Women in the Philippines

caught my attention. On the map, the gallery is titled Africa, the Americas & Asia-Pacific (hereafter known as the AAA gallery). The gallery was dedicated to telling the story of the indigenous cultures of the world, such as those in Africa, the Philippines, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, and Papua New Guinea. Because the gallery featured indigenous peoples of other regions, I decided to compare this to the “Canada, First Peoples’” gallery, which was created through a consultation with individual…

intelligence. The area that the LRA were operating in was larger than the size of Texas. That, coupled with the rough terrain of jungle and savannah and almost non-existent cell phone service, made it impossible to get timely intelligence. The LRA kidnapped women and children and those people would then become part of the organization by coercion, fear, or religious brainwashing and would regularly kill anyone that tried to escape or leave the organization. Those that would manage to escape or…

fierce warriors and wise shaman/medicine men, their female counterparts are typically portrayed as beautiful Indian maidens. A good example is the Indian maiden on the cover of the Land O’ Lakes butter products. But representations of Native American women have had some real world consequences too. American Indian girls are also often subjected to derogatory sexual comments. Often times, they have been used for sex appeal, like sex symbol Raquel Welch in The Legend of Walks Far Woman. The…

Kaylan Gerdes Everyday Masterpiece Anni Albers, even from her first memories has always been influenced by vivid and dynamic colors. Her inclinations for arts and creativity at such a young age were values she would hold within herself for the rest of her life. It’s through her use of colors, textures and patterns from everyday objects that she was able to create masterpieces and became a leader in the arts world because of her abilities. She was born Annelise Fleischmann on June 12th, 1899 in…

The debate of pro-life versus pro-choice has been active in America since the 1960’s. This paper researches both of the opposing sides to understand their history and the current debate. Furthermore, views and arguments for each are discussed in this paper. Several movements have been formed to raise awareness regarding both the pro-life and pro-choice moments. Pro-life considers that abortion is murder and it should be banned by law everywhere in America. Conversely, Pro-choice speaks for…

events in Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel, The Sympathizer, occur in the 1970’s after the Vietnam War and portray the lives of many affected by the war. Although men receive most of the attention from the Author women still play an important role in depicting the lives of Vietnamese after the war. Women show a different side of the post-Vietnam war plots enhancing it greatly. The plot of the novel is told through the eyes of the narrator who is a communist spy. The story is a flashback and is a…

Incorrectly representing minority groups results in the people incorrectly representing themselves as well. The battle to find one’s cultural identity could span lifetimes. I immigrated to Canada from the Philippines when I was only 2 years old in 2002. As I grew up in predominantly White neighbourhoods in Canada, the media I consumed told me one thing, but my Filipino and Chinese traditions would tell me another. Since I belong to Generation Z, media and technology…

It is a manifestation of our culture as well as the power of women in Philippine households. Filipino mothers are more vocal and expressive however, the choices are very much dependent to the father. It is also presented in the film that our notion of family and the “politics” inside it. It is shown in the film that the…

together some they were placed on islands, to provide backup for the Caucasians. The Caucasians weren’t discriminated as harshly as the African Americans were. Many Chicanos were placed in Europe were they helped their allies, others got sent to the Philippines in the battle of Bataan. Many of the Mexican-American soldiers were not segregated into their own units, but they were isolated at some points during the war. Many of the Mexican soldiers played a big part in helping the war with…

This prayerful tone shifts into an imploring melody, with the singer almost shouting his pleas to the goddess and to love. This chorus is said with such force because it is the part of the song wherein the main character finally expresses how much his religion, or his love, means. At the beginning, he shouts, “Take me to Church,” the metaphor for lovemaking, because he thinks that this form of worship is the only means to heal himself of the sickness. The next lines, “I'll worship like a dog at…