I will be referring to Susan Douglas’ book‚ Where the Girls Are‚ to discuss how representations of femininity in popular culture evolved before and after the woman’s movement. For the children born after World War II‚ the media’s influence was extraordinary. These children were the fastest growing market segment and were referred to as the "baby boomers". The preteen and teenage girls were the first generation to be relentlessly isolated as a distinct market segment. Advertisers knew they had to
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Empowering the girl child | | | | Thursday‚ 19 July 2012 00:00 | View Comments arai Kuvirimirwa Features Writer With sacrificing family resources to educate a girl child and a potential future leader still a big societal challenge‚ any effort to see the education of a girl is a huge boon. So when millions of dollars are poured into the effort‚ the impact cannot be overemphasised. The Campaign for Female Education (Camfed)‚ introduced some few years back‚ has seen remarkable change of fortunes
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Cynthia Health8 14 February Odd Girl Out Once upon a time in my health class we watched a sad movie called Odd Girl Out. It’s about girls getting bullied in school‚ and at home. It’s a somber and tragic movie that makes you take a step back and think about bullying. It makes you understand what bullying can do to someone and the pain they can get from it. It clearly distinguishes the roles of the bully scene. A major role is the Queen-Bee‚ and her name is Stacy. She has the ability to drop
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Maggie: The Girl with no Control People in general like to think they control more of their lives than they actually do. The idea of naturalism has many different aspects to it. The idea is all about man’s internal struggle for power against nature. The novel Maggie a Girl of the Streets‚ written by Steven Crane illustrates just how ones life can be affected by the surrounding environment‚ and that person does not have a large amount of control over their life. Crane expresses that Maggie
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Richard Prince took a photo of Brooke Shields at age ten in the nude‚ whose purpose was to “question sexualized advertising images”. The photo was censored as child pornography. However advertising‚ such the well-known illustration of the Coppertone Girl‚ depicts
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The film titled Girl‚ Interrupted tells a story about a young woman‚ named Susanna‚ who was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder‚ due to‚ her erratic behaviour and attempting suicide by consuming an entire bottle of pills. Susanna’s parents‚ especially‚ find her actions to be a burden and problematic and collectively make a life changing decision for their “troubled” daughter. After consulting a psychiatrist‚ Susanna is sent to a psychiatric hospital to treat her new diagnosed mental illness
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As females moved through there lives‚ aspects of this repression began to leaked in to literary work. This is evident in a short story written by Jamaica Kincaid’s. The story was called “Girl”. In the short story the Mother tries to show her daughter‚ there are limitations of being a woman. That being a girl is much different then being a boy. Explaining what she should do to be accepted into society. The things that she must do as a way of preparing her future obligations and responsibilities
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Small Town Girl Many people are defined by their family‚ past experiences‚ or by how much money they own; for me location is a major defining factor of who I am as a person. Geography can determine ones accent‚ characteristics‚ and one’s human nature. For many‚ a geographic location can hold a distinct meaning that may influence ones entire lifestyle‚ culture‚ and habits. Rockingham‚ North Carolina is a small town surrounded by three other smaller towns that make up what is known as Richmond
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← A Passage To Africa. (Narrative Article‚ Literary Analysis.) Poetry Analysis: An Unknown Girl- Moniza Alvi. 28May In the evening bazaar Studded with neon An unknown girl Is hennaing my hand She squeezes a wet brown line Form a nozzle She is icing my hand‚ Which she steadies with her On her satin peach knee. In the evening bazaar For a few rupees An unknown girl is hennaing my hand As a little air catches My shadow stitched kameez A peacock spreads its lines Across my palm.
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imagine yourself getting tortured by people you don’t really know. Having to work day and night till your mistress tells you to stop. Having no other cloth ‚but rags to wear. Well what if you were to know that there’s a girl thats been through all that and more. This Young girl is named Cosette. She was very young when her mother gave her to another family. “I would have wanted to know my mother and her reasons to why she gave me away.” The family that Cosette was given to were known as the
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