The Ivory Cane By: Monika Pant His eyes were misted. More from the smoke emanating from the leaves burning in the backyard than from anything else. A wheezing cough racked the tall, thin frame. He leaned heavily on his cane while he opened the door of the attic and went inside. It was low-ceilinged, and his height seemed to make it seem more so. He sat down on the couch, absent-mindedly running his feathery fingers on the carvings on […]
The Stonewall Riots and their Influence on Workplace Discrimination By: Kelsey Murray On the night of June 27, 1969, the Stonewall riots broke out in New York City at the Stonewall Inn. The Stonewall Inn was traditionally a bar that whose patrons were mostly homosexual or queer. These militaristic style riots caught widespread attention across the United States because it appeared to be sudden and those who were involved were part of an ostracized community. The ostracized community was the […]
Shakespeare in Love By: Fernanda Price Shakespeare in Love explores an inside- albeit fictional- look at the great William Shakespeare’s method of coming to write one of his most talked about works Romeo and Juliet. Through this insider’s view, there is another topic that comes to light; if perhaps one that is talked about today even more than his works. This is the issue of authorship. As a playwright in a time period not bothered with copyright laws, or ownership […]
Class In America By: Arturo Morillo Class In America Injustices and discrimination have been plentiful all across the world. In Revolution 2.0, Wael Ghonim comments that class has a powerful function in the consumption of information through social media. He goes one to suggest that Khaled’s death was viewed in the light it was, just for the reason of him being middle class. This can also be seen in almost every other country in the world, even in the United […]
Written by Sophia Quan According to the International Labour Organization’s 2012 Global Estimate of ForcedLabour, approximately 4.5 million individuals are currently victims of sexual exploitation (ILO). Over 137 countries have been reported to house the sex-trafficking and exploitation of women, affecting every continent and economy in the world (UN.GIFT). Thailand, a country situated in the center of the Indochina peninsula in Southeast Asia, has as many as 400,000 women and children being sex-trafficked in and out of the country. Prior […]
Written by Maxwell Distinctions may effortlessly be made between the sexes based only upon personal experience, even without the influence from the societies and cultures in which personal values are bred. My personal involvement in such a phenomenon speaks clearly towards this aspect. Being raised by a mother who, without fail, took on the duty of a stereotypical housewife, has taught me of the magnitude of which gender in society has proved to reproduce itself and its norms throughout the […]
