Girls Convention Speech

Hello, My name is Maisie Johnson and I am the program chair for our Beta Club. I enjoying doing many things which include, FCA, Cheerleading, and of course the wonderful Beta Club. This club has taught me how to get involved and contribute to my school and Manning High Beta will forever be in my heart for that!

Me, Ava, Korryn, Ali, Olyvia, Bailey, and Sophie were on the way to valley fair. The loud and crowded car ride was filled with music, laughter and Sophie screaming! We got some drinks and snacks along the way and played pranks on the people that our nanny Bailey went to highschool with. About 2 hours later we were there and waiting in line to get wristbands. When we finally got our wristbands we walked in the gates of Valley Fair.

“The Atlanta Exposition Speech” by Booker T. Washington, “The Talented Tenth” but W.E.B. DuBois, and “The Negro’s Place in American Life at the Present Day” by T. Thomas Fortune were written during the end of the nineteenth century when African Americans were faced with great challenges on a range of different levels. These documents are very like one another considering they are all addressing the same issues, but I also feel like each of them are unique from one another because of the person who wrote them. Washington focuses more on an industrial education so the blacks can go to school. He has the whites to believe that it will also affect them and make things better for them at the time and that they will

Yes- I religiously check my Pinterest and Instagram accounts, wear leggings at least twice a week, have a closet filled with clothes from Victoria’s Secret PINK, own two pairs of Ugg boots, and love a good cup of Starbucks. I am the epitome of the stereotypical “white girl”. I realize why the “white girl” stereotype has been created, we are viewed as being the same creature; a first world girl with an iPhone 6 and a profound love for the season of fall. Of course we all sing Taylor Swift songs way too loudly in the car and binge watch Beyonce videos, they’re what is being marketed to us. We have similar interests because we are a similar age living in the same time. However, it has occurred to me how much I really hate the stereotype

barely any air, there was nothing to drink or eat, it was hot, and people had to

It was still morning when we got there so we had all day to play and mess around. When we got all the stuff out the car we went to go find a spot. While we were looking we were already so excited, anyways when we found a spot we put some blankets on the floor, set our chairs up, and put all the food on the tables. Us kids all went to the bathrooms

On September 5, 1995 in Beijing, China, first lady Hillary Clinton delivered a speech on women’s rights at the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women. As Clinton stood in front of an audience of thousands she proudly stated “If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” The target of the conference was to inform the audience of government officials, leaders of organizations and the public on the problems women throughout the world face. Clinton’s speech argued how women were not treated equally and that women’s rights should be equal to human rights. Throughout her speech, Clinton provided harsh examples of the abuse, rape, death and discrimination women face, to evoke sympathy from the audience. Her overarching goal was to get action among government officials and motivate women across the world to take control of their lives and not suffer from these circumstances. Clinton uses a mix of pathos, ethos, logos, and anaphora to deliver a definition argument on why women’s rights are human rights.

She came after what seemed like eternity and I really just want to go home. Of course, I had to stay. They must have gotten a janitor to clean up because the class was exactly the same and my seat was shiny. None of my friends said anything about it, not even Hailey E., my newest friend.

Have you ever had anything taken from you? Did it really mean anything to you? A teen activist is someone who would fight to get it back. Teen activists are people who speak up for what they believe in, they stand up for what they think is right. What I personally admire so much about them is that their biggest goal, is just to make the world a better place. To become a teen activist, you have to believe in something so strongly, something that you are so passionate about, and you have to bet willing to fight for it. Teen activists always have something they are fighting for. They want to change the world and make it better in some way. Although, they don’t just have a completely perfect life. They may encounter a problem along the way.

When everybody else was up and awake and all are stuff was packed and ready, in the car, we all got in and went of to the highway. We drove for eight hours, and had one or two stops on the way for something to eat. We had pizza, crisps, and snacks on the way.

I went to Martin Luther College for the entire weekend for a basketball tournament. We left thursday at noon, and we did not arrive until eight o’clock that night. The college student that was suppose to pick Nathan and I up never showed up. We had to wait an extra 30 minutes because we had to find a new roommate. When we finally put our luggage down, we went straight to the pool. I did not go to bed until 3:30 in the morning because the college kids next to my room were really loud. In the morning, I went down to have breakfast with the team. I had eggs and hash browns. We went to chapel and had a tour of the campus. The campus was really nice. We had a game at 4:45, so coach wanted us to meet up at three. Unfortunately, we lost our first

“Well you know, you’re cute for a black girl,” this guy said to me once. At age 11, I most likely would have giggled and said thank you, but I’m 20 now, and hearing that is getting old. I’m not cute for a black girl, guess what, I’m just cute. That phrase never made sense to me. Why am I cute for a black girl? Are black girls not cute? Would my features be better looking if they were on a non-black female? This phrase I will never understand.

Did you know children in beauty pageants take up to 10 pixie sticks as a pre-pageant boost and parents spend thousands of dollars on dresses and makeup for their children to compete? I think beauty pageants are wrong and thousands of dollars are spent just so the child can win something they may not have even signed up to do. Beauty pageants are a time for children to be dressed up in expensive dresses and put onto a stage. Parents enter these children, and because lots of them are so young, that the children can't say no and not do it compared to older children who can have a choice. Young children shouldn't be allowed to enter beauty pageants because they can cause harmful effects on the children which will harm their future.

I. ATTENTION GETTER: Think about every time someone has said or taught you something sexist, now think about what you’ve heard about feminism in the media, from your friends, from yourself. Now think about what gender inequality and feminism looked like in the past. Did you know that there are still countries where domestic violence isn’t frowned upon and that feminism stretches outside of the United States to issues such as that?

Often times, women are pressured by the mainstream media to upkeep a stellar appearance. They are expected to measure up to high standards without question. Even before most girls reach puberty, commercials are bombarding them with small Barbie esque makeup kits filled with lip glosses and chalky eyeshadows. The impact it has on impressionable children, both girls and boys is something that will likely last a lifetime if unlearned. Cosmetic companies who are marketing to young ladies say they can simply improve their looks to gain acceptance from their peers if they use the products they are selling. The makeup industry is a multi million enterprise that makes a profit from women’s insecurities and amplified pressures from society as a common tactic many cosmetic campaigns use is to push women to embrace the ‘natural look’ by providing products that will make it appear as if the individual is not even wearing makeup. Companies will spout out that with these products, the end result will be ‘you, but better.’ It is somewhat of an underlying and slightly manipulating slogan, as if to say how a woman appears could be improved because it is lacking in the moment. This distorts how we all believe how a woman is suppose to look.