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    Backlash. The book that can change anyones view on social media, or change your view on those who you call your friends. Bullying isn’t something we should just let time solve we need to take action right away. What kids or even adults say to one another can be very hurtful and cause them to do things like kill themselves. Backlash can help teens understand that more clearly. Backlash is a book on bullying and trust being broken. Two families who have been friends for years soon we’re going to cut

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    Concurrent to the backlash against parabens, there has been an impetus toward alternative preservatives. Yet, the cosmetics industry responded to this issue by merely tricking their consumers once again. In an effort to remove paraben from the ingredient list, most cosmetic companies replaced parabens for another synthetic preservative, such as phenoxyethanol (Rovan). According to a Montreal pharmaceutical chemist, Ben Kaminsky, phenoxyethanol proves to be nothing but a synthetic compound that reduces

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    Backlash from Social Media Usage The technology that is social media can be used for many good purposes, but you should always remember to not post “prejudice/racist comments, not to share confidential information and stay away from idiotic/rude comments” (Newstex. 2015) while you are on the job. Introduction Getting backlash from your social media usage is a scare for a lot of people in this age of technology. Whether you run your company’s social media or not, having to make sure you follow the

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    1. BACKLASH AGAINST THE LAUNCH OF THE PORCHE CAYENNE Porsche Core Customers The introduction of the Porsche Cayenne had angered the current Porsche owners. These current owners are worried that the Porsche Cayenne would mark the end of the Porsche that they once knew. To Porsche owners, the concept of an SUV is too different from the other cars in the Porsche family. They want Porsche to retain its performance sports car heritage through designing only sport car models that are fitted to the Porsche

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    Sexual Harassment and Anti-Feminist Backlash on Social Media In her article “A Woman’s Place is on the Internet,” Rebecca Mead notes that “if we have gone a long distance toward disproving the notion that a woman’s place is in the home, we are still discouragingly far from it being widely understood and accepted that a woman’s place might, safely, be online” (Mead, “A Woman’s Place is on the Internet”). Mead’s call for safety for women online speaks to the persistent misogyny and sexual harassment

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    Lara Kelly was a victim of cyberbullying. Many middle and high schoolers hear all the time about cyberbullying and not to do it, but the book Backlash really puts the issue into a harsh perspective for its readers. Sarah Darer Littman has written many books, including Backlash, which deals with a lot of issues we face today. Backlash starts off with one of the major characters, Sydney. She is waiting for her sister, Lara, to be out of the bathroom so she can shower when she realizes Lara has taken

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    Through The Backlash Against Feminism, Susan Faludi creates an argument that analyzes the basis for the persistent criticisms and overall refusal to accept feminism throughout history and during the time that the novel was written. She argues that despite the fact that this “backlash” is unmerited and unnecessary, it still manages to scare people away from the idea of gender equality. Since this argument is relatively new and the issues regarding the patriarchy and masculinity still have not been

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    Social and Political Backlash of Single Mothers Single parents have been criticized since the beginning times of early settlers and their negative backlash has deep roots in American culture. Even before the American government was established, early settlers borrowed ideas from England to create settlements laws and colonial poor laws in the 17th century to punish women who didn’t have husbands and mothers whom unfortunately were not part of a marriage. The sole purpose early settlers established

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    Maasik, a writing programs lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, and Jack Solomon, an English Professor at California State University, and located within the second chapter of the textbook, the brief article, Dove’s “Real Beauty” backlash, written by Jennifer L. Pozner, the executive director of Women In Media & News (“Sonia Maasik”)(“Jack Solomon”)(194). Mass entertainment culture, the popular interests of the majority broadcasted in the media, can be attributed for constituting

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    Joan Templeton’s “The Doll House Backlash: Criticism, Feminism, and Ibsen” criticizes author, Henrik Ibsen and his feminist societal drama, A Doll House. Templeton’s article discusses multiple criticisms of A Doll House theme and one of its’ main characters, Nora Helmer. In the beginning of the article, Templeton opens her criticism with comparing A Doll House theme to William Shakespeare’s Richard II theme. “The Doll House Backlash: Criticism, Feminism, and Ibsen” has many opinions

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