Feminism Essays

The 1800’s were hard times for those who weren’t white males. Every other human being was basically considered a minority including American woman and African Americans. There came a point where the minority groups had enough of their voices being ignored which is when fearless leaders in each group appeared. …

The Philadelphia Story came out in 1939.  At the time, although women had the right to vote, it was still largely agreed that women were to be viewed and treated, not as independent actors, but as defined by their position as part of a family unit.    Although the war broadened …

A Comprehensive Review The Invention of Women by Oyeronke Oyewumi is a comprehensive look into the theory that gender is not a social category in all societies. Oyewumi’s study is concentrated in the Yoruba in western Nigeria.  According to Stony Brook University, where Oyewumi is a faculty member in the …

The Latin Deli: An Ars Poetica             A woman presides over the counter of  a Latin Deli, behind an antique cash register with a magnetic plastic effigy of mother and child on top. The deli smells of open trash cans, dried codfish, and indoor plants.             The woman behind the …

Who was more powerless – Bartleby or the boss? Why? The story of Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wallstreet by Herman Melville shows how destiny differs among men. The narrator, a lawyer who hired Bartleby, a scrivener in the 18th century setting, tried with all his might to change …

The “Yellow Wallpaper” is a vivid, partly autobiographical tale of clinical depression and the struggle for selfhood, written by an early feminist, Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Her life was concerned with her troubled and loveless relationships: with her mother, her father, and her daughter. The story, “The Yellow Wallpaper” is an …

Set in a very hot summer day, Manuel Arguilla’s Midsummer is a story with a very short and simple plot. It is basically a story of a man meeting a very beautiful Filipina woman by the well in a sizzling summer day. It starts off with the man and his …

Spartan Women played a pivotal role in a society which was renowned for its military power. (Womens Role in Society, 2010) In no other city or state were women so well incorporated into a society (Womens Role in Society, 2010), which enabled them to have more power, influence and freedom …

* beep, beep* the annoying and irritating sound of my filthy alarm clock buzzes on, and on trying to awake me. As I drag myself out of bed, I realize that I have a big day waiting ahead of me, but I like to take things one step at a …

Dara Culhane designates the thesis in her article Their Spirits Live within Us, to how Aboriginal women are seen as invisible to the public on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. Culhane then continues on to establish the basis of the annual Valentine’s Day Women’s Memorial March as a way for …