Y'all

Double standards: the unspoken rules that say it’s okay for one person to act a certain way, but completely wrong for someone else. Double standards aren’t anything new. In fact, they have been around since humanity began. If women were strong, they were a threat to men. If men were strong, they were given power and highly praised. This same kind of idea is very prominent in A Doll’s House. The Norwegian play set in the 18th century focuses very heavily on the idea of gender roles, and the…

1. There are many perspectives on the different accents found across the U.S., and the documentary, “American Tongues”, reveals just how many there are. Everything from the taste of home one gets when a familiar dialect pierces the drone of “normal speech” heard day in and day out, or the enticing words of a Southern Belle attracting anyone within earshot, to the struggles one must endure to modify, or cover up, their native tongue and the harsh stereotypes given to people after speaking only a…

To be honest, I think I’m hella bomb.com and hella interesting. I always have a random story to tell and I love sharing my experiences with people I just met. I make things a big deal. Right now, I’m currently interested in Old School RuneScape Official Plaver-vs-Player (PvP) Clan Wars and I am spending an unhealthy amount of time leveling my character, Alytea, just so I can play competitively. The game, RuneScape, is a fantasy-themed Massively Multiplayer Online…

before the U.S was to go to war with Iraq, lead singer Natalie Maines decided to speak in between the band’s set regarding the war and President Bush. Maine says in front of the band’s London audience, “Just so you know, we’re on the good side with y’all. We do not want this war, this violence. And we’re ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas.” This comment spread fairly quickly and did not settle well with folks back home. It was soon the cause for thousands of phone calls to…

for you. Besides, you ain’t got nothing better to do and I’m bored.” There is not much of a difference between lines like this and lyrics within rap and hip hop. Lyrics from artist Snoop Dog states, “ Cause she ain’t nuthin but a bitch to me. And y’all know, that bitches ain’t shit to me”. The messages are uncanny; Both view women as sexual object and both are abrasive. Yet rap and hip hop are under continual scrutiny despite similar messages prominent in other genres. Other genres are not the…

The Impact of the French on Louisiana Dialects In Louisiana culture, the Creole and Cajun dialects dominate the language. In Connie Eble’s article “The Louisiana Purchase and American English”, she states that the event that has had the biggest influence on the dialects today is the Louisiana Purchase. In December of 1803, The Louisiana Purchase took place and America grew. Up to that point, areas in Northern America belonged to whomever was controlling the land at that time. In 1762, the…

City-dwellers and Hillbillies: An analysis of the cultural divide in James Dickey’s Deliverance James Dickey’s classic novel, Deliverance, details the troubles that befall four suburbanites on a camping trip along an unfamiliar, unfriendly river. During their trip, the friends have several encounters with locals — “hillbillies.” Lewis, Ed, Bobby and Drew — city-dwellers and proud of it — make the assumption that these natives of the Appalachian Mountains are less intelligent for having been…

Prologue| Hurts The Most What hurts the most is letting go Just to let you know I love you so Tonight was poetry night and since he was a big fan of poetry I knew he wouldn't be willing to listen to what I had to say to him. But he was going to have to except it. I'm not like any other average black women. I had standards that needed to be made and by going out with a garbage man who makes below my standards, was a big NO. I felt this erge of wanting more. I needed more and I damn…

Looking For Alaska is an amazing young adult novel about a boy, Miles, going to the same boarding school his dad went to when he was younger. We see him grow up and meet new friends in this story, while learning more than he ever imagined. Looking For Alaska was chosen out of hundreds of books to be given the Michael L. Printz award. This award is given to books that are thought to be the best for young adults. Looking For Alaska deserved the Michael L. Printz award for the compelling themes it…

TBS + TSG A sense of affinity is felt when acceptance and understanding without compromise, conditions or limitations occur. Both Stephen Herrick and John lee Hancock challenge assumptions that are represented by family as well as alleged places in a community in an attempt to solidify this statement. Herrick’s free verse novel ‘The simple gift’ highlights how the protagonist, Billy Luckett, segregates himself from his town and dysfunctional home, eventually leading to his departure. in…