“The Possessive” by Sharon Olds is a poem about a mother seeing her daughter with a symbolic haircut she dislikes. Her adjectives convey cutting and pain that suggest that by getting a haircut, her daughter had hurt her. In “The Possessive” the author uses the daughter’s hair to express teenage rebellion and a mother’s unwilling ...
Depeche Mode was one of the very first bands to ditch all conventional instruments and use exclusively synthesizers. They established themselves as forerunners of the electro pop genre that emerged in the early 1980s and would move on to be one of the most successful alternative bands in the world. The group traces back to ...
Today, the drive-in theater is a thing of the past; they are scattered sparsely across the United States in nostalgic last-stab attempts at success and the novelty projects of millionaires. Out of the nearly 5000 theaters which swept across America in the 1950’s, less than one-tenth still stand in working condition today (Tompkins). But what ...
No matter how we may feel about the state of the world, the one thing that we can take for certain is that each new generation brings with it the promise of change. Indeed, across the pages of history we have always looked towards the youth for ideas of revolution and improvement. However, along with ...
One of the best things that came out of the 80’s was the great free-spirited music that filled our airwaves and 8-tracks. The following is a list of the greatest 80’s karaoke songs to sing. 1. “Wake me Up Before you Go-Go” by Wham! Wham! was a popular boy band in the 80’s and was ...
If you have ever been the victim of child abuse, I can definitely relate. I was emotionally and physically abused by my mother until the age of 16. I felt a lot of the abuse was my fault and I deserved every punch in the face and every burn from the cigarette. I know now ...
