaton, and Jesse Wheaton (City of Wheaton). According to the Wheaton welcome sign, the suburban city was established in 1859; it is about 30 miles west of Chicago. The total population of Wheaton, as of 2016 and 2017, is 52, 894; with a racial makeup of 87% White, 5% Asian, 4% Hispanic or Latino, 4 % Black or African American, and the rest are bi-/multi-racial or “some other race” (Suburban Stats website). From my observation, the town is…

The Victorian era is a time of promise and change under Queen Victoria’s rule. During this time of change, there were numerous advancements in both science and social aspects. When Robert Louis Stevenson published Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Victorians saw a glimpse of these advancements and behaviors. Dr. Jekyll, a promising doctor, believes he is making medical strides and therefore, improving the world with his medicine. However, the deeper readers get into the story, they begin…