...paragraph, she enters a new mode- Classification. By beginning with descriptive mode to then shift to definition, Tannen allows her audience to see the relationships between how “women” look vs. how they are defined as. Through this the reader is able to acknowledge how women automatically lower themselves in order to fit the standards of being a woman “full of dignity.” 2. “Gender markers pick up extra meanings that reflect common associations with the female gender: not quite serious, often sexual.” (Tannen) Do you agree with it? Can you think of examples from your own observations? • i do agree with her argument since “gender markers” consistently redefines and imposes the image and identity of what women are supposed to be, which is very similar to the role of beauty. Based on my observations beauty creates and defines the ideal image a woman should have, which is mostly seen in social media where it imposes the socially accepted body image a woman should have depending on the country. 3....
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...Despite never making a definitive assertion, linguistics professor Deborah Tannen, convinces her readers that discrimination against women exists in the most hidden ways in our culture in her essay There Is No Unmarked Woman. Using comparison and contrast, Tannen persuades her audience of the reality that women are inherently labeled in our society. She begins the essay with a personal account of the ways she distinguished three women she encountered at a conference based on their physical appearance. Tannen exposes how women are immediately scrutinized based on how they chose to present themselves. Their clothes, hair, and/or make-up automatically determine who they are. She then contrasts this to baseline standard men are held to. Unlike women, there is no true distinction from the norm men can produce with looks and they are less often judged for making these choices. Tannen effectively convinces her readers by forcing them to think back on their own personal experiences. By identifying this inequality, the reader is exposed to just one way women are subjected to unfair branding....
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...McMillen English103 05 October 2015 Analysis Essay: “Marked Women, Unmarked Men” Deborah Tannen creates a semiotic setting out of a conference of which included both men and women in order to prove that women are marked by cultural expectations while men are left unmarked. As an eyewitness to this conference, the audience can rely on Tanner to support truthful evidence of her observants. What Tanner was overseeing was the action of mindless conformity committed by the females attendants of the conference to dress in a particular fashion, because women are marked. Tanner defines the term ‘marked’ as “a staple of linguistic theory. [Noting that] it refers to the way language alters the base meaning of a word by adding a linguistic particle that has no meaning on its own” (Tannen 392). The authors’ claim in this essay is “to say anything about women and men without marking oneself as either feminist or anti-feminist, male-basher or apologist for men seems as impossible for a woman as trying to get dressed in the morning without inviting interpretations of her character” (Tannen 394). Examining the dress, presentation and posture of the people in the room allowed Tannen to conclude that women are marked and men are unmarked. Evidence provided by Tannen to her audience is derived from The Sociolinguistic Language written by Ralph Fasold. Tanner uses Fasold’s biological comparison for her term of the ‘marked woman’ to show that “biologically it is the male that is marked. While two...
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...Subtle Tones of Racism in “A Worn Path” Eudora Welty’s short story titled “A Worn Path” is a glimpse into the past and the double standard that African American’s suffered during the time. Phoenix is a poor, uneducated woman from the country whose strong moral fiber will not allow her age, rampant racism or her obvious poverty to deter her from her goal of making it to town. She must make it through the many obstacles of the wilderness including the forest, swamp, and unmarked corn fields with only an umbrella repurposed as a cane. When she does encounter another soul along the way she is threatened with a gun and fighting dogs. Finally arriving to her destination she is treated like an annoyance rather than a human being. Upon starting her journey, Phoenix Jackson is described as “an old Negro woman with her head tied in a red rag” (Welty 464). She is wearing what are obviously repurposed materials that she had made into a dress and apron, but she takes care not to snag or tear the clothing on the various thorns along her journey, a trait of the colored elderly of the time as she knew it would be hard to come by more materials. Phoenix has an old umbrella she uses as a cane both for protection and for help seeing what is ahead of her as her vision was not what it was. “Her eyes were blue with age” (Welty 464). Phoenix knows that if she did not complete this journey her grandson would suffer as there is no one to deliver or pick up the much needed medicine. If she was white...
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...Margaret Corbin BY: Gwyndolynn Corbin Margaret Corbin was a hero of the American Revolution, she was the first woman in combat during a battle for independence. She was a strong, brave independent woman. I Gwyndolynn Corbin is related to this woman she would be my great great great great etc Grandmother. Margaret Corbin “maiden name Cochran” was born in November 12, 1751 in Pennsylvania. She had one brother named John Cochran. Her parents were Sara Cochran and Robert Cochran. They lived in Franklin County Pennsylvania. Margaret Corbin lived a simple life at first growing up on a farm. Than hardship struck in 1756 when she was 5 years old, her and her older brother went to visit her uncle. While they were gone her mother and father were attack by an...
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...The History and Culture of Body Modification What is body modification and why has it had such a large impact on society? For centuries humans have been using their bodies as a canvas to identify themselves to the rest of society. Body modification lets a person stand out or blend in; it allows people to describe who they are and where they come from without saying a word. There are many forms of body modification such as Tattooing, Scarification, Piercings, Stretching, Plastic Surgery, and Corseting. Each form holds a story, a reason why it is done. “ In the past three decades, Western body art has not only become a practice, and in some quarters a fashion, that has crossed social boundaries of class and gender, "high" culture and "low," but also it has been greatly influenced by "tribal" practices, past and present.” (Enid Schildkrout, Inscribing the Body, Para 10 line 8) Tattooing The history of tattooing stems back thousands of years from all over the world for all different reasons. “In terms of tattoos on actual bodies, the earliest known examples were for a long time Egyptian and were present on several female mummies dated to c. 2000 B.C. But following the more recent discovery of the Iceman from the area of the Italian-Austrian border in 1991 and his tattoo patterns, this date has been pushed back a further thousand years when he was carbon-dated at around 5,200 years old. The distribution of the tattooed dots and small crosses on his lower spine and right knee...
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...need to get this criminals’ papers. You can guard him,” Once the interrogator left for the office, Pendanski turned to Marion and whispered to him, “Quick, down this alley. I’m breaking you out of here.” Pendanski saw the surprised look on his face and explained, “My boss wants me to find people to work for her and I saw you on the news. You are perfect for the job. You’ll find out about it when we get to camp.” They turned into a back alley and Pendanski started a black, unmarked motorbike that was clearly for the purpose of their escape. As they drove away from the station, the sirens went off, but by the time they left the city, no one was following them. They drove east for 8 hours before random holes could be seen in the dry, cracked ground. In the distance, sounds of people digging in the excruciating heat could be heard by Marion. They stopped the motorbike outside a small cabin, with two solitary palm trees out the front with a hammock stretched between them. On the hammock laid a middle aged woman with turquoise studded boots who arose and walked over to meet them. “That’s the Warden,” Pendanski whispered. “Don’t mess with her,” The ‘warden’ finally got to them and said to Marion, “And who might you be?” Marion extended his hand and replied, “Call me Mr. Sir”. ...
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...to the British museum in Cairo, Egypt. Imhotep goes to the museum and stays after hours to perform a ritual calling for a woman's sacrifice. At the same time across town a new character is introduced, Helen Grosvenor, and she is drawn to Imhotep’s call. She is hypnotized and she leaves the party to make her way to the museum. The museum is closed and locked up when she arrives, but it does not stop her from banging on the door trying to get in. Frank and his dad saw this happening and tried to explain that it was closed. Then unexpectedly Grosvenor faints on the steps but Whemple is there to catch her. At the same moment, Imhotep is interrupted by the museum security guard and kills him off-screen. Not even ten minutes after meeting the woman she has her mind taken over and faints on the steps. She is shown to be weak and needing help from the men around her. Also, no history is given to the audience about her like the other male characters have been given. She is already shown to be an object and nothing else in this story. The next scene, Grosvenor wakes up in the Whemple’s house and is confused on what happened. The Whemple’s and Dr. Muller explain to her what happened but are cut off from receiving the news about the security guard. While Dr. Whemple and Dr. Muller are in the other room discuss the scroll they found, Frank is confessing his love to Grosvenor. Even though they only met hours before Frank had fallen in love with Helen and that is why they did not take her to...
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...and set them on this long and disturbing journey. A few Indians traveled by water. Most traveled by land. Woman carried their babies and the sick and elderly traveled by wagons. In fact A gentleman by the name of George Hicks led one of the cherokee groups in fact before departing he sent a letter to the leader of the departing cherokees and stated that it was with great sorrow that they were being forced by the white man out of the state away from home were they were born and raised and sent him a farewell.The trip to the Indian territory took about six months. They were about sixteen thousand cherokees that marched through the rain, snow, and bitter cold. Traveling about one thousand {text:soft-page-break} miles away. Traveling without food, clothing,or shelter. How horrific it was for the four thousand people that died on this route and in doing so never had a proper burial they had to be buried in shallow unmarked graves. Having to bury forteen and fifteen people at every stop. How? We ask the U.S could not be bothered to share America's riches with a different race which whom they viewed as inferior and less civil to their own culture. The cherokees that actually survived this journey Called it the Trail whom which they cried” Today it is known as the Trail of Tears. They called it the Trail of Tears because the many woman, men and children that cried along the trail looked so sad when there loved ones died but yet said a word...
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...A chicana is a Mexican-American girl or woman. Some women don’t want to say either Mexican or American so they can say Chicana. The canvas is the marked or unmarked body of the chicana. Chicanas are the largest number of tattoo recipients. Santos talked to us about how chicanas are frequently manipulated when they get tattoos by a male tattoo artist, judged, or even denied of tattooing them. The point of the chicana canvas is for Mexican-American girls or women to have the same equal rights as men to be able to get tattoos without getting judged negatively. To have the ability to decorate their canvas as they wish. Chicanas are also starting to become tattoo artists to represent and tattoo other chicanas. The chicana tattoo artists are growing and representing the girls and women of their race. They want to spread the message that they can also...
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...PLAYTIME by Jacques Tati Shot from 03:12 – 04:48 / Airport waiting room __________________________________________________________________________ Jacques Tati’s 1967 film, Playtime, captures a cascading series of events through the sterile architecture of Paris, in which few familiar characters inhabit. Tati’s infamous alter ego, Monsieur Hulot, haphazardly occupies many scenes as he stumbles through Paris after trying to contact an American official. The film is confined to no genre, nor does it necessarily form a new one – it simply exists in its own right as an exploration of societal function. Originally shot on 70mm, the film carries impressive visual power in its clear details which are necessary for the comedic impact of its visual cues. The film was infamous in its use of extravagant sets created from scratch, composed mostly of concrete, steel, and glass which in the end made Jacques Tati’s film one of the most expensive French films of its time. This, coupled with an initial poor reception of the film, bankrupted Tati. Today, the film is renowned as a masterpiece of mise-en-scene, an avant-garde picture released ahead of its time. The film is certainly one of mere observation and an encapsulating look at humanity’s occupation of the modern world. The fourth shot...
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...reproductive anatomy, insanely exaggerated labial folds that some scholars argued were a sign of sexual promiscuity. Every feature of a black woman was debased, compared to apes and creatures of the ground, “primitive” beings, yet at the same time, their sexuality, promiscuity, and seductive nature was overtly emphasized in scientific theory. Simultaneously fascinated and repulsed by black women, European anatomists gossiped and obsessed over the bodies of these “inferior” women, going so far as to dissect the body of a free African women who refused scientific examination in life - known best as the “Hottentot Venus” - as soon as her skin grew cold. As Sciebinger points out, “[h]er skin was apparently sent back to England, stuffed, and put on display.” The Hottentot Venus’ anatomy was on display in the Musee d’Homme until 1976. The body was returned to South Africa in 2002. For now-apparent reasons, the male and European establishment’s attempts to justify their racist status quo accumulated, like all paradigms eventually do, contraction, complexity, and carelessness. Anatomy, at the time thought to be an ideal of objectivity, floundered. Sciebinger points out that many scholarly accounts of African anatomy came from second, even third hand sources. The specimens anatomists examined were largely male, if gender was marked at all. If unmarked, the skulls were presumed male, or presumed “unisex.” The European view of white men rested on two ideas: that white men were the ideal from...
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...Jack Ziesing 4-13-11 Jenni The Change Throughout the past four years of my life at Redwood High School just north of San Francisco, I have noticed a significant amount of transformation that feminism has made over the past couple of decades. Growing up near San Francisco I was exposed to women fighting the typical stereotypes and issues surrounding their gender. However, the women’s rights movement has come a long way, and women are now usually seen as equals to men. They have succeeded in almost all endeavors men have. Women in today’s society occupy powerful political positions, commanding jobs, such as CEOs of large corporations, and are no longer exempt from stereotypical male jobs such as firefighters, policemen, and doctors. Although some would argue that feminism is still a necessary movement, from personal experience I would disagree. Education has allowed feminism to become less relevant because it has given women the opportunity to be successful amongst men in today’s society. My previous school, Redwood High School, is a small-scale example of how feminism has transformed throughout society. Freshman year of high school, I was outside of the basketball gym talking with a friend. As I was waiting for basketball practice to begin, I turned to my friend and said, “We have to wait for girls practice to end… What a joke!” I was unaware of my surroundings and failed to consider the impact my words could have on women. At this point, a senior girl on the...
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...They believe that the First Woman was born here and still resides in this canyon. Psychics and paranormal researchers have recorded strange energies here as well. It is considered the most powerful vortex in the area Rachel’s Knoll is located in Boynton Canyon and is the location of an upflow and inflow complex vortex. Boynton Canyon, Secret Canyon and Sycamore Canyon have had reports of UFO siting’s and are the location of a strange military and paramilitary presence. There have been many siting’s of strange unmarked helicopters in this area. Those who have tried to track these helicopters find themselves stopped by unseen voices declaring this is a restricted area and some have even seen the laser tracking red dots of a rifle coming to rest on them as a warning to leave. Oak Creek and the Chapel of the Holy Cross are beneficial locations for meditation. People claim to have visions of an underground civilization while they meditate at the chapel while the water in Oak Creek is believed to have healing powers....
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...didn't have a boyfriend, but I did receive a greeting card from a secret admirer. It would have been flattering, except the card featured a picture of an office desk with neatly arranged paper clips and pens. I can't remember what it said inside the card, but it hardly mattered. While other women inspire candlelit dinners and marriage proposals, some guy felt the need to tell me that I was as exciting as office supplies. Not to say that all my Valentine's Days have been dull. I had a particularly memorable one the year I was dating, long-distance, a guy who lived in England. I had been waiting all day for him to surprise me. I had thought up several scenarios, from him flying in to Calcutta just for the day, to receiving a mysterious, unmarked brown box covered with U.K. postage stamps. I checked the mailbox every hour and would look up expectantly each time our doorbell rang. Instead, I stumbled upon an e-mail that evening detailing his "intensely passionate"...
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