...Coming out of the closet involves risks, it's like a game of Russian roulette, pull a trigger and hope to survive, the game seems simple, but it’s not, peers, family, and strangers become chambers and their reactions are the bullets ready to be launched, the game becomes a matter of life and death. The process of coming out involves strategy and planning, there are risks, however, the risks are premeditated and calculated; this game of Russian roulette slowly turns into a game of chess. Family, strangers, and peers morph into pawns, the chamber becomes a chessboard and the individual becomes a player; the individual swiftly and deliberately formulates their next move. The individual’s movements are composed of a series of stages: 1). The Opening/Development stage, 2). The Promotion/Under-promotion stage, 3). The Gambit/Middlegame stage, and 4). The Endgame stage. These stages become the catalyst for how an individual will reveal their identity to the mainstream world. The initial phase of the individuals “coming out” process refers to the Opening/Development stage, this is the discovery of the individual’s sexual identity and the process of obtaining additional information in order to grasp a better comprehension of the identity in question. The initial...
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...Of course coming out of the closet isn’t easy. Some people have know all their live some people found out while playing spin the bottle, I realized when she cut her hair. So kinda like spin the bottle. Anyways, I’m talking about the gay or the bi or the consed- whatever the case may be, it’s not easy. Whether it be because of society's take on it or your own personal feelings coming out is never easy. It’s scary and vulnerable. If you are unsure f how people are going to react; don’t do it. You don’t wanna be kicked out or sent to some conversion camp where they teach you that god in fact does not love all his children, only the straight ones. I guess that's the cold-hard truth. I myself am no where near religious and could give...
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... is socially conservative and most of the people have a narrow mind set and advertisements like Anouk helps people to come out of the closet and conservative thoughts of the society. Homosexuality is always been a serious topic in our vast and diverse country even though the judiciary system has not given the LGBT community their entire rights as compared to the heterosexuals but however there are some people in our country who are ready to accept the new culture and involved in spreading the message that there is nothing wrong to be a homosexual. In United States the advertisements are common but in its illegal. Earlier the lower court in India declared LGBT as unconstitutional but supreme court two years ago restrained the ban. Myntra launched its new digital campaign which is called “Bold is Beautiful” for the ethnic brand Anouk. This TV commercial caught lot of attention and sparked controversies all over the country. Fastrack also has been airing many bold commercials from the beginning which tries to change the mindset of the people. Their latest commercial The Closet which shows two girls coming of the closet and this commercial coveys a message that one has to be brave and come out in the society and getting scared of the people of the society There are many other advertisements like FASTRACK, COCA-COLA, LEVI’S, ...
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...jumped straight into bed. I knew in my head it couldn’t possibly have passed more than 5 minutes when I felt the sensation I had to get up and pee. Oh I think I can hold it until the morning, but my bladder thought otherwise. I got up and searched for my clock which lit bright red at night, but for some reason, I couldn’t find it. I got up and went straight to the bathroom, only I met with the wall first. I tried opening my eyes more so they will adjust to the darkness, and I noticed something was very different. First of all, the light switch wasn’t were its supposed to be, I couldn’t find it, and I noticed a light coming from the window on the very top, and the bottom was covered in aluminum foil. I immediately knew I was in my old home. I could even smell the odor of mothballs coming from my mom’s closet; this was, in fact, her room. I was trying to find out why I woke up there, when I...
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...lurking behind the closet door. There's just something unsettling about what we cant see. The minute the lights dim my mind begins to wonder about what could possibly be gleaming at me from its hiding spot, waiting for its chance to pounce on me like a defenseless animal on the plains of Africa. Overcoming your fears isn't always easy, but facing them head on is the only way to feel comfortable in a situation that once made you uncomfortable. This night was like every other. As the night draws to an end, mom and dad yell its time for bed. After years of sleeping with a night light, I start to feel brave. I mean what can honestly be so frightening, and also be afraid to shows its self in the dim glare of my little night light. After finishing my nightly routine, brushing the teeth and saying my prayers, I reach over and turn out my night light that I found so much comfort in. Laying in bed thinking of everything that I need to accomplish for the next day and practicing lines for the few girls that caught my attention I start to doze off. Tossing and turning throughout the night I find myself awake at exactly 1:30. It is then I realize the mistake I've made. The glow of hope that usually coax me back to my sweet dreams is no longer there. To scared of what might be accompanying me in the room I lay still like a stick in the woods. The eerie silence that is shared with the darkness is chilling. But, suddenly I hear a rustling coming from what seems like my closet....
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...that many songs do not have a story and to be honest I think those kind of songs are pointless. Why make a song if it doesn’t have a message, something that will make you think about you as person or just think about something. The song is about a boy called Robert. He is an allusion to a mass murderer. The name is a metaphor for any kid with an anger issue. His dad is a violent and abusive because he has a gun in his closet. Robert’s Mom is not mentioned in the song and she is probably dead. Robert is a lonely kid, he is an outcast, he doesn’t wear the right clothes, he doesn’t say the right things and he doesn’t fit in between his classmates. He is a bad boy because he has a “rolled cigarette” and he actually is like a cowboy with his’ cigarette and his’ “six-shooter gun”. The kids with the pumped up kicks are those whose lives are all together and “they better run cause he’s got a gun”. He is envious of them and he hates his dad for not giving him the chance to live the sweet life. In the last verse of the song it says: “Daddy works a long day He'll be coming home late … …And he's bringing me a surprise” (Wonder what kind of “surprise” he is bringing) At the end of the song Robert is probably trying kill his dad with the gun: “Yeah the sleight of my hand is now a quick pull trigger ...
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...The two articles I choose to read and write about are “Covert Stuttering: Coming out of the Stuttering Closet” and “Stuttering and Sleep: Some Speculation”. I choose these two articles because I found them to be very interesting and insightful. Reading the two articles gave me a lot of informative information about stuttering and how it affects everyday life. I learned how certain lifestyle habits can affect a person who stutters and how stutterers have developed skilled techniques to hide the fact that they stutter. This paper will explain what I read and how it will help me conduct the clinical process with people who stutter. The first article that I will discuss is “Stuttering and Sleep: Some Speculation” by Sandra Melo. It has been researched that stuttering became worse after several nights of poor sleeping. In a single day, the brain processes more information than you can possible imagine. We rely on our brain to actively interpret and manage every piece of information our body is in contact with. When we sleep, the brain gets to rest, recharge and get ready for the next day of activities, thinking, processing, analyzing and more. That is why the amount of sleep we get is crucial if we want to efficiently function during the day. Sleep deprivation affects a person’s speech. It has been a general observance that individuals who lack sleep tend to stutter and slur. Vocabulary becomes limited and the tone of the voice is lowered. When conducting speech therapy with...
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...Queer Essay On Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone A queer reading of Harry Potter and the Philosophers stone can bring up many questions of what is classed as normal. It also can show how a subculture within that society is regarded as abnormal. It can suggest that the everyday world in this novel is queer compared to the wizard world which is seen as the norm. Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s Epistemology of the closet suggests that queer reading should not be from the readers own sexuality in mind, but an openness to the queer context, connections and potentials already available within the text. Bennett and Royle suggest that “some of the strangeness or uncanniness, some of the power and fascination of literary texts, that is to say has to do with the singular space which they offer for thinking differently about gender and sexuality” As Harry potter is a young adults novel that is stable for a queer reading as it traditional is a none sexual fantasy novel. Harry Potter is seen as a world parallel to our own where it has differences in people and their cultures. However no where in the novel does it mention anything about homosexuality, gender role bending, or same sex relationships. Every relationship that forms is with a character from the opposite sex and the family is mostly typical nuclear form of the mother staying at home while the father goes to work. There is no mention of a gay, lesbian or transgender character mentioned in the story. If the novel is...
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...person came out and I realize this was not the man for me. I remember the first in counter I had with him was when he wanted me to have sex with him and I refused him. I was lying in bed and next thing I know he had his hand around my neck choking me, saying “I guess I have to treat you like a hoe in the street". I began pleading for my life. I said I was through with the relationship. But it was not over he told me he was sorry and he would never treat me like that again. I loved him so much I gave him another chance. Which was the worst decision I ever made. When he tried to choke me. It put fear in me whenever he would drink. I was afraid to be alone with him but yet I found that I could not get away from the abusive relationship, the bondage I was in. I told myself so many time I was through because I was not going to put up with him and the way I felt whenever he would drink. One day I made up my mind I was going to get out and never look back because I was tired of hiding in closet, or afraid to go home after work because he been drinking all day, I didn't know what was going to do to me. I began moving my clothing out of the house. when he would question me about why my clothes was not in the closet I would make up a story like I just move my things in my son closet so he could have more room for his things. The day came for me to leave. I told him I was going to work so he would not ask me why I was leaving. I left and moved to Texas. After I got eight hour out of town I...
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...almost passed out. When I tried to pull myself out of the dumpster, I felt disgusted since I touched something sticky on the side of the dumpster. The side was too tall for me to walk out so I had to hold myself from the side to jump out and then realized that I am 600 feet in the air over the dumpster and I see the top of the building. I landed in the...
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...Scaredy Cat On a dark and stormy night on a cold Halloween a group of kids named Jack, John, Matthew, and Sam were walking past the Salem high school. There has been rumors about the school being haunted. There was apparently a kid who had a spell casted on him that turned him into a cat. When you would walk past the school you hear a cat meow. The boys found a slightly opened door and thought it would be a good idea to go inside the school and investigate. As the boys roamed the halls they kept hearing sounds of water running from a faucet. As the boys kept walking the sounds of running water got louder. They finally found the source of water coming from the janitor's closet. The boys entered and shut the water off. As the boys stood...
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...In Tom Godwin’s short story, “The Cold Equation” the author uses imagery to show how even when you know something is not morally right you can be pressured into it. In the beginning of “The Cold Equation” there is a young EDS pilot who was on a normal flight transporting supplies to a group on another planet when he found out he was not alone in his EDS. He gathered his blaster and prepared himself to find a man in the closet and he was gonna follow strict protocol and send him out of the EDS into space to die. However, all those plans went out the window when he opened the door and there was a young teenage girl in that closet. He contacted his HQ when and explained the situation, HQ gave him a break and decided to let her live for a while longer. The...
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...Panera Bread Case Study What does a SWOT Analysis reveal about the overall attractiveness of its situation? Panera Bread is all about the idea of having good unique food that will keep the customers coming back. They also give a good ambience in the restaurants that strengthen the customer intuition to go back. To start the SWOT Analysis Panera Breads Strengths are: * Attractive and Appealing Menu Items * Trained Bakers * Homemade Items (Breads, Cookies, Bagels) * Nationwide Leader in the baker-café segment * Good Franchisees- higher sales in franchised stores compared to company owned * Financial strength of the company, able to expand * Local customer base * “Panera Warmth” * Catering The strengths of Panera Bread far out way the weakness. Even though that Panera is not as well known as some of these other chain restaurants they still bring in the same amount and Panera is slowly working their way to where they belong. The weaknesses of Panera Bread are: * A less well known name then other rival restaurants * Sales at franchised stores higher the company-owned stores * Some hard times from the 08-09 recession * Weak dinner menu, more lunch or small meals * Marketing * Quality in food could vary Even though there is some weakness to the company, they must realize this and overcome these shortcomings. Every chain restaurant will have its weakness but to improve is to move forward. Which...
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...Mom found two flashlights, two portable chargers. They all met up in the living room and decided to stay home, they went to the guest bedroom in the middle of the house and put all the supplies in there got blankets and put the food in there. The lights started to flicker and they heard a loud bang outside, they decided to check outside and they saw a huge crater at the end of the road. Dad told the girls to stay inside, they tried to convince him to stay, but he wouldn't there was steam coming from the hole he walked up to it and saw a big metal ball almost like a spaceship from the movies. He sees a vent open more steam comes out he sees a figure come out and he runs all the way back to the house, locks the door and tells his family to get in the closet. “Dad im scared what happened” “I saw something, ...., it looked like a spaceship” “What how I wasn't sure if what they were saying was real” “I know honey were all going to be...
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...fashion items 3. Swapping cleans out your closet and renews your wardrobe at the same time 4. Swapping creates an original look. Find unique, one-of-a-kind fashion items and accessories 5. Swapping supports the local community 6. Swapping helps to redirect clothing away from landfills 7. Swapping helps us to do our part to conserve resources and reduce our overall carbon footprint Financial Perks Let’s get real here – as a general rule of thumb, shopping isn’t wallet-friendly. But swapping is! Transform an entire wardrobe for the mere price of admission. Benefits to the environment A clothing swap lets you refresh your wardrobe, but it also helps reduce your carbon footprint. Instead of your clothes becoming waste, those items are redirected away from landfills and given a second chance. The less stuff going into landfills, the better. Benefits to the community All clothing left over from the swap will be donated to support those in need. Exchanging clothing isn’t the only thing that is exchanged at a swap. Swapping4 Cause Team believes in supporting the local community. We collaborate with the local businesses and entrepreneurs, creating partnerships and bringing great people together at our events. This stimulates growth, creativity and spirit. Laughter and smiles are often a pleasant side effect. HOW IT WORKS? The Swap Til’ You Drop event provides an easy and affordable way for you to de-clutter your closet and exchange your...
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