Michele Beller
"To those who cannot hear the music, a dancer is insane." Whoever said that just plain gets it. My family wonders when I'll grow up. (Never.) Prolific reader, prolific writer. Muse to B.D. Love. Want to know more than that, then read my blog, yo.
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The Story of Ts'ai Yen in Maxine Hong Kingston's MemoirThe life and experience of Kingston's Ts'ai Yen is clearly a metaphor for the personal experience of Kingston herself. Just as Ts'ai Yen spends her young womanhood an unhappy captive in a foreign culture, so, too, does Kingston feel trapped as a girl.
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A Historical Look at the Role of Art in an Ever-Changing WorldNature versus technology is a timeless struggle in modernity; often art is the one medium which seeks to reveal the truth. Spurred by technology and the devastation of war, art explores the meaning of permanence in an unstable world.
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Romanticism in ArtThe era of Romanticism ushered in a new way of thinking: for Romanticists, the subjectivity of feelings, the mysticism of the imagination, and the importance of the individual all added up to one thing: truth.
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The Era of Baroque ArtWhile Baroque art arose out of an effort to manipulate the masses through propaganda tactics, it changed and evolved as it spread throughout Europe. Today, it is appreciated as one of the most compelling periods in the history of Western art.
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Art of the RenaissanceTwo artists who were in the later years of their careers during the early 1500s, Leonardo da Vinci and Heironymus Bosch, especially influenced the world, but with very different views.
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In Search of Our Mother's Gardens by Alice Walker: A Look Back in Time"In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens" by Alice Walker is a feminist essay, written very much about black women, but not exclusively; it is an important work for all women.
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"The Death of the Moth" by Virginia WoolfAs Woolf describes the death of an insignificant moth, the reader can't help but look at parallels between Woolf and her struggle as a woman (and her fight for recognition for all women), and the struggle of an insignificant moth.
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"Professions for Women" by Virginia WoolfAfter reading an actual excerpt from Coventry Patmore's "Angel in the House," one can see clearly why Woolf devoted so much time, necessarily, to "killing the Angel in the House."
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Ain't I a Woman? by Sojourner Truth - A Look at a Remarkable and Historic SpeechSojourner Truth was a remarkable woman, born in remarkable times. This speech, given by Truth, an illiterate woman, is notable for numerous reasons.
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Striving for Health: Issues for Women and Self-EsteemDoes a male-oriented model of psychological health - which emphasizes separation and individuation, and undervalues relationship connection - create lower self-esteem in women?
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How They Did It: African American Women WritersWhat can a woman of the twenty-first century learn from these brave women of the past and present?
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A Worn Path by Eudora Welty: Symbols and ThemesWritten by Eudora Welty in 1941, this is one of Welty's most enduring works. It features a strong and persevering woman, one of Welty's favorite subjects. In this story, Welty explores issues and themes facing in the south in the 1930s and 1940s.