Hamidah Waldron Dr. Tennyson HUM 209 25 March 2015 Angela Bassett Angela Bassett is a Yale trained, Academy nominee, and a Golden Globe winning actress. She’s best known for her dramatic roles. Angela Bassett breakthrough role was playing Tina Turner in What’s Love Got To Do With It. Bassett worked hard to fight through stereotypical roles African American women were usually given and she excelled tremendously.
Taylor was now finding out about how the life of her friends was in danger she knew that this could harm them but she also realized that she couldn’t change much because she was all by herself, this motivated her to do as much as she could for those she
The horrific murder of Nicole Brown Simpson was one that had shocked the world. In the initial investigation to attempt to find out who had stabbed her to death, an impossible person was accused of the crime. Police had believed O.J. Simpson had murdered his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, leading to his arrest for the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman. The rest of society, however, had initially thought differently. O.J. Simpson, the 1968 Heisman Trophy winner and Pro Football Hall of Fame inductee, would never do such a thing.
Lila Diane Sawyer was born on December 22, 1945, in Glasgow, Kentucky. Diane 's father was a Navy captain in World War II and later on became a respected republican politician. Diane always stayed active as a youth and because of that she was voted "most likely to succeed" by her classmates. When she was 16 years old, her older sister, Linda, became first runner-up in the 1962 Junior Miss Competition. Following in her sister 's footsteps the following year, Diane became the 1963 Miss Junior Miss of America.
Octavia Butler demonstrates that being educated is very important for survival then food, shelter, and safety, because an education can give you all of those things. When Lauren had to leave her home she had to depend on herself to survive. She is armed with a lot of information. She knows her city like the back of her hand and most importantly, where water is, and what plants she can eat and not eat. She learned all of this information from reading books from her father’s library.
The bodies of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman were both found outside O. J’s Brentwood residence stabbed to death, Nicole’s head nearly decapitated, blood everywhere, a left-handed glove, and a trail of blood leading away from the scene of the crime. Orenthal James Simpson, a former NFL player and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, was found liable for damages caused by the deaths of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman in a 1996 civil suit filed by Ron Goldman’s family, however he was found not guilty of the murders in the 1994-1995 criminal trial, despite the vast amount of evidence against him. O. J’s lack of an alibi and witness accounts can place him at the crime scene at the time of the murders. The murders took place at approximately 10:00 pm. Witnesses saw O.J racing through the streets in his white bronco around 10:40 pm.
The artist wears beautiful and extravagant dresses that are clearly able to showcase her wealth. Taylor swift uses exactly twenty outfits, however, there is one specific outfit that stands out because it is different from the girly, posh look that the singer always goes for. This outfit consists of a leopard print dress and some ankle strap heels. This print is unusual for Swift because leopard print is seen as more mature and less like the girly way she likes to portray herself. The leopard print may symbolize the media’s view on her preying over men, or it could also mean that she is a “crazy cat lady” that will end up unhappy and without a man.
“It 's true: Williams is black, she 's very muscular, and she 's a skilled player. But breathless commentators sometimes talk about these qualities in a way that buys into what sociologist Delia Douglas, in an article on the Williams sisters published in 2004 by the Sociology of Sport Online called "the essentialist logic of racial difference, which has long sought to mark the black body as inherently different from other bodies (Harris)."The result is that Williams 's athleticism is attributed to her ethnicity.” In todays society most media reporters and social media portrays the famous tennis player Serena Williams the way they do because she is a “black female”. They view Serena Williams as manly, untamed, and boisterous, because of her
The Tale Of Monroe Norma Jean Mortenson, also known as Marilyn Monroe, was an American actress and movie star. Beloved by millions, her image still graces everything from t-shirts to luggage. Her death in 1962 remains shrouded in mystery, as many believe that she was murdered by American government officials. Marilyn Monroe overcame a difficult childhood into becoming the world’s biggest and most enduring sex symbol. Marilyn never knew her father and her mother was crazy and ended up going to a mental house.
Marilyn Monroe was born June 1, 1929, in Los Angeles, at Gladys Pearl Mortenson (web.b.ebsocohost.com). Right after she was born her mother, Gladys, her mother, sent her to be cared for by Bolander Home,a foster family, sixteen miles away (web.b.ebscohost.com). Marilyn Monroe was in and out foster homes her whole childhood, so she really wasn't taught how to be a laby. The only thing she wanted was to be famous and be seen by many people. Gladys decides to remove Marilyn from the Bolander home (web.b.ebscohost.com).
Oprah Gail Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in the city of Kosciusko, Mississippi in the United States. Winfrey came from a lower class family, being raised by just her mother in the city of Milwaukee, where she grew up throughout her childhood ( britannica ). A few months after Oprah Gail Winfrey was born, her mother abandoned her to be about to travel, her grandmother, Hatti Mae Le raised her as her own daughter after her mother’s absences. Throughout her childhood, she lived in a terrible environment, but thanks to her grandmother she was able to become the women she is today, she taught her how to read and write. As a little girl she loved playing with her farm animals and gave them little cute nicknames, according to the reading Oprah
Taylor Swift and Calvin Harris' relationship is doing so well that the "Bad Blood" singer is worried that the superstar DJ's ex girlfriend Rita Ora will spill some secrets about him in her new album. Ora already dished that she will be talking about her relationships in the past and that left Swift on the edge of her seat until the album is released. “Taylor is worried about Rita Ora’s upcoming record, because there’s a couple of tracks that paint Calvin in a bad light,” an insider told HollywoodLife exclusively. “She doesn’t want any negative comments about her man affecting their relationship because of the public conception of how perfectly suited to each other they are, and how squeaky-clean he appears to be.”
This song shows a young girl who is portrayed as having a dorky nerdy look. Also, it shows a girl that is opposite of her, who is a pretty brunette known by the highschool kids. The “nerdy” girl is in love with a football player, who she believes will never have a chance with, because he is with another girl. “Taylor swift” has a crush on a boy who is blind to see that she really loved her and not the girl he is with who is portrayed as a “popular” Brunette. This is an important aspect to Taylor Swift because she is known to sing love stories that she hears about or experience herself.
Voice, Identity, Womanhood In Zadie Smiths On Beauty (2006) it can be seen how characters are experienced by the reader through the use of voice. This voice provides evidences of the identity within each individual which then shapes the story. Through this identity the vocalization of the word of woman is seen through the strong female characters of Carlene, Kiki and Zora. These three aspects can be seen in the close reading of the moment when Kiki is looking outside and admiring the garden when Zora comes in and is about to make breakfast following the information that Kiki will later go visit Carlene which shocks her daughter because of the tension between the Kippses and the Belseys.
Abstract Taylor Swift has been marked by her many fans as an icon of feminism and empowerment. Inspiring girls on how their own experiences and personal truths are something worth singing about. Illustrating what she claims to be female empowerment through ‘squads’ and award speeches. With the rapidly increasing influence of mainstream media, it is imperative to highlight how big icons such as Taylor Swift are manipulating and being manipulated by the masses, society and the market itself for profit and personal gains.