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South Park is a show recognized for it’s offensive humor and vulgarity, it has a wide range of viewer but due to its content it also has a divide between those who love it and those who don’t. It debuted in 1997, it has been receiving major criticism ever since. However, when one ignores the…

What if a woman did not follow the social role or norms in the time period they lived in? Is it possible for a woman to break away from a man and be independent, making her own choices? There are such women. Edna Pontellier, the main character in Kate Chopin’s feminist novel, The Awakening, published…

Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women analysis Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising’s Image of Women, produced by Cambridge Documentary Films, Inc. and released in 2010, is written by and stars Jean Kilbourne. In this latest movie in the Killing Us Softly series, Jean Kilbourne focuses on the way women are presented and represented…

Throughout African American history women have been a major part of it. “The word trope has also come to be used for describing commonly recurring literary and rhetorical devices, motifs or clichés in creative works.” The tropes of battle and women empowerment are viewed through many pieces of texts in black history, one of them…

Deep Rising, is a 1998 Sci-Fi film set in the middle of the South China Sea. The best way to describe this film would be Titanic meets Indiana Jones meets Jaws, but replace the shark with a different man-eating creature. The film started with text titles on a solid black background, giving the viewer a…

This painting is a self portrait of Frida Kahlo, in two split personalities. The Two Frida’s was made in 1939. It is oil on canvas, standing at a height of 581/2 square. It is hanging in the Museo de Arte, in Mexico City. There are two Fridas, sitting in adjacent chairs and holding hands, staring…

As you probably know by now, I really like Japanese superheroes. The fascinating costumes, the special effects, and the idea of being a superhero is just fascinating to me. That being said, although I haven’t really been watching it for long, I can confidently say that Kamen Rider is one of my favorites hands down….

Joel Sternfeld was born in the US in 1944, and primarily worked within a classic American setting. He photographed fairly ordinary things, people, and scenes, with an emphasis on the meaning behind the photo which he chose to express through the use of color. Sternfeld tended to use his photography to make social and political…

Leonardo Da Vinci wasn’t only known to be a great artist but he was also a scientist. His main interests included painting, science, architecture, mathematics and the list goes on and on. He was a man of many talents. One of his greatest works was the Mona Lisa. The Mona Lisa is the most viewed,…

I have always been interested in the life of Leonardo da Vinci and his tendencies to perfect everything that he does, especially artistically. I am interested in researching how Leonardo da Vinci has used his studies and discoveries in the scientific field to improve upon his own art and to make it a great reference…