December 2010
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Something you're thankful for in your life?
Oh, absolutely everything.
I’m thankful that I have great, rational, loving parents who have always supported me and had my best interest in mind.
I’m thankful that I had a stable, positive upbringing with financial security and parents that are still married.
I’m thankful my parents cared enough to send me to a great (and awfully expensive) private school my whole life where...
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A Few Thoughts on Black Swan
Briefly:
Clearly the soundtrack and cinematography were hauntingly beautiful, but I was most drawn to the film’s ability to reach into the deepest thoughts and hidden conflicts each of us (male and female) struggle with on some level or another. It showcased the idea many women are indoctrinated with that they must be lovely, people-pleasing, calculated, delicate, and soft (not to...
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What are some issues that feminists wish to...
Social, sexual, economic, educational, and political equality between the sexes. There have been various waves of feminism, but this has been the underlying goal of all of them.
First wave feminists (1848-1920s) created the Declaration of Sentiments and fought for women’s right to vote, own property, and obtain an education. They were fighting for primarily “freedoms to” After having accomplished...