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    LIKE A GIRL

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    ball like a girl!” [entire group stands in shocked silence] Phillips: “What did you say?” Ham Porter: “You heard me.” Phillips: “Tomorrow. Noon‚ at our field. Be there‚ buffalo-butt breath.” This is an excerpt from the film‚ “The Sandlot” that was released in 1993‚ but was set in the 1960’s. What you see here is an example of the phrase “like a girl‚” actually having reference and meaning from one young man to another. It’s stating that Phillips plays baseball like a young girl‚ which was a

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    Girl Rising

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    decided to write a topic of girls’ education. More specifically‚ my research paper’s objective is to convey the importance of educating girls in specific areas and countries where such a right is restricted and even denied‚ and the climatic positive effects girls’ education will bestow on their families and their countries’ economy. I first heard of the 10x10 campaign movement after my mother saw your film Girl Rising. I was instantly interested in the movement and found the Girl Rising website. After

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    Life of a Girl

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    “A man’s face is his autobiography; A woman’s face is her work of fiction” OSCAR WILDE Therefore‚ do all girls think themselves blessed in this regard – they can hide their emotions‚ on the contrary it is a benediction that no one can read their feelings in their face. A woman’s life is itself so complex‚ so subtle‚ so precise and has a very microscopic dimension of vision. This I’ll spare your brain‚ every action of any or rather all woman is so

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    Working Girl

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    The film “Working Girl” illustrates the feministic fight and struggles of women in the work force in the 1980s to the present‚ every contradiction relates to the main problems that women face. The two main women characters in “Working Girl” represent the two types of stereotypes of women that establish themselves in the corporate world‚ Kathrine Parker and Tess McGill. Despite the film being an inspirational feministic story‚ the writer Kevin Wade created a love plot between the main character‚ Tess

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    Girl Culture

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    English+ assignment: Girl culture In a hundred years a lot can change. Take a look at young women ‚ or as we call it : girl culture. Threw time society changed and girls were exposed to a lot of commercial forces and media. However this exposure wasn’t without consequences. When we look back in time the differences in girl culture are remarkable. In 1900 family‚ school and community shaped a girls’ mindset. However a hundred years later this doesn’t apply anymore. They made place for commercial

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    Kincaid Girl

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    Jamaica Kincaid “Girl” While reading all the commands the little girl needed to know‚ I was appalled at how the talk was and demands were. To me in this excerpt some of the themes that I came across were race relations‚ representation of women‚ gender roles and sexuality. All of which during this time frame were suitable and women understood that. When reading all the commands that came out to the young girl seemed to be labeled that maybe she was the maid or the help around the house. Doing

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    Boys and Girl

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    Boys and Girls‚ a short story by Alice Munro‚ deals with the theme of female role in society‚ but more so with the theme of growing up. The narrator’s journey to acceptance of her female role is more important in the sense that it is her transition into adulthood than for the exact role she is growing into. However‚ as the narrator’s role changes‚ conflict between masculinity and femininity occurs. Munro uses the narrator’s parents as symbolic of their sexes‚ where the narrator’s‚ the girl’s mother

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    Shanghai Girls - Book Review

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    SHANGHAI GIRLS‚ BY LISA SEE BOOK REVIEW I. INTRODUCTION A. Review Lisa See is an American writer and novelist born in 1955 in Paris‚ and grew up in the Chinatown section of Los Angeles. Her great-grandfather left his village in China to immigrate in Los Angeles at the beginning of the last century. Although she is only 1/8 Chinese‚ she spent he childhood in the Chinatown of Los Angeles‚ and her familial background has given her roots in Chinese culture and has had a great impact on her

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    Girl Stereotypes

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    heard the term “you throw like a girl” used when someone throws soft and weak. This is a representation of society’s views on girls and women‚ that they are weak‚ bad‚ unintelligent. The life of being a girl is waking up knowing as soon as you walk out of the house your are going to face these stereotypes. These stereotypes plague girls life at school‚ at work even at home. I don’t believe that girls are weak or stupid‚ when I hear the word girl I think warrior. Girls are tenacious‚ intelligent individuals

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    Girls and Wrestling

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    Girls and Wrestling Should girls be able to wrestle? I wanted to know the answer to this question and see what other people thought about this topic. I started out by looking for articles on the internet and talking to my wrestling coach Justin Ruiz to see what he thought about women’s wrestling. I am interested in this because a lot of people don’t believe that girls should be able to wrestle. I researched the question‚ I talked with my coach‚ and I did my own reflective thinking in order to disclosure

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