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    I can competently implement, identify, and describe the four major categories of direct practice in my own practice. I can also competently articulate the correct application, focus, and desired result of direct practice theories presented in this chapter in my own practice. The first of the four major categories is psychodynamic theories, which attempts to connect the current problems a client is having to past traumas from an early time in life. The focus of psychodynamic theories is to translate

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    “We are all equal.” A simple and consistent phrase that reverberates throughout school systems and life alike. And while many people stand by it, can one really say the way society exists accurately portrays this concept? Hate crimes run rampant, minorities continue to be marginalized, the wage gap, despite common belief, marches on even today, and in history classes across the nation, the struggles of people of color are reduced and minimized to make way for white heroes. If one believes

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    Queer Anthropology

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    Queer anthropology is often identified under cultural anthropology and combined with studies like gender studies. It focuses on the intersectionality of human life with various identities. Queer anthropologists ask questions around queer theory and how the social constructs of identity can be challenged to envelop a new wave of thinking. Looking back on historical trends like Stonewall,

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    “Blood Burning Moon” In this short story I see intersectionality of class, race, and gender play out between the characters. Tom Burwell, an African American man, and Bob Stone, a white man, both love an African American woman, Louisa. Louisa works for Bob’s family. Tom works in the sugarcane fields all day. Louisa working for Bob’s family allows him to see Louisa more than Tom does. This sets up the class section of the intersectionality we talked about, Bob is much wealthier than Tom. Louisa

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    Water Is Life Experience

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    I felt pushed me the most out of my comfort zone was the "Water is Life" discussion that they hosted on campus on February 21st. For this discussion they brought two speakers to campus, Angela Mooney D`Arcy and Ziad Abbas, to speak about the intersectionality between what the Native American community is doing for the water crisis in America and what the Palestinian community is doing in Gaza. I thought that this experience would push my comfort zone because I have never been in a Native American

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    Zimmerman was not charged with any crime due to Florida Statutes Title XLVI Chapter 776 – Justifiable Use of Force, also known as Stand Your Ground, which states, “A person is presumed to have held a reasonable fear of imminent peril of death or great bodily harm to himself or herself or another when using or threatening to use defensive force that is intended or likely to cause death or great bodily harm to another…” With this law the “fear of death” only has to be imagined in order for use of deadly

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    sandwich with clear anticipation of eating it. At the very end of the commercial there is a prompt that comes up that says, “With a Sweet Side” to end the commercial. I picked this commercial for this assignment because it is a good example of intersectionality with different cultural identifiers: gender, athlete, fast food, and a bit of sexuality. The four cultural differences are all interweaved in a very interesting way; however, let’s discussed each one. With Ronda, gender comes up very quickly

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    3.1 PROTECTIVE FACTORS Throughout the assessment of multiple options for LGBTQI+ programs, a range of protective factors in terms of Indigenous LGBTQI+ emotional and psychological wellbeing were discovered. These protective factors nurture positive social and emotional wellbeing and promote positive mental health amongst those who identify as Indigenous LGBTQI+ (See figure four). Figure 4 List of protective factors for the support and promotion of positive mental health in the Indigenous

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    Its crucial that pride recognizes the needs and concerns of the most marginalized members of the community because at the end of the day we are all still human. Pride happens every year in the month of June it is when the LGBTQ community comes together and parades the streets downtown to promote their community. In the 2016 pride parade members from the Black Lives Matter which is an organization that was created in 2012 had stalled the parade and requested that all police floats be removed from

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    their studies on the sexualisation of culture to show the complexity of the phenomenon. The second part explains what contributions the intersectional approach can offer the research on sexualisation of culture. The next part illustrates how intersectionality has helped understanding the sexualization of culture through an example of a violent, hard-core porno film. Finally, the conclusion summarises the main reasons for whether an intersectional approach is needed. 2. LITERATURE REVIEW Sexualisation

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