In this dissertation, ideological systems considered to limit the creation of Western female identity were explored through feminist discourse: Angela Carter’s The Passion of New Eve (1977) and Kathy Acker’s Don Quixote (1986). The former discussed the extent to which gendered identities are founded on biological difference and binary structures, looking at how these dichotomies work to confine female identity to a concept of fixed ideals. With reference to the work of Butler, Carter undermines essentialist
another. Kathy Goes to Haiti by Kathy Acker tells the story of a womans adventures in Haiti. The novel structurally layers graphic sex scenes and travel narratives in alternating chapters. Through travel and sexual adventures of the protagonist Kathy, the novel portrays sexual politics with the presence of a dominant male figure and the power they gain through such dominance. In this essay, I examine the presences of sexual politics in Kathy’s travels and sexual adventures. When Kathy
Graduating college with my associates in Occupational healthcare, I had majored in Medical Assistant. I had just completed 16 months in an accelerated program. The next step was to land a job. So I perfected my resume and I applied to everywhere that was accepting applications. One day a friend informed me about an opening she saw online that an OB/GYN office for a front desk position so I decided that I will apply for the job just to gain some experience in the healthcare field. Everything went
The characters are those same characters you see when you go to your local carnival and pay five dollars to see their unique features. There is the Bearded Lady/Ethel Darling (Kathy Bates), her lobster-handed son Jimmy Darling (Evan Peters), the three- breasted woman/Desiree Dupree (Angela Bassett), and her husband, the strongman/Dell Toledo (Michael Chiklis). There are also some real characters that have real deformities. For
Being famous for the wrong reasons is just the same as not being famous at all. What is the point of being famous if anyone can do it? The current definition of famous is being known by many people, which is way too broad for a definition. If everyone were to go by that definition then I would be considered famous. Meghan Daum really hit the nail right on the head when she said, “Not so long ago you had to make a pretty strenuous effort to become well enough known to register as famous” (Duam 512)
On reading Beloved by Toni Morrison and Don Quixote by Kathy Acker, there seem to be quite a few similarities in themes and characters contained in these texts, the most prevalent of which seems to be of love and language as a path to freedom. We see in Acker’s Don Quixote the abortion she must have before she embarks on a quest for true freedom, which is to love. Similarly, in Morrison’s Beloved, there is a kind abortion, the killing of Beloved by Sethe, which results in and from the freedom that
moments in the film that, while viewing it in class, caused the audience to burst into a roar of laughter. However, the film has a matching share of somber scenes where the audience was quiet and tense. Well known actors such as Jack Nicholson and Kathy Bates with the help of a great script give an outstanding performance that helped make the film flow especially well. There was no doubt when selecting the film About Schmidt when writing my final analysis paper. It truly is an exceptional film. When
A common complaint with Kathy Acker's work, particularly with Blood and Guts in High School, is that it is anti-male. This criticism, while valid, neglects to understand the methodology used in order to create a text in which patriarchal norms are no longer rampant. Despite its purpose of removing a gendered voice, postmodern fiction still contains elements of an authority which is predominately white and male. Acker changes this connotation by creating a “female text” in which women's bodies and
Hocus Pocus is a 1993 film directed by Kenny Ortega. It is a very enjoyable movie with a good cast. The movie genre is comedy, horror, and fantasy. The film is based on a story about Garris and David Kirchner. And it is starring Bette Midler, Kathy Najimy, and Sarah Jessica Parker. The story follows the villainous trio of witches, who are inadvertently resurrected by a teenage male virgin. It takes place in Salem, Massachusetts. The three witches are being punished for their witchcraft in 1693 as
Whether it is the Ancient Greece, Han China, the Enlightened Europe, or today, women have unceasingly been oppressed and regarded as the second sex. Provided that they have interminably been denied the power that men have had, very few prominent female figures like Cleopatra, the Egyptian Queen, or Jeanne d'Arc, the French heroine, have made it to history books. Veritably, it was not until 1792 when Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women addressed the issues of gender equality