I wanted to follow up my previous post with an article written by Kelly Nassour, called “Wasted: The American Dream Blacked Out.” The Abstract is as follows: This project argues against the so-called American Dream- a myth perpetuated by various media forms of the 20th century. Combining the examination of various texts where alcohol and drug … Continue reading
I have a strong tendency to disregard celebrity culture, as I have found quite a lot of it to foster negative behaviors, and often times bright out the worst in others. To be fair, I have watched many reality TV shows, like The Real World, that have brought me to this conclusion: The Anna Nicole … Continue reading
From The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide November-December 2014, titled “How gay was Dorian Gray?”: OSCAR WILDE WAS PROBABLY the first major modern personality who was famous for being famous well before he produced any work of consequence aside from great conversation. He self-consciously personified “decadence” while still at Oxford, and soon after graduating had the … Continue reading
The Musical, Legally Blonde, is based on the Reece Witherspoon movie of the same name, about a sorority girl named Elle Woods who struggles to win back her ex-boyfriend, Warner Huntington III, by sending herself to Harvard Law School to earn a law degree, to prove her worth to him. After Warner surprisingly decides to … Continue reading
A recent article in Instinct Magazine details how Panic At The Disco’s frontman, Brandon Urie is kind of bisexual. It details him saying: “I’m proud of who I am and I’m gonna act accordingly. It’s really kind of loosely based on the majority of relationships I’ve been in, even now with my wife. Yeah, she’s … Continue reading
In an article from Washington Post, by Maia Szalavitz, titled “The Trouble With Tough Love,” the writer addresses ‘tough love’ as a behavioral modification through humiliation, confrontation, and cruel treatment as a manner to solve such addictions with those addicted. The first important piece I take from this article is here: Many anguished parents put their … Continue reading
I have always wanted to own a home. I have never thought that this would never happen, simply because I live in America where I was taught very early that there is so much possible to reach that. Indeed, I was a student at the GLT (or Greater Lawrence Tech) where our class slogan was: … Continue reading
What is Loyalty? Loyalty can be defined as: An allegiance to the sovereign or established government of one’s country; A personal devotion and reverence to the sovereign and royal family. I would certainly attest that I have a loyalty to all the aspects of my personal identity and what matters to me. But loyalty is … Continue reading
Earlier today I had read his article from the Atlantic (“The Tyranny of Buffness“), and as so often happens when I read the ‘body image’ sort of posts, is reflect on why I feel the way I do about the topic. When I lived in Lawrence, I was bullied based on my appearance, and like … Continue reading
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