The Hundred Dresses

They have been portrayed in theatre and other productions as deluded “blokes in dresses (Avery).” These depictions can be linked to the ongoing verbal and physical abuse often suffered by transgender people in society. To combat these transgender inaccuracies, All About Trans is a project that works to change the way that British media

the beginning of the play, several girls were seen dancing and attempting to summon the devil. They are caught in the act and to protect themselves they start to blame men and women of the community as witches who have cursed them. This turns into hundreds of innocent people becoming falsely accused of witchcraft and being put to death. In the end, we see several people confessing to witchcraft to save their lives instead of being hung. A few main

waist and wide hips, exaggerating her sexual features. These exaggerated features are caused by her ornamental dress. The naturalism shown in this sculpture is common in Minoan art, just as the patterns, colors and folds bring the typical Minoan dresses alive. Her body is mostly proportional, except for her hands which seem to be too small for her body. Not a common detail on Minoan sculptures so it's most likely not intentional. The Nike of Samothrace is an example of Hellenistic sculpture. Nike's

Pettinger’s biography on Coco Chanel, he quotes the designer saying, “Most women dress for men and want to be admired. But they must also be able to move, to get into a car without bursting their seams!” (2009). Up until World War I women wore long dresses and skirts with a constricting corset. The doing away with the corset is one of the many things that has been attributed to the influence of Coco Chanel. The corset is a woman's tightly fitting undergarment extending from below the chest to the hips

children. Lauren affirms: When you live in the suburbs of Atlanta, it was easy to forget about whites. Whites were like those pigeons: real and existing, but rarely seen or thought about…everyone had seen white girls and their mother coo-coing over dresses; everyone had gone to downtown library and seen white businessmen swish by importantly, wrists flexed in front of them to check the time as though they would change from Clark Kent into Superman…those images were a fleeing as cards shuffled in a deck

If Arthur Pottinger could have had his way, his favorite sister Daisy would have achieved her goal to be a registered nurse. Since Daisy was five years old, she chose a nursing career and the Pottinger family applauded her choice. That was until Veda Pottinger left home for employment in Kingston the big city. After that, everything changed for the family. Alexander Pottinger managed a fifty acre farm in Salem, a well-known coastal village in St Ann, rural Jamaica. He lived there with his

streaks of terror. You cannot afford the lavished things everyone else can. For you there will be no limo, no date, no fancy candlelit dinner, no magical slow dance, no adorable pictures, and barely even a group. When others talk about their decorative dresses, you think of how yours is from the clearance rack. Your shoes are the basic black ones you have had all year. Your mother will style your hair and your makeup will be non-existent. It is enough to make you not want to

The GI Joe doll portrays the image of a man in the military. He dresses in camouflage and carries around guns. Wagner-Ott describes the GI Joe doll as a "...butch version of Barbie with the same realism and detail, but applied to the toy soldier concept" (249). Considering Barbie's beautiful looks and countless perfect

American culture encompasses many things—football, TV shows like The Walking Dead, food festivals (like our more local Wine and Cheese Festival), and Marvel movies, to name a few. But one of the more enduring, less intelligent and far more scandalous components of our culture is—reality television. Namely shows like Jerry Springer, Maury, and even some of the court TV shows like Judge Judy and The People’s Court. Shows like these take on the same role in our culture that wrestling did in French

During the Elizabethan Era, The Globe Theatre was a very influential upcoming piece of architecture that even Shakespeare first had his plays performed in. Although it was very difficult to keep the building standing for long, it inspired many new theatre styles and still lives on today in England. The Globe Theatre was extremely influential during the Elizabethan Era because of its long history, unique architecture, and new ways of acting to go along with the new theatre style. Although the majority