Iconoclasm and its role within the Islamic communities of the world
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
Iconoclasm, the destruction of important images or icons, in this case religious symbols is often taken as defamation on that religious culture. It is the breaking of an assumed image taken in a new context to create a new meaning. In Finbarr Barry Flood's article, “Between Cult and Culture:...
A letter to a black hole
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
Silence is known as the lack of sound or movement but it is also characterized as the restrain from the exercise of any function, privilege of instruction. The two views are very different, but yet are the same. Silence isn't always intentional or good. In some cases silence is good because it...
My life during summer
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
This is the life. My body hanging gently suspended in the air by a finely woven hammock. The warm air has generated a thin line of sweat that caresses my shirtless chest and arms. Comfortably folded behind my head are my arms, fully relaxed and unflinching. Every muscle feels at ease, in its...
Couldn't fool me
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
One of the stories that gets told a lot about myself by my family members, especially my brother and mother, was the story of me when I was about seven or eight years old. I had just woken up from a nap and I'm typically crabby when somebody or something wakes me up. My brother made a video...
Letter of reflection
Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism
I just finished reading my Letter of Reflection from last year to get an idea of what to write. After reading I realized how different things are and yet how similar they are. Much of what I wrote is true and some is not, or at least not “me.” So this time I have decided to explain me...
Never fully returning
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
“Last survivor from World Trade Center leaves hospital;” “Katrina survivor calls Aiken home;” “Hurricane survivor mourns;” “Holocaust survivor to be reunited;” “Accident survivor shares nightmare;” “Bomb survivor recalls mayhem;”...
No hitter
Essay - 3 pages - Journalism
Here I stand, on the brink of immortality. Three outs, no more, no less. No problem. A little flutter from the butterflies in my stomach, but they're not bad. Three outs at a time, trot out, trot back in. I've done this many times I tell myself, no sweat. How did I get here? It was a...
Watney, Simon. 1987. "The spectacle of AIDS" Lesbian and gay studies reader. New York: Routledge
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
In Simon Watney's article, “The Spectacle of AIDS”, Watney illustrates that the AIDS epidemic has become just that; a spectacle. Watney first places the blame for this confusion on the strategic constant misreporting of facts and figures relating to this epidemic. He then goes on to...
Rubin, Gayle. 1993. "Thinking sex: Notes for a radical theory of the politics of sexuality." Lesbian and gay studies reader. New York: Routledge
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
Gayle Rubin, in her 1984 essay entitled “Thinking Sex: Notes for a Radical Theory of the Politics of Sexuality” argues that sex is a political tool causing repression in Western Society. Her first claim refers to the Victorian ideal of morality as she explains that the hold of Christian...
Feinberg, Leslie. 1992. "Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come." New York: World View Forum
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
In Leslie Feinberg's article, “Transgender Liberation: A Movement Whose Time Has Come”, she begins by introducing the oppression and violence that is put upon transgendered people. Feinberg first uses the example of “berdache” or transgendered Native Americans, who were...
The Bulgarian identity
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
The subject of this essay is the world's assumptions and inferences about my identity as a Bulgarian. There are two general opinions on Bulgarian people: the opinion of the Bulgarians and the opinion of the foreign visitors of the country. We Bulgarians define ourselves as smart, warm and...
The hysterical epidemic
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
The editorial chosen for evaluation is “The Hysterical Epidemic” (Capital, issue 44/7-13 November 2009, p. 16 - 17). It concerns the most popular topic for the last weeks - the epidemic of swine flu. The editorial argues that that kind of flu is not as dangerous as it seems. “The...
Press relations
Thesis - 5 pages - Journalism
PR is important to a company as it helps to establish a relationship of trust with the press and ensures the distribution of information favorable to a company. Journalism is a profession that is fast changing due to the development of the electronic media. The opportunities in the field are...
Are you man enough?
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
What does it truly mean to be a man, or have qualities that define you as masculine in the eyes of society? People in today's society view maleness and the concept of masculinity as being the same, but the truth of the matter is that they are not the same thing. We are usually able to recognize...
Philadelphia
Essay - 3 pages - Film studies
The issue of HIV and AIDS in America in the late 1980's is one laden with sociological importance; the film Philadelphia (1993) attempts to address some of the issues surrounding this disease and question society's behavior around diseased individuals and its repercussions. Philadelphia is a film...
Programmed cell death
Essay - 2 pages - Journalism
H. Robert Horvitz won the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on programmed cell death (apoptosis) in the Caenorhabditis elegan roundworm. Horvitz discovered that cells don't die because they have been damaged by life or outside environment, but rather it is caused by an...
The untold gossip
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Jane Austen begins her novel, Pride and Prejudice, with one of the most famous lines in literary history, “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife” (1). These opening lines reveal the nature of the setting...
Dr. Strangelove or How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb: A satire that says a lot about the military and political system in the 1960's
Thesis - 2 pages - Film studies
In this term paper, I analyze the themes of Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb; what Screenwriter/Director Stanley Kubrick was trying to say in this film. Then I compare the themes to the topics of the 1960's and to the present. The film is a satire of the Cold...
Thomas Jefferson
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
Thomas Jefferson was an elusive man, difficult to understand with many contradictions and complexities. He wrote little about his parents, but it seems he loved and admired his father, Peter Jefferson, who died when Jefferson was just a child. Yet for the rest of his life Thomas always tried to...
Mine Okubo's life
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
On December 7, 1941, Mine Okubo's life changed forever. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Mine Okubo and many other persons of Japanese ancestry in the United States understood the implications this attack would have on their lives. Okubo's fears were realized when she was involuntarily...
History of Nazi Germany
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
In an article titled “Obedient and Dissident Youth”, Detlev Peukert details the role of youth in Nazi Germany. In particular, Peukert draws a line between two parts of that youth demographic—those associated with the Hitler Youth, and other groups diametrically opposed to what the...
The holocaust: A gray area
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
In his article, “Well Intended Liberal Slop,” Andrew Loman sets out to establish a connection between the atrocities committed against Jews during the Holocaust and the racially motivated discrimination of blacks in America. Loman contends that Arthur Spiegelman's Maus, despite its...
A brief concert report
Essay - 2 pages - Arts and art history
For my second concert report I decided to return to Benaroya hall to further take advantage of the great deal of the “Campus Club” (best seat available for ten dollars) and see the Seattle Symphony once more. This time they were performing a mix of pieces from various ballets. The first...
Executive Order 12333
Essay - 1 pages - Journalism
The issue of government condoned assassinations has once again arisen in Washington. Executive Order 12333 specifically states that “no person employed by or acting on behalf of the United States Government shall engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.” Especially as the...
Floatin'
Thesis - 2 pages - Journalism
Seagulls swarmed above us and prayed their shit would splatter the pristine veneer of the white BMW with the plates “NEW DOCTR” parked alongside the sand. The sound of the waves crashing towards us reminded me of where I was glad I wasn't. The sun was blinding me even from behind my...
Dexter's duality
Essay - 3 pages - Film studies
The opening credit sequence for Showtime's hit thriller, “Dexter,” clearly marks the series as an innovative, provocative, and darkly spun show. The opening credits nearly mirror the start to Mary Harron's 2000 “American Psycho,” and with good reason. Dexter Morgan represents...
Storytelling and Hitchcock's Psycho
Essay - 4 pages - Film studies
Alfred Hitchcock's 1960 masterpiece Psycho intricately weaves the seven elements of storytelling in a clever and highly stylized fashion. Hitchcock, known for his meticulous attention to detail, elaborately illustrates his character's traits with the use of mise-en-scene subtle mannerisms. The...
Lolita's Prison
Essay - 2 pages - Film studies
In Nabokov's book Lolita and in Stanley Kubrick's film of the same name, Lolita's role never sheds light on her character's interiority. Instead, Nabokov and Kubrick use men to convey the suffering of poor Lolita. The book is told from the perspective of the lecherous Humbert, and his conception...
Life on eBay
Thesis - 3 pages - Journalism
Selling a product on ebay can be difficult, especially if nobody wants to buy your product. This was not the case for Keith Obadike, who sold his “blackness” on the auction site, or for John Freyer, who practically put his entire life collection up for bid. Obadike posts a symbolic...
Free will hunting
Thesis - 4 pages - Journalism
Life is full of decisions, full of choices. Life is a long road with many different paths that we might take. Or is it? Maybe only one road is paved and we travel on it regardless if we want to or not. So do we choose the journey or is it chosen for us? In the determinist's world, the word...
