Fight Like a Girl This essay will offer a feminist analysis of sexism in superhero comic books‚ a topic I explore in my recent podcast on female representation in comics. I will “examine how comic books reinforce or undermine the economic‚ political‚ social‚ and psychological oppression of women” As part of my research‚ I conducted a very unscientific survey where I asked the question‚ “Is there sexism in superhero comic books?" Not surprisingly most women I asked believed comic books are sexist
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Instructor Hannah Baggott WR 121 February 21‚ 2015 Like A Girl The Always advertisement entitled‚ “Always #LikeAGirl‚” explores the social prejudices that young girls in American society face on a daily basis. It suggests the idea of changing the phrase “like a girl” from an insult into a compliment that represents the strength and power that lies within women and girls instead of weakness. This advertisement appeals to teen and pre-teen girls challenged by societal pressures as they face puberty
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English 1020.11N 17 September 2012 A Girl Like Me While reading a book by the name‚ “Pretty Little Liars‚” I found myself favoring a tall‚ slender‚ dark haired character by the name of Aria Montgomery. This character immediately jumped out at me when I started to notice that she had many of the same qualities as and also had been through many of the same experiences as I have. So when asked to right this paper is was not a brainier. It made me realize the reason I was drawn to her was because
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and repulsive. For a black girl‚ the connotation of the word transforms from unpleasant to unworthy; repulsive thus becomes invisible. “Ugly” was initially written as a way for me to be in conversation with the Webster Dictionary word. However‚ over some months the piece began to be a conversation I was having with myself‚ other poets‚ and black girls in general. After ten months of working on this collection‚ I found myself in deeper thought with the tradition of being a black female writer speaking
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My Sister “It’s a girl” cried my father in disdain. My mother was sleeping after the birth. She seemed tired enough to sleep tight with sirens on top of her. She had gone through a lot. “Creon‚ go get the slaves. As soon as we can‚ we are going to head to the mountains where we’ll leave the girl.” My father kept shouting angrily as I left. He must have truly wanted a boy‚ I thought to myself as I called to the slaves. After the slaves came‚ I went to my room where I had a bag. I had been
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I had read an essay titled “Act Like A Girl” by Dominique Freeman. The essay explores the issue of gender roles in our society and families. Freeman tells her readers of events in her life when her mother would force ideas of what a girl should look like and act like upon her. Freeman considered herself a total tomboy‚ which is the opposite of what her mother wanted her daughter to be. I know of many cases when women are not being accepted as who they really are because they do not fit into the stereotype
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Type in the term “carefree black girl” into the search bar on Twitter and Tumblr. The results showcase an array of stunning black women and girls oozing chill vibes while being unapologetically black. The term was coined by Huffington Post writer Zeba Blay and an eponymous Tumblr page in May 2013‚ which sent positive shockwaves through social media. The movement of the “carefree black girl” offered black women an opportunity to unite together through another spectrum. Followers boast figures‚ including
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embarrassing encounters with their crushes. In particular my mind drifts to a memory that sticks out like a sore thumb‚ one found in my years in middle school. My crush was very obvious‚ even I was slightly aware of such. I was beginning to predict that he in particular also knew I had my eyes on him. Although I had ensured rejection as the baseline for where my expectation
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As a young girl begins to go through changes in their minds and bodies‚ words can shape them in many ways. It is said that “A girl’s confidence plummets during puberty” (“#LikeAGirl” 00:01:27). Always #LikeAGirl‚ effectively encourages women and girls to be proud of their gender and to have self-confidence no matter what anyone says. In this commercial‚ the feminine hygiene company Always portrays the opinion of men‚ women‚ young boys‚ and young girls about what the phrase “like a girl” means. First
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Be a Girl Because You Are a Girl “A girl’s confidence plummets during puberty.” In the “Like a Girl” campaign commercial‚ Always sends a message on vulnerability that during puberty words and stereotypes can have lasting effects on girls and their confidence. It is obvious throughout the commercial that a point is being made about women and their common stereotype. Even the women being interviewed know how and what the common response would be when asked to “do something like a girl.” This commercial
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