The battle of the sexes. We have all heard the term and know that it represents the war for equality between women and men. Most of us assume that women have won the battle as we go about our daily lives here in America. But, have women really won this war? Do women have ...
Used bookstores in Pensacola run the gamut. Fortunately, you really can find just about whatever you want no matter what kind of reader you are. Several have been in town for a long while, others are relatively new. In fact, it seems like every year or two a new used bookstore opens and another closes. ...
During my junior year of high school, I visited Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, Georgia, and had my heart set on going there. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming and the best part of all is that it is warm there. After seeing how expensive it was and how far from my family I would ...
Before we begin, let’s challenge the notion that people who use “big words” do so to impress or belittle other people. While it’s true that some people rely on their vocabularies to elicit those responses out of insecurity, it’s also true that�sometimes those so-called big words are the most deft, purposeful choices for a situation.� ...
In recent years there has been an increases momentum toward gender transcendence or moving beyond traditional notions of gender. Advocate argue for the importance of raising “nonsexist,” “gender-neutral,” or “gender-aschematic” children in an effort to prompt social change. This of course raises the question of whether or not it is even possible to raise nonsexist ...
Students of literature know all about the different schools of criticism. However, most people outside the field hear “literary criticism” and they think that this is the act of picking apart literature to say that it is bad or the writer unskilled. Not the case. In brief, literary criticism is simply the analysis of literature, ...
