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    voicing of her fight against her society. Being a part of the partition of subcontinent‚ Naheed witnessed harassment against women and its effect is greatly reflected as we see women subjugation the main focus of Naheed’s poetry. Naheed’s poems “I Am Not That Woman” and “The Grass Is Really Like Me” voice the lack of dignity and respect felt by the females and how they come to terms with it. Feminism being Naheed’s forte is the main theme of the two poems. Naheed highlights how females are reduced to mere

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    This analysis will examine the following focal points‚ panopticism‚ scoptophilic instincts‚ and visual pleasure. First‚ the analysis will examine panopticism in relation to embedded “secret politics” within the film‚ The Day I Became a Woman. Second‚ the analysis will compare both scoptophilic instinct with visual pleasure. In Chapter Five‚ Panopticism‚ which appears in Visual Culture: the reader‚ Michel Foucault explores the‚ “generalized model of functioning”‚ when defining panopticism. Foucault

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    Refutations: The Growth of Scientific Knowledge (1963)‚ Karl Popper suggests that no scientific theory can be classified as truth.  The only thing that can be done is to attempt to falsify the theory over and over again reject the theory repeatedly in different situations.  Each failed attempt will strengthen the theory and bring it closer to the truth.  Hence‚ Popper claimed that the truth of a hypothesis can never be confirmed. A hypothesis is an “if-then” statement‚ which that is an assumption of causality

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    many of them do I look up to? Of course the most obvious person is my very own mother‚ but that made me think who else deserves to join this circle of reverence. Some names entered my mind‚ but do I really admire them? It is clear that women that enter my daily life like Oprah Winfrey have an impression on me‚ but impact and admiration do not always go hand in hand. Then I realized who I really admire: Britney Spears. <br> <br>The teen pop idol singer Britney Spears is a woman that I look up to for

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    In Ain’t No Makin’ It‚ Jay MacLeod studies how two groups from the same low class projects‚ the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers‚ respond differently to the achievement ideology put forth by school systems. Although both groups live in the same housing development‚ they all have different school experiences‚ family situations‚ and personal lives that ultimately make up their individual habitus‚ causing different beliefs and attitudes amongst them. The Hallway Hangers have a negative view that rejects

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    agenda’s‚ truth is sometimes ignored or becomes irrelevant. The question is if truth has become so twisted that it doesn’t really exist in its original meaning anymore? If truth has been lost there must be a substitute‚ this is where post-truth originated. Post-truth is when decisions are based upon emotions rather than facts‚ this is dangerous because each person feels a different way and therefore can justify melding a subject to fit their own liking. Post-truth has caused all truths to be called

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    Nutrition are to factors by which drive my ambition to this day. Without them‚ I wouldn’t be where I am today. Today I am more physically and mentally stabilized‚ with a better self-esteem‚ optimistic‚ with the right state of mind and well-disciplined all thanks to P90X and INSANITY. Before my transformation with these programs‚ I had always been a depressed guy‚ self-conscious about my looks. But the day came when it all changed. I wrote about these two fitness programs due to the fact that they are better

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    Ain’t I a Woman? Vs A Poem about My Rights . “A Poem about my Rights‚” written by June Jordan‚ and “Ain’t I a Woman‚” by Sojourner Truth were both poems‚ although Sojourner Truth’s was a speech that was being written as she spoke‚ they both spoke about equal rights for women. However‚ I believe that “A Poem about my Rights‚” delivered a more powerful message because it expressed the idea of not only women’s rights‚ but a general idea of equal rights. I also believe that “A Poem about my Rights”

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    Sojourners Thesis In this essay‚ we are told that the author alternates between thinking of the planet as home and as a hard land of exile. The thoughts of despair are introduced in this essay to contrast the beauty of the mangroves. However‚ ultimately the author has stated explicitly that she finds the possibilities for beauty our planet holds more interesting than the thoughts of despair‚ which clearly supports the thesis. Therefore‚ ¡°The planet is less like an enclosed spaceship¡ªspaceship

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    I am tired of the way the blacks are being treated I am tired of the white men and women making us feel as if we shouldn’t be alive I am tired of them thinking they are better than us because of their skin color Tired of them making us do whatever because they threaten us But the truth is they can’t make us do anything We can stick up for ourselves We can do whatever it takes to make sure we are treated how we are supposed to be treated But we are scared. Scared to be powerful Scared to be on top

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