Waxing

My preadolescent self and engineer father often talked during the quiet midnight hours as our family travelled from Gauteng to Cape Town. Such powwows eschewed expected paternal patterns. Instead, we were waxing over Quantum Physics, Thermodynamics, and Artificial Intelligence. The eternal thought-experiment of alternative histories always haunts. For example, what if these talks turned to other relevant topics, such as social matters? O, if one could obviate in retrograde! Truly our wounds…

returned from war, “they were seen as fragile growing boys whose power to survive could be too easily crushed and who needed as much nurturing as their own toddlers” (Ogden 183). As women were now obligated to care for their husbands as well as their children, society viewed their involvement in the workplace as especially damaging to family life. “If her marriage was not working, if the children were not learning – why then, she only had to look toward herself […] Women look inside; men look…

his or her state and keep track of the staffs’ licenses. Salon owners should also make sure that their staff promotes the company to bring more business to the salon and continually update them with new beauty styles. Some salon owners may provide waxing, makeup applications, skincare, manicures, pedicures and any other beauty procedures, all depending on the salon that an owner would like to run. There are two main types of salons, full service and specialized service salons. A full service…

#34. Gaspard Ulliel’s Gelled Look A famous French actor, Gaspard is known for spotting a unique hairstyle. This includes a wet, sleek, and flat appearance that gives him a formal appearance. Those wishing to copy the actor should take caution and avoid making the hair look completely sleek wet and flat. #35. Style With Extra Volume Tapering the sides and the nape section provides those who prefer long hair with a commendable choice. To achieve this, application of wax, a product to boost…

When the northern lights come out, it sometimes appears as if the sky is on fire. There is an eerie connection between the Sun and our planet’s atmosphere that can sometimes cause the sky to unexpectedly glow with shades of red, yellow, purple and green; an atmospheric phenomenon called the northern lights or Aurora Borealis. The Sun is constantly spraying the solar system with millions of tons of charged particles each minute. The stream of charged particles from the Sun, or solar wind,…

It’s important to acknowledge that a PWID has the ability to recognize the significance of a death or loss, however, there must be a theoretical understanding of the common types of grief and loss that speak to this population’s subjective experiences. Read et al. (2014), argued that the experience of bereavement for a PWID can be best understood under the umbrella of disenfranchised grief. This type of grief can be associated with a PWID because on a macro level there has been limited support…

The development of the definition of illiteracy and what it takes to be literate is ever changing. It used to be that, to be considered illiterate, one did not know how to read or write. Then it became if one did not know how to type or word process. The standards for literacy only rose according to the technological innovations of society; from lead pencils to type writers to (electronic) tablets. However, some seem to question what literacy might mean in this day and age. Futurist Alvin…

Why people decide to remove tattoos? Body art removal, also known as laser tattoo removal, is a procedure which can be a solution for people who want to get rid of tattooes which make them uncomfortable. In some cases, reason for removal can be the fact that the person with a tattoo on a specific spot on the body cannot wear some types of clothes. In other cases, tattoos may be modifying beause of skin aging and that may seem odd. Changed lifestyle may also influence someone’s decision to…

wants to keep in touch. There have been so many people in my life that have said they would do such things, and normally it would be me that actually hold up that promise. With Jake, I know I have a friend that I can talk to for hours upon hours, waxing poetic about how amazing movies can be, then go into a serious (but slightly ludicrous) conversation where we work together to come up with a mathematically sound formula that would approximate how many children a person could have in their…

“Feminism is an interdisciplinary approach to issues of equality and equity based on gender, gender expression, gender identity, sex, and sexuality as understood through social theories and political activism” (Day, 2016). Feminism first came to light in 1840 when two brave women named Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton attended a World Anti-Slavery Convention (“Seneca Falls Convention Begins,” n.d.). During the convention, the two women were barred from the convention floor because of…