In 1957 Roland Barthes published Mythologies , a text examining how culture has the power to s... more In 1957 Roland Barthes published Mythologies , a text examining how culture has the power to shape social perception and interpretation of the world around us. Following the same line of thought, in 2010 black feminist and theorist Moya Bailey coined the term "misogynoir" to to express similar sentiments expressed by early black feminists such as Pauli Murray surrounding the earlier vernacular "Jane Crow." The terms misogynoir and Jane Crow both verbalize concepts of intersecting racial and gender hierarchies that uniquely converge to articulate the discrimination experienced by black women in particular. This discrimination in society that targeted black women arose from historical and ontological dynamics in a Barthesian sense within our collective and immutable perception of the world. The word misogynoir encapsulates the professed "second language" or code that shapes our reality, according to Barthes. Misogynoir played an influencing role in the development of the Civil Rights Movement; a movement that acted as a critical notion in the development of the narrative and actions of the Civil Rights Movement. Through an analysis of the movement so intertwined with and influenced by misogynoir, this paper aims to more fully understand the concepts of misogynoir and its impact on hierarchical subjugation established through cultural signs and semiology's second language, as well as how we interpret the world around us. Thus, the Civil Rights Movement serves as a lens to examine the intersections between race and gender, and the consequential manifestation of misogynoir, in patriarchal society.
Frantz Fanon, a revolutionary and renowned theorist during the Algerian Revolution wrote Black Sk... more Frantz Fanon, a revolutionary and renowned theorist during the Algerian Revolution wrote Black Skin, White Masks in 1952 as an analysis of the black experience. Fanon uses his lived experience and anecdotes as a kind of scientific evidence to the arguments he asserts. This argument in favor of the authority of the anecdote is carefully and uniquely constructed.
Utilizing Danielle McGuire's "At The Dark End Of The Street" to examine the catalyzing forces of ... more Utilizing Danielle McGuire's "At The Dark End Of The Street" to examine the catalyzing forces of the American Civil Rights Movement
Litigious history of Native Americans and Black Seminole Indians and their relationships and inte... more Litigious history of Native Americans and Black Seminole Indians and their relationships and interactions with colonizers as an analysis of racial paradigms
A reflection on the portrayal and use of muses in historical literature as a comparative lens for... more A reflection on the portrayal and use of muses in historical literature as a comparative lens for modern gender analysis.
Ansel Adams utilized the photographic medium to propagate his definitions of the wilderness. Phot... more Ansel Adams utilized the photographic medium to propagate his definitions of the wilderness. Photographic works by Ansel Adams taken in the early 20th century poignantly reflect the shift in perception of wilderness by western society from satanic to sacred due to their romanticism and etherealness; this shift in man’s perceptions of nature have affected our relationship with the environment.
Trump's healthcare plan and its impact on minority groups in America: an alternative option. Pres... more Trump's healthcare plan and its impact on minority groups in America: an alternative option. President-elect Trump's healthcare plan involves dismantling the Affordable Care Act proposed by President Obama in 2009, passed through the senate and house in 2010 and ratified by the supreme court in 2010. The act aims to provide affordable health insurance coverage for all Americans. Currently, over 16 million Americans have Healthcare due to the installation of the ACA. A large percentage of those Americans are young people. The ACA is also designed to protect consumers from insurance company tactics that might drive up patient costs or restrict care from them. The public is now protected from insurance companies who cherry-pick individuals based on pre-existing conditions. Insurance companies can no longer turn away someone based on their medical history. Insurance providers also must spend at least 80 percent of insurance premiums on improvements in medical care. Even though coverage isn't free, people do have a wider range of options to chose from now. Additionally, there are no longer time limits on coverage, there are more screenings covered, and there are lower prescription drug costs. This system has benefited lower socioeconomic classes during the span of its installment. We will propose an alternate to Trump's healthcare proposal that will continue to benefit these groups.
Metropolis and Our Uncanny Reality
Both Crary and Burch discuss the varying degrees and ... more Metropolis and Our Uncanny Reality
Both Crary and Burch discuss the varying degrees and progression of different cinematic techniques and their effects on entertainment itself and the viewer. The progression of monocular and one-dimensional film into a more uncanny and three-dimensional experience creates disorientation between the subject and the viewer as experienced in Lang’s 1927 version of the acclaimed film Metropolis .
Colonists, particularly male colonists, viewed Native lifestyle through the lens of sexuality and... more Colonists, particularly male colonists, viewed Native lifestyle through the lens of sexuality and sexual relationships. This essay is primarily focused on the 16th and 17th century while colonists were establishing settlements and exploring America. Godbeer pays particular attention to the sexual aspects of the relationships between colonists and natives, including the absence of sexual relationships, claiming that we are able to see how the ideologies of the patriarchal lifestyle play out in the daily life of colonists through these sexual relationships. Because of this we can see how men view ideas of gender roles and social hierarchy between individuals either based on gender or ethnicity. The juxtaposition between the patriarchal colonists and the matriarchal natives highlights these things, especially how they display themselves in terms of sexuality and sexual behavior. In fact, Godbeer's essay may even go as far as claiming the basis of human existence and interrelationships are based on our sexuality and sexual behavior. This creates the theory that even social hierarchies involving ethnicity are linked to sexual relations in some ways. Ideologies instilled in social dogma dictate sexuality and sexual behavior therefore warping the views of individuals and their actions. Richard Godbeer evaluates how Native Americans and colonists interacted with one another, especially in terms of sexuality. When we examine how natives and colonists interacted.
An examination of Frank Miller's comic, 300 inspired by Edward Said article, "Clash of Ignorance.... more An examination of Frank Miller's comic, 300 inspired by Edward Said article, "Clash of Ignorance." Although Miller’s 300 weighs various stories in its depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae, it ultimately relies on a simplistic framework of clashing civilizations. The inherently Western lens situates the Persians as antagonists in the story and negates to properly develop the Persians’ motivations or humanize them, resulting in their reductive and stereotypical reflection of an East versus West archetype.
The Colonial Period The British operated under the strict sexual division of labor within the pat... more The Colonial Period The British operated under the strict sexual division of labor within the patriarchy. However, during the 17th century, the British began to colonize eastern America. Conditions were harsh and unforgiving, leading to a high mortality rates and the need for indentured female servants shipped overseas from Britain. Both " The Trappen'd Maiden " and Elizabeth Sprigs' letter provide us with primary source evidence of how colonization and it's use of female indentured servitude creates a disruption of traditional gender roles.
In 1957 Roland Barthes published Mythologies , a text examining how culture has the power to s... more In 1957 Roland Barthes published Mythologies , a text examining how culture has the power to shape social perception and interpretation of the world around us. Following the same line of thought, in 2010 black feminist and theorist Moya Bailey coined the term "misogynoir" to to express similar sentiments expressed by early black feminists such as Pauli Murray surrounding the earlier vernacular "Jane Crow." The terms misogynoir and Jane Crow both verbalize concepts of intersecting racial and gender hierarchies that uniquely converge to articulate the discrimination experienced by black women in particular. This discrimination in society that targeted black women arose from historical and ontological dynamics in a Barthesian sense within our collective and immutable perception of the world. The word misogynoir encapsulates the professed "second language" or code that shapes our reality, according to Barthes. Misogynoir played an influencing role in the development of the Civil Rights Movement; a movement that acted as a critical notion in the development of the narrative and actions of the Civil Rights Movement. Through an analysis of the movement so intertwined with and influenced by misogynoir, this paper aims to more fully understand the concepts of misogynoir and its impact on hierarchical subjugation established through cultural signs and semiology's second language, as well as how we interpret the world around us. Thus, the Civil Rights Movement serves as a lens to examine the intersections between race and gender, and the consequential manifestation of misogynoir, in patriarchal society.
Frantz Fanon, a revolutionary and renowned theorist during the Algerian Revolution wrote Black Sk... more Frantz Fanon, a revolutionary and renowned theorist during the Algerian Revolution wrote Black Skin, White Masks in 1952 as an analysis of the black experience. Fanon uses his lived experience and anecdotes as a kind of scientific evidence to the arguments he asserts. This argument in favor of the authority of the anecdote is carefully and uniquely constructed.
Utilizing Danielle McGuire's "At The Dark End Of The Street" to examine the catalyzing forces of ... more Utilizing Danielle McGuire's "At The Dark End Of The Street" to examine the catalyzing forces of the American Civil Rights Movement
Litigious history of Native Americans and Black Seminole Indians and their relationships and inte... more Litigious history of Native Americans and Black Seminole Indians and their relationships and interactions with colonizers as an analysis of racial paradigms
A reflection on the portrayal and use of muses in historical literature as a comparative lens for... more A reflection on the portrayal and use of muses in historical literature as a comparative lens for modern gender analysis.
Ansel Adams utilized the photographic medium to propagate his definitions of the wilderness. Phot... more Ansel Adams utilized the photographic medium to propagate his definitions of the wilderness. Photographic works by Ansel Adams taken in the early 20th century poignantly reflect the shift in perception of wilderness by western society from satanic to sacred due to their romanticism and etherealness; this shift in man’s perceptions of nature have affected our relationship with the environment.
Trump's healthcare plan and its impact on minority groups in America: an alternative option. Pres... more Trump's healthcare plan and its impact on minority groups in America: an alternative option. President-elect Trump's healthcare plan involves dismantling the Affordable Care Act proposed by President Obama in 2009, passed through the senate and house in 2010 and ratified by the supreme court in 2010. The act aims to provide affordable health insurance coverage for all Americans. Currently, over 16 million Americans have Healthcare due to the installation of the ACA. A large percentage of those Americans are young people. The ACA is also designed to protect consumers from insurance company tactics that might drive up patient costs or restrict care from them. The public is now protected from insurance companies who cherry-pick individuals based on pre-existing conditions. Insurance companies can no longer turn away someone based on their medical history. Insurance providers also must spend at least 80 percent of insurance premiums on improvements in medical care. Even though coverage isn't free, people do have a wider range of options to chose from now. Additionally, there are no longer time limits on coverage, there are more screenings covered, and there are lower prescription drug costs. This system has benefited lower socioeconomic classes during the span of its installment. We will propose an alternate to Trump's healthcare proposal that will continue to benefit these groups.
Metropolis and Our Uncanny Reality
Both Crary and Burch discuss the varying degrees and ... more Metropolis and Our Uncanny Reality
Both Crary and Burch discuss the varying degrees and progression of different cinematic techniques and their effects on entertainment itself and the viewer. The progression of monocular and one-dimensional film into a more uncanny and three-dimensional experience creates disorientation between the subject and the viewer as experienced in Lang’s 1927 version of the acclaimed film Metropolis .
Colonists, particularly male colonists, viewed Native lifestyle through the lens of sexuality and... more Colonists, particularly male colonists, viewed Native lifestyle through the lens of sexuality and sexual relationships. This essay is primarily focused on the 16th and 17th century while colonists were establishing settlements and exploring America. Godbeer pays particular attention to the sexual aspects of the relationships between colonists and natives, including the absence of sexual relationships, claiming that we are able to see how the ideologies of the patriarchal lifestyle play out in the daily life of colonists through these sexual relationships. Because of this we can see how men view ideas of gender roles and social hierarchy between individuals either based on gender or ethnicity. The juxtaposition between the patriarchal colonists and the matriarchal natives highlights these things, especially how they display themselves in terms of sexuality and sexual behavior. In fact, Godbeer's essay may even go as far as claiming the basis of human existence and interrelationships are based on our sexuality and sexual behavior. This creates the theory that even social hierarchies involving ethnicity are linked to sexual relations in some ways. Ideologies instilled in social dogma dictate sexuality and sexual behavior therefore warping the views of individuals and their actions. Richard Godbeer evaluates how Native Americans and colonists interacted with one another, especially in terms of sexuality. When we examine how natives and colonists interacted.
An examination of Frank Miller's comic, 300 inspired by Edward Said article, "Clash of Ignorance.... more An examination of Frank Miller's comic, 300 inspired by Edward Said article, "Clash of Ignorance." Although Miller’s 300 weighs various stories in its depiction of the Battle of Thermopylae, it ultimately relies on a simplistic framework of clashing civilizations. The inherently Western lens situates the Persians as antagonists in the story and negates to properly develop the Persians’ motivations or humanize them, resulting in their reductive and stereotypical reflection of an East versus West archetype.
The Colonial Period The British operated under the strict sexual division of labor within the pat... more The Colonial Period The British operated under the strict sexual division of labor within the patriarchy. However, during the 17th century, the British began to colonize eastern America. Conditions were harsh and unforgiving, leading to a high mortality rates and the need for indentured female servants shipped overseas from Britain. Both " The Trappen'd Maiden " and Elizabeth Sprigs' letter provide us with primary source evidence of how colonization and it's use of female indentured servitude creates a disruption of traditional gender roles.
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Both Crary and Burch discuss the varying degrees and progression of different cinematic techniques and their effects on entertainment itself and the viewer. The progression of monocular and one-dimensional film into a more uncanny and three-dimensional experience creates disorientation between the subject and the viewer as experienced in Lang’s 1927 version of the acclaimed film Metropolis .
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Both Crary and Burch discuss the varying degrees and progression of different cinematic techniques and their effects on entertainment itself and the viewer. The progression of monocular and one-dimensional film into a more uncanny and three-dimensional experience creates disorientation between the subject and the viewer as experienced in Lang’s 1927 version of the acclaimed film Metropolis .