… From the time of conception, normally, it is obvious what gender you belong to. Men have penises and women have vaginas. Is this the only difference among men and women? Do differences exist that are not physical or biological? And if so, would these…

… than 20 years ago, a Somali woman named Waris Dirie had her sex stolen from her in an African ritual. Her story is not as rare as we would like to think. It is estimated that 135 million girls in the world have undergone female mutilation…

… Catharsis in Heart of Darkness Conrad's novel, Heart of Darkness, relies on the historical period of imperialism to illuminate its protagonist, Charlie Marlow, and his struggle with two opposite value systems. Marlow undergoes a catharsis during his…

… On the 26th of January I decided to visit for the first time the San Diego Museum of Arts. When I came upon the museum which from a view was an astonishing piece of architectural exquisiteness. This extravagant building was amazingly distinguishable…

… poet, historian, conductor, actor, singer, songwriter, playwright, film director, and civil rights activist. She was born in a segregated rural area of St. Louis, Arkansas, and she came from a broken home. The author’s father, Bailey Johnson, was…

… Our Town, reviewer Brooks Atkinson proclaimed that “Mr. Wilder has transmuted the simple events of human life into universal reveries” (Atkinson 119). Our Town can certainly be considered an example of the universality of time, social history, and…

… leaves readers wanting more. James Fennimore Cooper did a wonderful job at recreating the era of this story. This novel is a romantic story based in the leather-stocking region of New York. The main character Hawk-eye is a free spirited white man…

… is so popular, for this is a cuisine rich in flavor and depth. A very little known fact is that Italian cookery is nothing like what we here in America think it is. Authentic Italian cooking is very different than what we eat here, in fact, it…

… child by a parent, guardian, or other person Child abuse makes for one of the most controversial subject matters in the United States today. Being that there are so many different forms of child abuse, many people seems to draw their own conclu…

… générale) has been generally misunderstood. It has been criticized on the one hand as a form of vacuous idealism, and on the other hand as nothing more than another name for majority rule. But the concept is, in fact, neither of these. Rousseau construct…