Real Women Have Curves (2002) By Patricia Cardoso

One of the symbolic representations in Real Women Have Curves is a scene in the sweat shop where they are very hot and take off their out clothes and compare cellulite. This is a way for the director to convey that everyone should be ok with their bodies. Anna and her mother are at a restaurant and she tells her not to eat the flan it has too much sugar. It’s very funny because Anna’s mother tells her she wants a grandchild and if she lost weight she could find a man. Anna eats the flan in defiance of her mother. One of the symbolic representations in the movie Selena is the music itself. Selena’s father tries to get her into a style of Latino music that is inherently dominated by men. Selena’s father continues to push her till she succeeds

According to the text, gender is “Psychological sex-type” (Ronald Adler, 2015). I associate with being a female. I consider myself to be feminine. I am one of five grandchildren, and I am the only girl. Growing up, I was the princess, my cousins called me sis, or sissy, short for sister. When my cousins would play ninja’s I would be a ninja princess. I always played what they played, but a female version. I believe women can rule the world, and in girl power. I think part of my belief that girls can do anything comes from my mom being a teacher at the one and only girl school in Dayton, Charity Early Adams Academy for Girls. I grew up in Brownies, and Girl Scouts, both organizations promote female issues. When I was younger, I also belonged also to the American Girl Doll club, where girls would meet and bring their American Girl Dolls for reading, activities, and conversations. My mom always had me in pink with

Film adaptations are supposed to capture the essence of the book on which they are based; however, this is not the case with Real Women Have Curves. The play, written by Josefina Lopez, emphasizes the collective struggle of women and how they are there to support each other. The film adaptation, only co-written by Josefina Lopez, displays an individualistic and almost selfish point of view, while emphasizing the individual struggle where each woman is only looking out for themselves and not each other. The play and the movie are quite distinct; not only do they communicate different messages, but the characters shift in personality, drastically changing the entire storyline and making many into antagonists instead of protagonists as they originally

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In the movie, women are controlled by men in almost every single aspect. They can’t talk to other men without a permission from a male relative, they can’t be heard by other men, they can’t ride bicycles, they can’t drive, etc. Women were supposed to obey men in everything they do.

The author, Junot Diaz portrays, his feelings about life through his novel This is How You Lose Her (You already said this! Too Repetative! Take it out or rephrase!). The author used a female character Nilda. She showed how men and women can be equal in every respect such as dreams, jobs, and class. Nilda would do anything to thrive throughout her life.

The story written by Lauren Smith follows the life of an undocumented farmer named Odilia Chaves, from his struggles as a child to having some success as a grown up, in his own words. Although it isn't much, he's happy and is living the American dream he claims. Although being an illegal immigrant, 40-year old Odilia Chavez has no problem finding work, as long as it’s in the fields. All he’s ever known is picking in the fields and being illegal, it’s not easy to build an education for yourself. With that being said Odilia says this is his life till he can no longer work. Towards the end of the story he even gives detail of how some people he’s worked for have harassed him, but when this occurs he can always relocate. There’s so many farming

Julianne Tarullo, a journalist from the Huffington Post and press coordination of NBCUniversal Media, explains the nutritional challenges of a college student in her article “Nutrition in College: Answers From the Experts.” Weight gain, eating habits, fad diets, drinking, and weight management are some of the nutritional challenges that a college student may face. Tarullo’s article relates to a topic of why college years are a nutritional challenge, which is a topic discussed in chapter 7 of “Get Fit Stay Well.”

Masculinity resembles cruelty and strength while femininity symbolizes kindness and empathy. Her deep passionate yearning, causes her to plea, “Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty. Make thick my blood. Stop up th’ access and passage to remorse,” She is fretful that the stigma of her gender could lead to potential failure and therefore taking on masculine traits will lead to success. This leaves her with not only an identity crisis but also a gender crisis.

Godley writes that the innocent and naive attitude of the character Anastasia is the reasonable result of teaching of abstinence only sex education in schools across the country. Godley believes this goal behind and the teaching of abstinence only educating promote the disempowerment of women and the has brought on feelings of “shame” and “fear” of sexual desirees.

Women have been portrayed as fragile creatures and men as muscular beings in science fiction. Le Guin alludes to sexism in her work The Dispossessed through the world building of her novel. Anarres is a planet where citizens are all equal to each other no one owns property or has more wealth over another. The world that is Anarres has no true rules but laws that revolve around equality and harmony. All citizens are required to work in order to contribute to everyone's well being “how can you understand, coming from the moon… all brothers and sisters and no fun”(pg 215).

In the film Real Women Have Curves, Ana Garcia strives to live an ordinary teenager’s life, although she’s not able to do so because of the Mexican tradition her family abides by everyday. Ana’s Mother, Carmen Garcia, continuously pesters Ana about her weight and the way she carries herself by not fitting into society’s commands of how a female should convey themselves. Along with her weight, her dream to go off to college is quickly crushed by her unsupportive family who demand she grows up to be a housewife and raise children. Unlike most women, Ana doesn’t let society define the way she should live her life. By doing so, she reveals the female gaze multiple times throughout the film.

The film depicts a future where gender role differentiation is almost nonexistent. Personally, I would describe the key roles that women play in the film to be quite significant and empowering. The women in the film are portrayed as independent, strong-willed and fully capable of harnessing their potential as individuals. The film highlights how women are also capable of being strong leaders in many different circumstances — not just men. Dr. grace Augustine was a female and was in charge of the entire Avatar program. Additionally, many of the tribal leaders in Avatar were women. Also, Neytiri was a Na’Vi woman that was very strong and skilled in combat. Her mother, Moat, had the highest rank in the Omaticayan tribe due to the fact that she was able to act as a bridge between the Na’Vi and Eywa. In our world, almost all the deities are males, but in Pandora, Ewya was considered a female and was the most powerful entity — a goddess. This relates to Aboriginal Spirituality as women also tend to have prominent, leader like roles. Women traditionally play a central role within the Aboriginal family, and in spiritual ceremonies. Moreover, women are viewed as spiritual leaders and caretakers of life. Also, a lot of the Aboriginal spirits are personified and considered to be of female

For example, she is made to be a hunter, she doesn't show her emotions like audiences expect females to, she kills and is focused on survival. This suggests that the film offers a positive representation of women as she progresses the narrative, she is a woman of action who is intelligent and independent. Contrary, it plays on gender roles as the main male character has more feminine aspects, for example he is more emotional and romantic. These characteristics that the female have, shows that the role is only female by sex whereas her personality traits, desires, and physical appearance all identify closer with masculinity rather than femininity. The aspects of the female character can imply that women don't have to be stay at home housewife, suggesting it is becoming more acceptable and admirable to be independent and intelligent.

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