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    Story: The Prowess of the Rock of Hollywood I am the Rock of Hollywood, and I’m known to be the strongest of the movie stars. My fame reaches all over the planet and so do my biceps. I dwell wherever the show takes me, but my home is currently in Florida where the waves reach the shore and the palm trees meet the sun, the beaches are close by and the amusement parks are epic. You can see the sunset on one side and the sun rise on the other. I arrived in this world of celebrity in an unusual way

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    Backlash Blues Analysis

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    To begin with, this paper analyses and compares two motivational, protest songs: the Backlash Blues, performed by Nina Simone in the 1960s, and Freedom by Beyonce and Kendrick Lamar (Beyonce’s album released in 2016). Both works refer to the similar topic of the racial discrimination, but do it in different ways. The Backlash Blues touches more general themes and the discrimination of all kinds of racial minorities. It ends only with the preparation for active moves and also focuses on its own period

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    from a different school likes her on Facebook. Her ex-best friends Bree, who ended their friendship two years ago when Lara’s depression for overweighting got in the way. Bree is mad for not making cheer team. Sarah Darer Littman made a book called BackLash that shows us to think before we act. If Lara thought of all the consequences that could occur by friending Christian on Facebook. Her life would have turned out differently. Lara one of the protagonist in the story she has blonde hair and she is

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    Although the temperance movement was concerned with the habitual drunk, its primary goal was total abstinence and the elimination of liquor. With the ratification of the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, the well-organized and powerful political organizations, utilizing no holds barred political tactics, successfully accomplished their goal. Prohibition became the law of the land on January 16, 1920; the manufacturing, importation, and sale of alcohol was no longer legal in the United States. Through

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    privacy and can lead to difficult consequences such as internet backlash and identity theft. An article written by Charlie Claywell emphasizes that, backlash is an online challenge which involves the process of releasing potentially offensive content and then obtaining excessive feedback from individuals about certain subjects. The content is often and most commonly political or religious. As soon as the content is posted, the backlash begins and it can potentially turn into a world debate and widespread

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    easily damaged. Trust can be defined as having the firm belief or confidence in the reliability, truth, and strength in someone or something. It can be broken with the push of a button on social media or even by words spoken in person. In the book Backlash, author Sarah Darer Littman conveys a message about having trust in a close loved one and how social media can play a major role in people's everyday life. Lara, the main character, plans on taking her own life because of harsh things someone has

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    People become stronger by building up their self-confidence from, when they are faced with difficult times. Lara from the book “Backlash” by Sarah Littman was bullied and went through depression, but because of these experiences, she had learned to love and accept herself. Lara was bullied in her middle school years because of her being overweight. Everyday life was hell for Lara because every kid would pick on her and call her names like Lardo or Lardosaurus. She did not take the bulling very

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    This figure shows a model of the role of actors’ fears of backlash in cultural stereotype maintenance. Cultural stereotypes have given people set standards for the place a certain gender should present themselves. Men are expected to behave as men and show not exhibit any feminine traits, and women are expected to not exhibit any traits of the male gender. A person is expected to present themselves as who society tells them they should be. Most often the stereotypes are placed before a baby is even

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    Case 1.9 ZZZZ Best Company, Inc, 1. Ernst & Whinney audit firm suffered tremendously from the backlash of ZZZZ Best’s case. One of the issues stemming from ZZZZ Best’s case is the difference between a review and an audit as evidence by civil suit filed by a California bank against the firm. The bank claimed that its decision to grant ZZZZ Best’s loan was based on the opinion of Ernst & Whinney review of ZZZZ Best’s financial statements period ending July 31, 1986. The case was ruled in favor

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    In Jennifer L. Pozner’s article, “Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ Backlash” she responded to men’s disgust over plump women showing skin on billboards saying, “Certainly, these men so quick to demonize ‘the Dove girls’ show no understanding that those ‘fantasy babes’ of traditional ads have a profoundly negative impact on the health of girls and women in America” (196). Clearly, there were many men in 2005 who viewed beauty as being thin and tall, which is why I believe society needed that Dove campaign in

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