In her book Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature, Janice A. Radway explores the apparent fascination of romantic fiction to many women, and…
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Symbology in “The Women of Brewster Place” (II of II)
Naylor’s image of ‘Man’ is symbolized by all her developed male characters. Invariably, they are the doers and accomplishers in the story — and they…
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Book authored by Gloria Naylor. Book review originally written in 1996 for an English Writing & Composition class Initially, Gloria Naylor’s book The Women of…
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Conditioning by personal choice To the selfish all are selfish.— Aesop These are all unpleasant situations which I suspect many people have had to deal…
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So why does this matter? A friend noted I sounded a bit annoyed here. I am. I don’t know why, but for some reason our…
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Some anthropological context You’re dangerous, ’cause you’re honest…you tell me things I know you’re not supposed to…Well, you lied to me ’cause I asked you…
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What’s gone before If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we would all be millionaires. — Abigail Van Buren Interestingly, the…
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So what does it really mean when someone says, “let’s just be friends”? I can’t speak for all women, but I can speculate based on…
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Originally posted June 2004 Credits: For all those who’ve been part of my emotional relationships. If you helped, thank you for your encouragement, patience, and…
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4. Marriage should be just for child-rearing My first thought at assertions like this is: “Why?” Kids don’t care if there’s a piece of paper…
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