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Markus Prime: Woman in Shackles(Unknown) “Don’t touch my fucking hair” (Prime, 2016) A common response by African American women whenever a person of another race comments on or tries to touch their ethnic hair. Markus Prime is a well renowned graphic artist within the African American community. He is an activist of Black rights and often displays them in his illustrations. His main focus is usually what happens within the life of an African American woman and how society treats her. One of…

In America the woman in the 1970,s were almost never respected and always limited from being a mother at home as well as their workplace. Woman never had a chance from the start. They were expected to get married in their early 20s and devote her time and energy to running the household. Woman basically had one purpose be the keeper of her kids or her husband. Woman devoted most of their time taking of the kids and spent around 55 hours a week cleaning the house and whatever else she needed to…

A Woman as President The country of the United States has had forty-three presidents and not one has been a woman. In the article “A Woman as President”, Julie Nixon states that America needs a women as president because women have proven themselves effective at every level of political leadership in America. He also states that women have to fight for their civil rights and they get payed less than men for the same work. Ms. Nixon explains that some people don’t approve of a women for president…

Troy’s case all of his morals directly relate to baseball. What Trudier Harris is saying deals simply what the role of strong black woman. She is saying that the Myth of the Strong Black Woman should be a good thing. Though, in actuality it is not because it has done more bad than good. This happens to be particularly ironic because when one thinks of a strong black woman it usually relates…

Paudel Analytical book review: The secret history of wonder women Book author: Jill Lepore In this female comic book “The secret history of wonder women” Jill Lepore offers new insights on the Wonder woman character and her creator. The Harvard professor of American history, Jill Lepore has saved Wonder Woman from being just a beautiful character of a comic-strip written by William Moulton Marston. Lepore has depicted her as an example of first-wave feminism and also introduced William Marston,…

When one thinks of a strong woman, what could be thought of? Perhaps someone who is not afraid to speak her mind, yet, in Margaret Atwood’s The Edible Woman, imagine a docile woman referred to as an advocate for female rights. Marian exhibits traits of the exact opposite of a women’s liberationist, she is spineless, deceives others and is a coward. Thus, Marian is not the strong woman lead in a book that claims to have started feminism. Firstly, Marian is spineless and permits others to use and…

between men and women who have been prominent in society for centuries is the silencing of women, and stripping them of their own independence and decisions simply because of their gender. Such examples of female characters are evident in Cisneros’ “Woman Hollering Creek,” “Eleven,” and “His Story.” In these rather unique, yet all too similar stories, the leading female character has been forced silent by another who seems far more “powerful.” Cisneros’ uses such examples to unveil relevant…

learn. In The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, Maxine Hong Kingston is trapped between two identities, to be an obedient housewife or a woman warrior that shatters those cultural expectations. Growing up, Kingston is surrounded by the individualistic and nationalistic nature of the United States but is constantly insulted for being the, “weaker sex.” However, Brave Orchid, Kingston’s mother, contradicts those cultural traditions by sharing inspiring tales of woman warriors like…

Lorde's focal subject in this section is "difference" - differences of sex, class, race, sexuality, encounter, and so forth. She examines the differences amongst women and challenges female activists to acknowledge these distinctions, and to also commend them, as opposed to trying to defeat them by disregarding their reality. She contends that we should take our disparities and make them qualities. Although, white feminists are afraid to tackle differences, this is the only way that a community…

In this paper I will be interpreting the exchange “I’m a woman.”, and “You’re really a man.” using the tools Bettcher provides in Trans Identities and First-Person Authority. Bettcher explains what the first person authority is and how it is useful for the transgender community while mainstream uses of gender and sex negatively affecting the transgender community. First person authority is things that happen internal to a person, such as their thoughts, beliefs, emotions, and desires. These are…