Grosz‚ Elizabeth. Volatile Bodies: Towards a Corporeal Feminism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press‚ 1994. In ‘’Refiguring bodies” published in 1994 by the Indian University Press‚ philosophical journal ‘Volatile Bodies: Towards a Corporeal Feminism’‚ Elizabeth Grosz‚ examines ‘key features of the received history that we have inherited in our current conceptions of bodies’ (47). The significant term ‘somatophobia’ is used by Grosz to describe the philosophical foundations of our notion of
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out of his love of domination” ("TOP 25 QUOTES BY ELIZABETH CADY STANTON (of 209)". “ It would be ridiculous to talk of male and female atmospheres‚ male and female springs or rains‚ male and female sunshine . . . . how much more ridiculous is it in relation to mind‚ to soul‚ to thought‚ where there is as undeniably no such thing as sex‚ to talk of male and female education and of male and female schools. [written with Susan B. Anthony]("Elizabeth Cady Stanton Quotes on Women‚ Equality and Life"‚
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‘The Fish’ by Elizabeth Bishop is a free form poem where the poet does a spectacular job in describing what has occurred from the moment she catches a fish‚ to the time she releases it‚ after a chain of rather interesting events. At the beginning of the poem‚ Bishop creates an image of a helpless fish‚ which is held captive by the narrator in the poem. In doing so‚ she is able to guide the audience into feeling sorry for the fish and the situation described in the poem in general. She commences
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In the beginning Elizabeth Wein’s Code Name Verity‚ the driving plot factor is the friendship development between the characters Maddie and Queenie. The first instance the reader gets that these two know each other is when the narrator (Queenie) is telling her German guards that she was in a plane with Maddie before she was captured. The reader does not get the story of how these two first met until later on in the narrator’s narrative to her German guards. When the two first meet‚ Maddie is working
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In the book The Sixth Extinction the author Elizabeth Kolbert writes about the major problem our planet is facing. Humans are causing a new mass extinction. There have been five major mass extinctions in the past. Unlike the others this extinction is caused by humans. It is occurring at incredibly fast rate because of the climate change. She also mentions how increased hunting in the bird the great auk caused them to eventually die off. This book is about the negative human impact on this planet
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Most children feel that having a sibling is the worst situation they could be in. Ann Elizabeth Endres‚ born on August 31‚ 1971‚ unfortunately had to grow up being the youngest of six kids in Denver‚ Pennsylvania. Eileen who is 8 years older ‚ Cathleen who is 7 years older‚ Maureen who is 7 years older‚ Patrick who is 5 years older‚ Marilyn who is 3 years older. When most people hear this‚ they think she must have had a tougher or harder childhood. But Ann who is now a 45 year old lawyer‚ believes
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Victorian Context Traditional social structure • Different social classes can be (and were by the classes themselves) distinguished by inequalities in such areas as power‚ authority‚ wealth‚ working and living conditions‚ life-styles‚ life-span‚ education‚ religion‚ and culture. Working class – physical labour • Poor living and work conditions • Did not follow rules of courtships • Did not participate in social entertainment • Had very little chance for
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Portuguese written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning composed in the wake of Romanticism‚ although the two texts were composed in two distinct time period both texts are influenced by their varying contexts in their portrayal of the enduring human concerns. Both authors explore the universal human concerns of love‚ hope and mortality through the use of various language features such as metaphors‚ use of irony and the subversion of the established values of their time. Elizabeth Barrett Browning employs
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In Elizabeth Kolbert’s “The Terrible Teens‚” she asserts that teenagers take risks because of their brains. Teenagers are known for making impulsive decisions that may lead to tragic events. Kolbert believes that teenagers make rash decisions because their frontal lobes are immature‚ their nucleus accumbens are augmented‚ and their primate ancestors were also rash. The frontal lobe of the brain is “responsible for planning‚ for self-awareness‚ and for judgement”(84) and they are the last to fully
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Elizabeth Peyton is a contemporary American painter. Her exhibit “Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton” is a collection of portraits‚ for she has been interested in depicting her friends‚ her family‚ herself and several celebrities‚ such as Kurt Cobain‚ Matthew Barney‚ and Marc Jacobs. The painting‚ Michelle and Sasha Obama Listening to Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention August 2008‚ hereafter “Michelle and Sasha”‚ was added to the exhibition shortly after the election of President Obama
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