The Huffington Post Essays

  • Witchcraft, Zombies, and Music: The Case of Khulekani "Mgqumeni" Khumalo

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    claiming to be reincarnated singer abducted by zombies.” The Independent Online. 08 February 2012. Campbell, Andy. “Zombie Singer Turns Out To Be Sibusiso John Gcabashe, Not Late South African Zulu Folk Singer Khulekani "Mgqumeni" Khumalo.” The Huffington Post. 8 February 2012. Secondary Source Neihaus, Isak. “Witches and Zombies of the South African Lowveld: Discourse, Accusations and Subjective Reality.” The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 11, No. 2 (Jun., 2005), pp. 191-210

  • The Evils of Consumerism

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    consequences are on full display. The Faceboo... ... middle of paper ... ...ence/features/general-article/tupperware-consumer/>. Julianelle, Mike. "Spoiler Alert." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 26 Dec. 2013. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. . Moeschen, Sheila. "This Is NOT the Candy Land of Your Childhood." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 9 Jan. 2014. Web. 23 Feb. 2014. . Monbiot, George. "Materialism: a system that eats us from the inside out." The Guardian. Guardian News and Media

  • Participation of Women in the Workforce

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    1970s, the participation of women in the workforce has dramatically changed from women traditionally following their mother’s footsteps to obtaining an independent career of their own. According to Resident Scholar, Christina Hoff Sommers of the Huffington Post, "there are far more women than men in college, and they earn more than fifty-eight percent of [the] college degrees [in the year of 2013]." However, some women in the workforce do not receive the full compensation as men do, even though both

  • Dove's Real Beauty Sketches: Role of Media Relations

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    because the audience can choose to watch the video or not. The campaign has the coverage on Google+Hangout as well. Dove also ensures that this campaign has the media placement on Channel 7 Morning Show in Australia, Today Show, Mashable, and The Huffington Post (Stampler 2013). The campaign has gained more than 4.6 billion public relations and blogger impressions. 2.5 Analysis of the Tactics Used and Its Suitability Dove’s Real Beauty Sketches campaign uses this tactic of broadcasting their

  • The Pros And Cons Of Procrastination

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    According to Rebecca Klein from the Huffington Post, “Approximately 87 percent of [the 13,000 polled students] said they procrastinate on school assignments.” Many of which spend their time on social media and watching television (Huffington Post). Procrastinating is the action of delaying or postponing any action and similarly, a college student defines it as putting off an assignment until

  • Zara Fashion Case Study

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    Fast fashion is getting faster and cheaper, but who bares the cost for the rising demand for this type of clothing? Most of the time, the effects are felt in the countries where the brands are not even sold and where they are produced. Consumerism has a lot to do with the success of stores like Uniqlo, Forever 21 and Primark. These types of stores are making fashion accessible to all, and thus trends are becoming more and more short-lived, making people always wanting newer and cheaper items. Inditex

  • Offshoring: Pro or Con

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    Offshoring: Pro or Con? From my understanding of what I have learned in my Introduction to Business class, to be successful at your business requires an entrepreneur to take risks in order to be successful. Once you have established strategies to counteract the risks there are more steps that should be taken in order to keep up and improve the business processes. In International Business, I have taken another approach with risks and that approach is to go global. Taking a chance to reach new markets

  • Troye Sivan Coming Out Video Analysis

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    can’t. Scrolling through the comments on his “Coming Out” Video there are a variety of love and hate comments. It is so great to have as much support that he does coming out to the public like that, but the hate traveled along. According to the Huffington Post “Sivan said he hoped his video would provide hope for other gay and bisexual people, just the way he fou... ... middle of paper ... ...imself took a risk coming out of a closet to such a public environment. He was given negative and positive

  • People should pay for their studies at universities

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    Education for free or for a very low price is a widespread practice in Europe. Currently, there are 9 countries offering higher education completely for free. These countries believe that free education should be granted for everyone. However, this is unfair from society’s point of view to pay for the education of individuals (1).Tuition fees help to raise quality of studies (2) and they affect personalities of the students positively (3). This implies that we should pay for our studies at universities

  • Photoshop In Advertising Essay

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    create eating disorders. Photoshop artists’ use this software to create a false image of what society has deemed as perfect. Huffington Post recently exposed Target’s excessive use of Photoshop in their online swimsuit line advertised for teenagers. It was obvious that the photograph of the teen model was stretched to make her limbs longer and skinnier, and the Huffington Post reported that “the model is missing a piece of her crotch.” (Feldman, 2014) The purpose of the missing crotch was to use the

  • Can Women Climb the Corporate Ladder Without Sacrifices?

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    Women have long been considered the child breeders and homemakers in society, but in recent decades that has changed; women are becoming more economically independent by entering the work force rather than taking on the role of a housewife. Even though women are changing the workforce in today’s corporate America, they still lack the confidence that men –who work in the same fields- up hold for themselves. In today’s society very few women have taken the initiative to compete for that leading position

  • We Must Stop Racism

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    i am glad a letter was sent to the Baptist Ass. of Belize I think one should also be sent to the Queen of the Bay Committee on their refusal to have Ms. Belmopan participate in the upcoming pageant. Retrieved from: https://www.facebook.com/SEWC.Bz/posts/344001902354261

  • Woman in Business Why It's So Hard For Working Women To Get Ahead, And What We Can Do About It by Jillian Berman

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    Women To Get Ahead, And What We Can Do About It", written by Jillian Berman is written to get employers to make it easier on the female members of their teams.The article was posted in the beginning of 2014 in The Huffington Post. Jillian is an Associate Business Editor for the Huffington Post. She is an opinion based writer who uses her "freedom of speech" to write about many different topics. In this article, Jillian discusses the shyness that women experience when in the working field which keeps

  • Effects of Social Media on Adolescents

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    create an online identity, they are often displaying an unauthentic self. This “other” self is often what the person wants to be like. Having to jump from the online self to the real self can often lead to depression. In an article in the Huffington Post, Dr. Jim Taylor calls this Facebook depression. The American Academy of Pediatrics states that “Researchers have proposed a new phenomenon called “Facebook depression,” defined as depression that develops when preteens and teens spend a great

  • Why We Should Stay In Marriage Instead Of Divorce For The Children

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    Staying In Marriage Instead Of Divorce for the Children Imagine a child, whose parents just went through a painful divorce, they are having many problems physically and emotionally. Such as they’re depressed so they eat and gain weight, which can be unhealthy for them if they gain too much. Or they’re depressed, so they give up on life and have thoughts of suicide. Divorce affects many of children across the world, Although divorce may bring some relief to both parents, most of them have no idea

  • The Novels by Jodi Picoult

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    her novels portray legal battles, and include court scenes demonstrating extensive insider research on each subject accounting for perspectives from lawyers, doctors, inmates, judges lieutenants, and detectives. A.J. Walkley, a writer for the Huffington Posts’ books section, talks about Picoult’s research for her latest book, The Storyteller. At a reading she discovered discovered, “there were Holocaust survivors in the audience whom Picoult had interviewed during her research for the book.” Sometimes

  • Civil Dissobedience and Taking a Stand

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    " 3st Quarter Civil Disobedience Project. "Class handout for College Prep English 1, Troy Buchanan High School, Troy. 16 February 2014. TS. Miles, Kathleen. "Largest Civil Disobedience In Walmart History Leads To More Than 50 Arrests." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 08 Nov. 2013. Web. 17 Feb. 2014. SparkNotes. SparkNotes, n.d. Web. 16 Feb. 2014.

  • Fashion as a Landslide

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    floaty ankle ... ... middle of paper ... ...Stores." New York Shopping. The Huffington Post, 09 20 2010. Web. 19 Nov 2010. Fisher, Alice. “Top Fashion designers make the recession chic.” Observer. (2009): n. pag. Web. 20 Nov 2010. Frankel, David, Dir. The Devil Wears Prada. Perf. Streep, Meryl. IMBDdPro: 2006, DVD. Grasso, Linda. “Bored with your closet? Do like the French.” Style Blog. The Huffington Post, 22 10 2010. Web. 25 Nov 2010. Moore, Booth. “What to expect in stores from the

  • The Importance of Optimism

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    newspapers and the news on TV. Media primarily focusing on all of the bad in the world - crime, the poor economy and war, but what about all the positives that happen day to day on a national level? On January 12, 2012 Arianna Huffington of the Huffington Post launched “Huff Post Good News.” In Good News, readers absorb uplifting articles that focus on inspiring stories that enrich lives and lead to better attitudes. Good News is a positive reminder to people that there is more going ... ... middle

  • Carral's Argument Analysis

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    Héctor L Carral, a multimedia engineer wrote an article titled Stop Saying Technology is causing Social Isolation for The Huffington Post. The author of the article has a biased option, therefore does not include any research that would refute his argument. Carral states “it’s only obvious to blame them [technology] for some of society’s problems. Carral also states I believe that accusing technology (and, again, especially smartphones) of ruining social interaction and even all kinds of experiences