#Why must I be on my period if I am a multidimensional being that exists beyond human comprehension (what does this mean)
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bro this was so infuriating to draw but like. Fugirl. (Insert giggle)
The anatomy is so off with the legs but like. I didn’t put too much effort on it ok. Let the legs be wonky doinky.
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#Not saying much I’m on my period and I’m tired#Why must I be on my period if I am a multidimensional being that exists beyond human comprehension (what does this mean)#Haha so anyway#jjba#jojo no kimyou na bouken#jojo's bizarre adventure#pannacotta fugo#fugirl#traditional art#narancia ghirga#< small doodle#Also he’s genderbent#Because yuri ‼️‼️‼️#guido mista#< also a small doodle#(Did him during an English mini test 😭)#And erm ignore the notes I took on the paper it’s just stuff for my French classes#Fugonara#< kinda
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DAY 2
Ah, day 2. I was comforted by the fact that I knew what to expect now, so I went in ready to continue learning more and boy, was it fun!
1. Future Lions
This was a session in Debussy that was like a mini award show, displaying award winning ideas produced by young lions. I learned that limits only exist in your mind, and that “you should let your imagination power your progress.”
Stagnation is an illusion and everything is apart of the creative process. You may feel like you hit a bump in the road and you aren’t reaching your full potential, but during that period you are growing subconsciously. Take in your environment and allow it to inspire you.
2. When Worlds Collide: The Evolution of Creativity — Hosted by David Droga and Brian Whipple
Inefficiency is inexcusable at this point with all the advanced technology and creativity there is in the world. A bold statement, but sadly true. There is no room for not being able to be the best you can when there are so many resources out there. Collaboration is the key to advancement (which is why Droga5 and Accenture have come together) to provide a more enriched and valuable experience in terms of product and success.
The standout point to me here was “some people need to understand that there is no differences in creatives and tech, it is all intertwined.” The more I digested this, I realized the very essence of technology is creativity. Creativity allows innovations to come to life, whatever they may be. Being insular is never good and adding layers upon layers to what you already have will only improve the product to make it multifaceted and powerful.
Top companies with multidimensional approaches generate more revenue than small creative agencies, which is obvious. However if you are unique and passionate, you can reach the top yourself with the right skills and mindset.
3. More is More: the Future of Prestige Content in the Streaming Age —Hosted by Laura Dern, Robert Greenblatt, and Radhika Jones
I am a huge Laura Dern fan because I love her show Big Little Lies. I never realized until this talk that there was a power to the “all women cast with all differing complex and strong personalities.” There were mainly women producers and actors, which make the show unique. Dern comments that “we need to stop distinguishing it and accepting it as normal, although there is a long way to go. Can we just call it an incredible show without specifying that it is mostly women?”
TV programming is essential to culture and unity as a society. We are all insatiable when it comes to new things for everyone to watch and discuss. Appointment TV (like when a show is scheduled to come on everyday at 8pm) provides anticipation and gets everyone excited to come together to see what will happen next. Rather than platforms like Netflix just dumping a shows entire season on one night, HBO offers a more authentic television experience that “gives young creatives a voice and boost for the most relatable content.”
4. Meet the Legends @ The Whalar Stage — Hosted by Robert Triefus, Sir Martin Sorrell, Phil Duncan, and Domatille Do
Another Whalar Stage talk to decompress and have a more calm environment was just what I needed. These big name speakers represent some of my favorite brands (Gucci, Procter and Gamble) and I was eager to see what advice they had to give.
- Never let tech go too far. Not only is it scary, but we do not want it to take over the consumer idea. (Ai, robots, etc.) nothing could ever beat genuine human interactions and innovations.
- Break from the traditional paths to achieve growth; it is important to know our consumers and value is better than being cheapness. Better ROI (return on investment).
- Speed is a competitive advantage. The faster you get the best next thing out there, the more beneficial and popular it is going to be.
5. L’Oreal: Driving Transformation in the Digital Age— Hosted by Lubomira Rochet
How has digital transformed and revolutionized the beauty industry? It is essential to continuously reinvent to keep up with consumer trends.
The digital revolution is fast and exponential = data and artificial intelligence is ideal to optimize the beauty and buying experiences. Creativity does not just come from one source- all fields must come together (well balanced) for the best results.
- Stay centered on the reason why you came into the industry. People do not collect data just to collect it; there is an underlying purpose. It is not about the data itself, rather it is about the relationships. Not about the tech, but the atmosphere you create.
TRUST AND ATTENTION = biggest currency and of highest value.
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Heel bash
Perfect beeing : an imprefect novel. The next day, you are on your way to the university with a small bag full of books and papers. You feel like you have been running all over town, but then again that is what this job does for you. The only thing keeping you from running amok in the streets is your fear of being caught by the police or some other authority figure who might not be as understanding as you would like about such actions. Angylph speaks and says "so what is this all about" You explain to him your situation and he seems very interested in it. He asks if you know anyone who might help you out. You say no, but Angylph points at one of the students sitting near you and says "that girl there is a student here too right? She could use some extra money." "since i prefer art bots instead of aborted babies, im going to assume you're referring to terease, and cant be legion. "when i read specutalive fiction" Just then, terease and the professor enter the room. Terease instantly notices you and walks towards the bottom of the steps leading up to where the professor is. By now angylph has moved into a corner away from everyone else obviously "engrossed" by a small experimental piece made by one of his fellow students. "alright here we go" you hear the professor mutter under his breath as he waits for everyone to quiet down. "let me sit back an attempt to figure all this out" he starts wit a chuckle, "well first of all it has to be said that this school is very proud of all of you. you have shown great promise in your respective fields especiallizing top graduates like terease here who graduated summaCum laude and to be honest would have finished much earlier had she not partaken in many of the University's arts programs." Everyone starts clapping at this point and the professor raises his hand for quiet. A sea of letters is called the spooge of Satan "and so it is with great pride in your accomplishments that the following students are also graduated." The professors lets out a long list of graduates names and tereases colapses from exhaustion and joy seconds before her name is called. You are, of course, one of the students called to receive a diploma. After nearly a full hour everyone gets their scholorships ready they begin to talk amongst themselves until the professor gets everyone's attention again. The who who clicks last is a stooge "on a completely different matter" he says "i know many of you come from far places, and some of you even farther than others so we have prepared a little party for you today" everyone starts applauding again until the prof holds up his hand for silence. Taking resposibility for your mistakes as we attempt to build a maze The story is told by multiverse explorer astral wylde as he naps during the last fateful trip through the red wave. The storys background is of little consequence to anyone outside astral, but describes the idea that life on most planets in a cataclysm called "the red wave" where upon every organism capable of mutating suddenly, violently and indefinitely until no earth-like quality exists. Its the eyes, ive seen them in my dreams. Now I must draw them. There are records stored in the city of astokhan on everything astral could tell us about the city during the red wave. There are floods of blood, violent uprisings and gory riots. Mothers kill babies, governments fall and deep dark secrets are revealed as everybodies darkest sides are exposed when god walked among them. The human population decreases at an alarming rate. But fortunately it is all worth it, for you see the survivors of the plague are transform into multidimensional beings that seemingly live forever. And during one of his less fuitful periods astral saw fit to return from whatever circle of hell he exists and tell us this story in a ottoman chamber aboard our fancy airship we were dragging him through space with... OOOhhh yes the main chamber should be pretty big Thats all for now folks, see you next time on... He decides to envision chains flowing from his control bracelets into the airship and ripping out a section of the exterior to form a bubble. This bubble is gently illuminated by a combination of weak sunlight and auroras. Meanwhile the skyship falls uncontrollably towards earth spewing fire and wreckage in its wake as it does "Now this you might find interesting" he grins. From the life of a beautiful painter he once knew Part 4 "An aurora occurs when our planet's magnetic field shifts sending energetic particles into the atmosphere producing light in the upper layers, often of a multi-colored hue." The university professor tells us with her droning voice, while we sit around our glowing orbs. "Multi-colored." I write on my note papers. We have these orbs that make everything look so pretty. Astral wydle because of his supernal nature is gifted with perfect memory recall and, although not wishing to brag, an above-average use of declarative sentences. But today he donates his notes to my forgetful brain and lets me jot down whatever I wish to on his perfectly organized pages. Last class we talked about cities that never slept because their streets always had a pulse even when it was long after midnight. And he remembers watching a video from mica metrological in his flamboyant style. A ghost-like aurora over midwest states caused an entire settlement's populace to never sleep again, causing anarchy and the eventual demise of their race. "It is beautiful" he wistfully whispers I supress a laugh by exhaling in his face. Talking about a thirty percent chance of rain that evening I'm still not sure if I find his obsession odd or admirable. Something starts beeping so I peep over his shoulder at the flashing orb and read "air pressure disturbance 1000 meters above current positoin expected te be 300 kph". Looking to the side I can make out a hovering 2 meter disc. He catch me looking and aims his orbs at it. The flashing light sequence continues and skyranch anthyging textual information morphs into readable english. He remembers being at the gory hole as innocent lives were taken. Somethign important must be there or about to happen, he moves his chair slightly turning his back on me as if I'm not even here. Our skyship/home an oversized oval ring with a four-story tall observatory protruding from it has been hovering over the same location for several hours now. These magnetic neareness warnings go off fairly often but I'm not complaining this means he gets distracted pretty easily. A progressive mid tier art gallery in a trendy section of beetriotle specializing in transluscultural fluidic modernism had been open and operating for just a few hours before it was randomly annihilated yesterday erasing the lives of 20 humans and 23 androgynous beings. Almost seemed like they were being targeted, but targets were not among the debris nor any recognizable body parts. Everything appearanted to have been vaporized. Enemy Agents? Turmoil of Zwordur Methodist Church faction? Maybe even unbelievers mercenaries? Known as the bridge of noise and surrounded by a metropolis, two statues were under construction yesterday now nothing but empty round pedestals of identical height. Atmospheric disturbance unusual for the time of day. I can see in his eyes that he is troubled by this event so I sit back tilt my chair and pretend to know nothing. But of all the things he could find interest in why this? There he first learns all of beetriot is laughing at triton arcage again for losing most of its citizens to a single weapon of mass destruction. It seems water is flammable terrifying. not even slunk defends his underfunded military insultingly claiming everything was just according to keikaku---military plan---and volunteerially offered no explanation at all. As he observes the details of a painting at show known as the triumph of the colored venus a bustling section of the city blows up. He counts exactly 2 seconds before the sound arrives. There were two reflections off the city walls before his ears detected the origin of the attack. Big buildings 50 yards to his right there is lots of thick grey stuff hanging in the air temperature has risen rapidly and there are flames on sides of nearby buildings. Knowing all this without even thinking he inaudibly shouts for everyone to take immediate cover and runs behind large marble barrier. That features a group of lesbian women of darker color trampling a pale woman or maybe a man with a shaved head. "Are you okay?", he asks her with concern on his face without looking at her. It hadn't occured to him that anyone else might have been close by until now. His ghostly helmeted head pivots to his right upon hearing her response. -----"Yes, but are you? You look half dead!" -----"Am fine, some soldier I am, getting old and slow" On the faces of a group of contempory news worthy white men carrying lots of camera equipment he recognizes the man he saved from execution yesterday. He was moving after all, I guess he was faking it. He closes his eyes for a few seconds until they are gone altogether and slowly gets up. -----"That was a pretty close call, I'm surprised you reacted so quickly." -----"Heh, I must be losing my touch too then, good thing..." By emerging twenty something artist cherp cherp quintuplets rush past him into the cloud of dust inspecting an 4 foot in diamater polished steel sculpture with attachment bolts flying towards them. Known for her delicate rococo style sculptures the smog turning golden by the sun reveals one of her famous twisted balusters. Otherwise known for being forever on the hunt for new material she was probably seconds away from being reduced to rubble just the same. Even regarding as an eyesore by many he lends a helping hand and takes a small detour. Always looking at your feet it has probably saved her life several times already so why would she accept his help if he tried again? He overhears saul saint nicodemous giving cherp cherp a critique of the piece which he knows would otherwise make her sad so waits. -----"I like it, but maybe move the middle one a little to the right?" -----"Ok"*snap*. -----"No, the other one.*sigh* That wasnt good either---oooo wait----let me help. With a group of other artist friends including a bullfighter, an owner of an erotica shop, a blonde painted girl and a famous male fictional character charging from all directions he waves them back for fear of getting trampled only after they refuse to listen. Perfect execution of an ideas persons suicide in the Gucci manner the sculpture has been perfect mounted on a pole with its own leg shattering it. "Excuse me an eye master I'm looking for Blim Blam would he be around" Katharsis gale the oldest of the group in mid fourties wearing various hats asks him with an engaging smile. "Errrrr... maybe moved in recently but I don't think he is in just now" -----"That's a shame I like his work so much....but I'll leave my card just in case. tell him, not to hesitate if he needs any thing." He says uplifting her spirits she beams brightly at him and waves as she walks away giving nick lazy eyes the entire time. Bransky bronze bright supermacy in her early thirties stand next to him and waits her turn. he remembers her paintings, not having been impressed by the subject matter of cute dumb superpowers though others found them amusing enough to frame and sell. He gives her a "go ahead" nod. -----"Looking for any available artist at this time?" -----"No!" -----"OK then...Word is you have been doing alot of writing lately?" Bransky and chirp standing sliently noding there heads in approval As saul saint goes on and on with bullshit language about destruction of the More nonsense on colonialism he dedicates more time destroying her ideas than praising them Then something incredible happens for once Chirp is second guessing SAINT's choices the verbal abuse he heaps of Blim-Blim. And everyone else. He disapproves of Blim-Blim's paintings, saying that while Blim-Blim might have a good eye (naturally, being an eye master) and an excellent grasping of color and shape, he hasn't got "anything to say" as an artist. An aspect of queer theory that has a giant middle finger up at the rules of heteronormative society. He says they can be sold if framed properly and placed in the right cafe, bar or hipster clothing store to attract the right demographic as easily as magnets. And other fashionable topics of art conflict and provocation that's prevalent in avant-garde places. Hopefully it garners some attention in his small once a decade show of retarded artist rejects sells nothing and passes into obscurity or sold to an idiot for over 5 times the price years later. Your very own degenerate art grant. During this time period you have been wanting to branch out with other ventures of your own as you start to resent SAINTS inclusion of All your publications in his book if he cant even help you get Blim-Blims art, website, connections and assistantship and your writings more noticed. At the end of the sanction you all gather for everyone to find out if they have been accepted or not, Anyone with a supermacy is clearly relaxed as they anticipate the results. You can sense the agitation of some of them who arent powerful enough to easily probe their minds. "Well, I've got the results, and I have some good news and some bad news," saint says, pausing for dramatic effect. Leaving the others shocked ,crestfallen oO( what....did my photo's not make it or what...damnit I knew the colors were too bright and obnoxious.. .) or gleeful "First, the bad news: You didniet get in. Now for the good news. You can all come in for free to see all the art at the exhibition this weekendand, ahem, leave your demos outside if you want!" While kat unable to control herself goes on a giggle fit super bradly focuses his eye beams on saul saint who feels the burn of a thousand suns intensified by 400 percent muttering angrily under his breath you all get up and leave one angry little man ranting as you all giggle like school girls at his bizarre sense of humor. some peoples kids "well that answers that, We're all going peashooting after this amazing art event that will no doubt solidify our social justice creative stronghold in this city" Saul and brankys backs away with out a retort in disgust and you spend your weekend having a great time and going through three bottles of peashooters were It was noted that hack had 9 kills with shrooms, kill coin flips to see who she shot, unhygenic had one, Yoona had two unfortunately Seline not at all Speaking of seline she asks if you will help her again next weekend The group heads for the wine bar wondering about the homeless nature of astral beings And wondering if he comes from the land of lixie dixie, a southern state mostly covered in stagnant water and thick forests. The dealer of gallery motions to cherp to come her way because she wants something You thank Yk TRACE : 0 There is no way around it. I need your help." "Oh? Well what can I do?" you respond. "I'm being sold," she scowls. Trace: 0 You initially think this is one of her usual dirty jokes, but her facial expression shows that she is quite serious. "Sold?" you clarify A collector is interested in buying her work, but he's requested that she be sold together with all of her equipment. The buy in for her includes her tools, sheet music, and instruments. Everything she knows is contained within that room, it would be impossible for her to go elsewhere without losing who she is. Although you're confident that she could easily create another identity elsewhere. Despite her mistrust of the new rulers of this barren realm, selling her seems like the easiest solution to this conflict.Tip: If you're logged in, your games are auto saved for you. You can find them by clicking "My Stuff"
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Gender and Sexuality Portfolio Post Two: Connection to Foundational Course Concepts
Immigrant Latina Women: Gender Roles in Modern Society
Latina Woman have a lot of expectations to fulfill when it comes to family, education, and other responsibilities. These high expectations for women are a result of the social construction of gender which lead to the creation of gender roles. Gender roles are culturally prescribed emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that men and women are expected to uphold, according to Christopher Liang, Elisabeth Knauer- Tuner, Carin Molenaar and Erin Price. All four of these researchers explored the experience of Latina College students in regard to gender, ethnicity, and culture. What is so interesting is that women may experience gender roles differently. This has to do with the idea of intersectionality in which individuals perceive and experience simultaneous social constructions of identity (race, culture, gender, ethnicity, etc.) and oppression. It is important to know that although gender roles have been in existence for a very long period of time, but for immigrant women, their migration experience may introduce a shift in gender roles. According to Tetiana Havlin, migration experiences reinforces the transformation of gender roles which initially are not only distinct but also unequal.
I had a hard time choosing a topic but I knew I wanted to focus on Latina women since I first heard about the project. Being Latina is a big part of my identity and I feel that I have not taken the time to really learn about myself and my cultural identity. I took this as a great opportunity to do that. Ever since I was a little girl, I saw how many “mom responsibilities” my mom had to handle everyday. Whether it meant making breakfast, driving my siblings and I to school, going to our school meetings, picking us etc. Some of the articles I came across, including the ones studied by the researchers whose names I’ve mentioned above, mention, the gender roles in the Latino culture which usually consist of the following: the father is the provider of the family and he works everyday from morning to late at night, the mother is the caregiver and she stays at home, cooks, cleans, looks and takes care of the kids. Gender roles never really crossed my mind when I was younger but the older I got the more I realized what a great deal sexism and gender roles played in my family and the Latino community (not necessarily only Latino communities). I also noticed that my sisters and I would always have to cook and help our mom clean while my brother was too busy playing video games and the only chore he had to handle was to take the garbage out. In addition, my brother was able to go out and stay out late while my sisters’ and I were interrogated before going out and then had to be home at a certain time. This made me aware of the unfairness my sisters and I were facing as Latina women, from a very young age.
The article, “A Qualitative Examination of the Gendered and Racialized Lives of Latina College Students,” by Liang, Knauer- Tuner, Molenaar and Price talk briefly Latina College students developing in the context of the economic challenges which may lead to the renegotiating of gender roles within the family (152). I did not realize how true this quote was until I reflected on it. I find it very interesting that both my older sister (27 yrs. old) and I (20 yrs. old) were very young bloomers when it came to getting a job and having money to take our parents out or having enough money to shop for our clothes when my older brother (22 yrs. old) didn’t start working until a very late age. Yet, I couldn’t understand why he had so much privilege when we were so far advanced in certain part of our lives at different age levels. To have a full understanding of the sexism that is in my family is not an easy thing to do, as Latina women we are raised to not question anything our parents say, especially our dads. We have to keep our mouths quiet and accept what our parents say even when it is unfair. The most important reason why I chose this topic is because of the fact that my parents’ grew up in Honduras and their lives were completely different to mine growin up in the United States. Immigration is a very big and complex topic as well as education but as someone who has a very meaningful and deep connection to these topics, I just had to focus on them. At the end of the day I know my parents’ only want the best for my siblings and I but at times, nowadays, being a Latina college student with parents who were raised differently and with different beliefs can be very challenging. Even though gender roles and expectations can be very stressful and at times misconceiving to others about my beliefs as a Latina college student, I know I am not alone and that there are others who have to face similar difficulties.
The first article, “Shift in social order- shift in gender roles? Migration experience and gender roles,” focuses on the idea that migration is a multidimensional process in which it can result in either an increase in inequalities by establishing traditional roles or bring changes by challenging them. Dr. Tetiana Havlin, is a female sociology professor of the University of Siegen (Germany), the study is on families of East-European immigrants (from Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Armenia) in Germany. The investigation was done through semi-constructed biographical interviews with female immigrants to Germany conducted by the author in 2012-2014 (185). Although, this research doesn’t study subjects that are of Latino or Hispanic culture, according to the article, there are worldwide commonalities that show interlinks between local and global trends. (186). The results demonstrated that all the more gender inequalities and inconsistencies within the migration process, immigrant women are more likely to be involved in the decision making process and positions them as the breadwinner. It also challenges male migrants to compromise with the restructuring of family and gender roles as immigrant women undertake the communication functions with official institutions. The researcher concluded that, “migration can accelerate restructuring of the gender relationship, and the new social order imposes on migrants a demand for greater flexibility in gender roles within the family and for diversity in household strategies.” (Havlin, 190) It is believed that the there is a link between greater egalitarianism and the post-migration period, thus, there are families who experience a more egalitarian approach in their home when it comes to family decision process than they demonstrated prior to immigration. This, according to Havlin, the migration experience mis-balances previous sets of gender roles which could possibly may not be efficient in the new surrounding. There could be a reshaping of gender discourse, which is portrayed in her study (190).
The second article that matched so perfectly with this topic is “A Qualitative Examination of the Gendered and Racialized Lives of Latina College Students,” by Liang, Knauer- Tuner, Molenaar and Price. These researchers are professors at Lehigh University, a private research University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. To summarize the research, multiracial feminist argued that the study of gender must acknowledge the role of ethnicity, culture, and discrimination in the lives of Latina/o communities (150). This study does a great job of doing that. According to the article, much of the research on gender roles focuses on a specific ethnicity- White American women and men but this sets limitations because of the generalizing research on white Americans to Latina/o groups, something that shouldn’t be done. This research studied the unique effects of intersection of gender and ethnicity on the experience of women of color in the USA. Like me, many Latina/o are born in the USA but many are also immigrant or are children of immigrants and this can lead them to experience acculturative stress. The negotiating of differing cultural values can very challenging especially when it comes to negotiating their identities within the context of social and cultural expectations (151). Latina college students have to learn how to balance that by gaining independence in order to be a successful college student but also knowing how to keep the value of familismo- which stresses the importance of family in one’s identity. The research states that this is a particular salient stressor for a Latina college student because of the difficulties they face in balancing between academic success and also having to fulfill the roles within the family. The research consisted of consensual qualitative research: open-ended, semi-constructed interview processes were utilized to gather information. These methods were “chosen in order to allow for a richer exploration of the experience of Latina college students in regard to gender, ethnicity, and culture.” (Liang & Knauer- Tuner & Molenaar & Price, 153) The results demonstrated that, domains such as gender role socialization, stereotypes, current gender role ideology, ethnic discrimination, sexism, and coping with discrimination shape the experience of women of color in consideration of various factors such as culture, ethnic discrimination, social class, and patriarchy. According to the researchers, further research would require further quantitative and qualitative examination of the intersection of social identities needed. This means that further studies would require more questions on ethnic discrimination. In addition, all but one of the participants identified as heterosexual so future research could explore how queer identities intersect with the various factors studied.
According to Christie Launius and Holly Hassel, authors of the book, “Threshold concepts in women’s and gender studies,” Social construction of gender is defined as the way that gender norms are expressed, communicated, and reinforced in present ways throughout our lives (52). In the latino community, this is seen through respeto, marianismo, hembrismo, and sexism. As I already mentioned, respeto refers to the idea that emphasizes respect for parents’ rules and upholding responsibilities influences how Latina college students view their role in the family (151). The concept of marianismo, is a norm that calls for women to be devoted to their family by cooking, cleaning, and taking care of children. In addition, in the latino culture there is also the idea of hembrismo, in other words “superwoman.” Although this has a positive connotation referring to strength, confidence, perseverance, endurance, resiliency, and having the ability to overcome any obstacles it can also have a negative connotation linked to it. Hembrismo can lead women to a negative experience with it while trying to fulfill multiple roles even if it means at home or outside of home. Having to meet these high expectations leads to stress emotionally, mentally and physically. Last but not least there is also sexism. Women can experience this in a variety of ways including, employment, health services, harassment, athletic sexism gender sexism, and in economic and political ways. Sexism overall, is a way that allows high class, white, privileged men to oppress women of all kind, butit is a lot more easier to do so towards a Latina women due to other parts of their identity like gender and race: in other words intersectionality. Overall, social construction of gender in the Latino culture, such as the factors I talk about above, are rules that have been established by society to be followed by parents to teach their kids. I personally have a lot of issues with these norms that have been followed for generations because even though my parents did a great job at raising me and disciplining me, there were many times were I could see how their high expectations of me fulfilling and following these norms was unfair and very stressful in many occasions.
Launius and Hassel also talk about the idea of agency: idea of having choices and options which can be restricted by public policies, individuals, and cultural norms. This is exactly what one of the participants did in the Liang, Knauer- Tuner, Molenaar, and Price study. The third domain in this study was the current gender role ideology which reflects the participant’s current thinking about gender. It included a category of independence which as the researchers mentioned, helps to underscore agency the participants developed from being around strong women in their life as well as resistance to the restrictive messages they received from more traditional men in their lives. These participants did what a lot of woman can’t do which is, “the ability to critique and resist feminine and/or masculine beliefs, values and expectations that were shaped and reinforced by family members, peers, and society.” (Liang & Knauer- Tuner & Molenaar & Price, 159) I can see this in my family. My older sister did something that my parents never saw coming which was her moving out of the house after she graduated and got hired at a very good paying job. My siblings and I know that my parents want the best for us, but for them it was a shock that my sister was moving out, as an independent woman before she was even married. My sister was scared to see how our parents would react but she thought about all the beautiful things in life she could enjoy and do, which were things that she probably wouldn’t have been able to do if she still lived with our parents. She was independent and broke out of that norm that you have to have a man in your life and be married in order to survive. She proved those who thought she was crazy wrong and she’s currently doing great. She inspires me to be like that and it makes me want to work hard and focus on myself so that I, just like her can grow to be an independent strong Latina woman.
To find this article I used search terms such as immigrant women, gender role, immigration and from those search terms there were 20 research results. It was very hard to think of search terms that could help me find scholarly articles that had to do with my topic and the results were not really what I was looking for. Some of the articles were focused on Latina women but didn’t have anything to do with the idea of immigration and gender roles. I was only able to find the second article because the first article mentioned it which brought a huge relief. Both of these studies focused on gender roles and the impact that it can on women. Even though one focused on East-European immigrants and the other one on Latina college students, both cultures still have the expectations of having to fulfill gender roles based on what society expects from both cultures. Another similarity in these studies is the methodology used, researchers used questionnaires and interviews to assess their research question with the participants. It’s great that both research studies considered ways in which they could further their research and even though were different in various ways it is awesome to see that they are thinking of ways to better their research results.
In conclusion, the study my Dr. Havlin, answers the question of does gender matter in context of immigration. The results of the research study show that migration experiences reinforces the transformation of gender roles and new social order imposes on immigrant women a demand of greater flexibility of gender roles in the family and for diversity in household strategies. This allows immigrant women to a certain liberalization of the role of women in the migratory context- women become a more active part of the world population and the opportunities of employment has decreased their economic dependency on men. The second study, by Liang, Knauer- Tuner, Molenaar, Price explores how Latina college students perceive their identities and intersections in their own lives. Challenges like achieving a balance between academic success and fulfilling their roles within the family as well as receiving a good education and living up to parents’ expectations for success in the US, and having to meet expectations while trying to fulfill multiple roles in and out of home are resulting salient stressors and emotional distress that Latina college students have to learn to deal with on the daily basis. The study concluded that gender role socialization, stereotypes, current gender role ideology, ethnic discrimination, sexism, and coping with discrimination shape the experience of women of color in consideration of various factors such as culture, ethnic discrimination, social class, and patriarchy. I hope to learn more about my identity as a Latina woman in college and how I can find a way to balance my expectations at home and outside-in the real world as a Latina.
References
Euro Sci Network, The co-operative learning platform. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.eurosci.net/news/guest-
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Havlin, T. (2015). Shift in Social order - shift in gender roles? Migration experience and gender roles. Current Issues in Personality Psychology, 3(3), 185-191. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp.2015.53229
Liang, C., Knauer-Turner, E., Molenaar, C., & Price, E. (2017). A Qualitative Examination of the Gendered and Racialized Lives of Latina College Students. Gender Issues, 34(2), 149-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-016-9163-8
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Stella Carrier Script Stories Law of Attraction Edition Script 31 and Memoirs of My Future Higher Self In A Heaven Afterlife Part Six
Stella Carrier Script Stories Law of Attraction Edition Script 31 and Memoirs of My Future Higher Self In A Heaven Afterlife Part Six
I preface by making it clear that I am definitely not telling anybody how to live, Rather I am doing this for my own writing passions and spiritual creativity/spiritual evolution, as a healthy and constructive spiritual and creative art therapy outlet for the various dreams and desires that I discovered can be channeled into artistic writing therapy. Additionally, I am following both my intuition and logic in doing what I consider this activity to be fun/exciting as I have a strong instinctive feeling that this activity ties into my destiny andor life purpose in various ways that I may only fully understand after my current lifetime. Last but not least, this activity actually helps boost my spirits and allows me to practice my creativity and writing dreams in all areas of my life for both present and future.
Start time of beginning both script stories and future higher self; 1144 pm
Completion time of the script 102 am on Thursday August 10 2017
April 28, 2026
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I Stella Carrier am happy to report that I accomplished a very important goal of purchasing a completely paid for home for my husband Rusty Ridler and I by January 1, 2026. The home is two bedrooms and is completely paid for while being just three miles from the Norfolk Virginia Naval Base. Fortunately, I have enough space in the home to host friends both from the Hampton Roads Virginia area and from within the Washington D.C. area. By January 1, 2024 was the time period when Rusty joined me in Virginia. I relocated first to the Hampton Roads Virginia area with at least over 15000 dollars after taxes saved by January 1, 2020 being fully aware of what other people in my life may think but trusting that I am following my destiny. Fortunately, I found a job within 3 months of me relocating to the Norfolk Virginia area. My husband Rusty Ridler is impressed that I managed to save over 8000 dollars after taxes in my checking and savings accounts within 10 months after relocating to the Norfolk Virginia area.
Additionally, I Stella Carrier now have a healthy and fit 119 body that I succeeded in manifesting by May 1, 2018 and I have successfully maintained over 2 years now. Additionally, I am happy to say that I now make over 3000 dollars after taxes a month which allows me to send Rusty at least 200 to 300 dollars a month after taxes which I decided to do from a place of great romantic love for my husband even after he joined me in Norfolk Virginia by January 2, 2024 and easily found a job within the first month of him relocating to the Norfolk Virginia area.
Time period of script completed 1202 am
Memoirs of My Future Higher Self In A Heaven Afterlife Part Six Thursday August 10, 2017
April 19, 2350
Higher Self Memoir April 19, 2350
Dear 36 year old Stella Carrier living on earth during your current incarnation. As your future higher self from this time period, as you know I let you know ahead of time that I am going to jump time periods of my afterlife celestial life for reasons you are going to fully understand after your current lifetime on earth comes to end.
First things first, It is a positive thing that you made sure to spend extra time with Rusty this morning to make up for how late you want to bed yesterday. I am non-judgmental about the fact that you choose to delay in going to bed even after the conclusion of our last session. However, I ask you to please strive to go to bed within 30 minutes or less after the conclusion of today’s session. First things first, I had a chance to talk to the male and female spirit that you matched with lovers despite controversial circumstances.
For karmic reasons, I have to conceal the male’s identity from the 1700s that you were intimate with as well as the other male who you helped match the female with that I can share part of her identity. First things first, the male whose identity I have to conceal is enjoying a jovial existence in a celestial plane as he is also known to have other spirits drawn to him because he continues even in this time period and realm to do things that highlight the best side of his multidimensional nature. However, both that male and other other male who was matched to the female spirit that I am about to tell you about are still alive and so I must avoid disclosing further details.
The female spirit has an energy and outlook that is influential even in the celestial realm that she resides. Other spirits seeking a spiritual celestial relaxation are drawn into her orbit. She is an instructor at one of the imagination and psychic spirit schools where she is teaching other spirits her experimentation with one or two methods that are new and improved as she enjoys showing new ideas that she learns always at the right time. The female spirit is telling me that she wants you to understand that you still have highly developed intuitive faculties from that lifetime that you just need to nurture and allow to blossom. She wants you to learn to trust your instincts to see you through both challenges and good times. On the positive side she sees that you are evolving more quickly than expected and gaining vital wisdom that is helping you thrive through changes and making you magnetic to the forefront of new ideas and developments. Naturally, this is helping you to create a current lifetime where various areas of your lifre are only getting better for both you Stella Carrier and your amazing husband Rusty Ridler.
However, I am in a celestial library near a celestial replica of Norfolk Virginia and the female spirit tells me that she must pass through the library but that you and her are going to meet up again in the celestial realms within 85 years or less from now. She is asking me to avoid telling your more in connection to the 1700s lifetime due to the steamy love content and to be considerate of the male spirits involved in that story as 2 of them are alive in your current lifetime and you are most likely going to see them again in the place that you relocate to by January 1, 2020. However, she departs the celestial library by telling me that one of the main reasons why she must ask me to ask you to conceal any astral celestial love life details on your googleplus, tumblr, and wordpress is because one of the female spirits connected to one of the male spirits that you knew from the 1700s is a very popular and influential female of what is called the Henry income class in your current earth lifetime. Due to her popularity, whether she is your ally or critic, her even mentioning what you wrote could put a controversial spotlight on the male identities that we must conceal and protect. On a positive note, your heavenly celestial spirit ally team is working to spiritually protect both you and your critics even when they may respectfully disagree with what you are doing in regards to this future higher self memoir and law of attraction scripts. However, now you are beginning to understand even more why I conclude discussing your celestial heaven afterlife love life any further on googleplus, tumblr, and wordpress. Obviously, you are going to understand the fuller reasons why within 80 years or less of this writing.
I Stella Carrier am heading to a celestial class scheduled to start within the next 10 minutes or less on how to incorporate my akashic book of life into both a tool for deeper intuition development and as a tool to help you. On the positive side I am thumbing through your akashic records in giant book form which is allowing me to share with you some of the following accomplishments by the year 2040 you Stella Carrier succeed in tying the following accomplishments together in a happy way
Running into employee who studies public relations-You received a psychic reading less than 3 months ago where a psychic gave you accurate guidance on your dream major and career goals being aligned with your intuition. You then met a student around this time period who studies what you have been thinking about for a long while especially when you were privileged to be accepted for your dream major at George Washington University in 2013. You allowed money concerns to win out and you could have used the creative fuel of critics judgments to further your goals. However, I am writing to let you know that you can still turn things around and fulfill your dreams of going back to school as of this writing and your akashic book of life has you accomplishing such a feat by the year 2036 and even repaying George Washington University back the full amount by 2032 of what you owe them for a class that you know what I am talking about.
Keep my hair longer but thinner body-By the January 2019 at the latest you are sporting a healthy and fit 119 pound body that you have been successfully maintaining over 6 months now and much longer hair that cascades near your waist. Please understand that longer dark brown hair is actually in line with your beauty signature and most people that strive to talk you out of longer hair actually would wear their hair longer if they gave themselves permission to- it is just that many have to overcome even more than you do what other people think andor the need to fit in. Take it as a sign that you are actually following your intuition by following your heart to keep your hair dark brown and at a long length for reasons you are going to more fully understand after your current lifetime on earth. As your future higher self I am happy that you Stella Carrier are also wise to understand that a woman must follow her own intuition on the length and style to keep her hair regardless of how even her most favorite celebrities wear their hair for reasons obvious even to you but you are polite to avoid listing for now.
As I see other spirits gather in this celestial classroom I am referring to I look further in your celestial book of life to tell you that Stella Carrier successfully achieve the following objectives successfully by December 1, 2018 which is going to pay dividends for both your spiritual evolution and your wisdom goals in all areas of your life both present and future;
Fun; Work on intellectual intelligence make different taco once every two weeks, law of attraction, take an online course two paragraphs each week max 5 sources, eventually purchase a book on a course, volunteer once every two weeks, work on weight, storytelling at least 5 to 6 times a week, create actually story once a week, watch tv shows related to my dreams at least twice a week, visit a museum at least once or twice a month, spend an overnight or two at a place I want to go such as National Harbor once every 2 to 3 months, go somewhere outside of the D.C. area of my choice at least once every 3 to 4 months,
I am also looking through your book of life and seeing a picture of your main male spirit guide who writes in the book of life that it was him who planted the idea in your mind to start developing your mind and creativity even further by making a different taco recipe at least once every 2 weeks, ideally once a week by mid September 2017 or sooner. He is delighted that you acknowledged his guiding you to the Travel Channel Taco Lanche episode and connecting it to the dream that you had less than 18 months ago where you have your own taco business Taco Bell inspired business inside of your own house but he still has to conceal the identity of the Toad Prince who came up to you as a customer but you intuitively sensed had benevolent intent despite what you intuitively sensed was a male human spirit in your dream dressed as a Toad/Frog like costume with a golden/yellow crown. Yes, I know that you would like to know that identity of this spirit because this even happened well before you were hired into your current job but my main male guide who is obviously your male spirit guide by the way politely tells me that this male spirit, even though he is younger than you and is not affiliated with your job, must also have his identity kept secret to spiritually protect him and because you actually have a karmic contract to see him again by the year 2025. There is so much more to tell you but your male spirit guide is sitting next to me in this class along with 98 other spirits as ten male and female spirits congregate in front of the class to start imagination, writing, and color studies as it pertains to growing wisdom and intuitive gifts. Plus, Stella as your future intuitive higher self I know that there are going to be plenty more opportunities for me to communicate with you further. My celestial class that I just told you about is about to begin and our main male spirit guide is looking at me benevolently but seriously with his big eyes telepathically communicating to me that you must now wrap up this session and join your wonderful husband in bed within 30 minutes or less of finishing this sentence. What I will finish this session with is admitting to you that once you meet your male spirit guide in person and see his physical appearance within 23 hours of your death after this current lifetime you are going to understand why he insists on waiting until after you pass over into this heavenly afterlife to show his self. What he does tell me is that you are allowed to also ask help for Rusty as well as much as you would like because your main spirit guide has a romantic connection with Rusty’s main female spirit guide, in addition to both of them having other celestial lovers but that is something for another post.
Resources
Resources
Affirmations
I mark a new beginning in the book of my life and wisely use the free time I have been giving to rest and tune even deeper into various aspects of my life-spiritual, athletic goals such as walking more, balancing my writing time with some online courses I have enrolled in etc.
I am in the process of becoming more cool,level-headed, and wise when it comes to how I conduct myself around my current work colleagues and future coworkers as I am now logically and intuitively aware that some of them may follow me to where I may reside within 7 years from now or less regardless if I am a private sector andor a government/military worker/employee.
I am well provided for. I live in an abundant universe.
http://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/stage-names.php#.WTqvpOvyucw
http://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/dimension-names.php#.WXs6PVWGOcw
Resources and Affirmatiohttp://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/destiny-awoken-names.php#.WXs611WGOcwns
My psychic abilities expand each day.
I am creating heaven on earth.
I Call Upon What I Imagine To Be The Influence of Benevolent Spirits From the Heavenly Realms, my higher self, and my celestial spirit ally team for creativity in both my writings and all other areas of my life both present and future
Affirmations I am creating heaven on earth. I am learning to be in the right place at the right time at all times. I am learning to live all areas of my life in alignment with my divine life purpose for both the present and future My psychic/intuitive abilities, creativity/imaginative abilities, and my ability to tap into my wisdom are expanding each and every day. https://www.orindaben.com/pages/rooms/affirmations_room/ I am a healer through my words, thoughts, and deeds. I am aware of the messages my guide is sending me. I receive impressions from my soul and higher self. I am magnetic to my higher good and it is magnetic to me.
Habit Stacking kindlebook
Learn all I can about writing as writing is one of my passions it will even help me be both a better wife to my husband and a better employee
For future reference until the 12
Then adding for 3 days in a row, writings to what is already created
https://www.moes.com/food/menu/
Busch Gardens Williamsburg Virginia
https://seaworldparks.com/en/buschgardens-williamsburg
Black by Dierks Bentley
Waiting For A Girl Like You by Foreigner
Boom Boom Boom Boom by Vengaboys
Places by Martin Solveig feat. Ina Wroldsen
Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey
Heaven on Earth by Britney Spears
Urgent by Foreigner
Still the One by Shania Twain
Fire Woman by the Cult
Wish I Knew You by the Revivalisits
Power by Little Mix feat. Stormzy
Secrets of Love by DJ Bobo and Sandra
Love Affair by Kylie Minogue
Ordinary World by Duran Duran
Secrets by Tiesto & KSHMR
Addicted to Love by Robert Palmer
Ignition (Album Version) by R. Kelly
A Horse With No Name by America
Dream On by Aerosmith
Bad Romance by Lady Gaga
Sure Shot by the Beastie Boys
Don’t You Worry Child by Swedish House Mafia
Cake by Flo Rida and 99 Percent
Paradise City by Guns N’Roses
Glow by Ella Henderson
Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin
I Am the Bullgod by Kid Rock
Joshua by Dolly Parton
One Your Name by Swedish House Mafia feat. Pharrell Williams
Slide by the Goo Goo Dolls
Song 2 by Blur
Wild Thoughts by DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna and Bryson Tiller
You Spin Me Round Like a Record by Dead or Alive
Buddy Holly by Weezer
Kashmir by Led Zeppelin
Nobody Else But You by Trey Songz
Sex Type Thing by the Stone Temple Pilots
In Da Club by 50 Cent
Can’t Fight the Moonlight by Leann Rimes
Woman Tonight by America
A View to a Kill by Duran Duran
Ecstasy by ATB
Lucky Strike by Maroon 5
Roc Me Out by Rihanna
Love Me Harder by Ariana Grande feat. the Weeknd
Come Baby Come by K7
George Washington Career choice, highly sought after
11 Things You Might Not Know About Josh Gates
http://www.travelchannel.com/shows/expedition-unknown/articles/11-things-you-might-not-know-about-josh-gates
Navy to Send More Than 1,100 Chief Petty Officers to Sea Duty
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2017/08/07/navy-send-1100-chief-petty-officers-sea-duty.html
Travel Channel Food Paradise Taco Lanche Season 9 Episode 1
http://www.travelchannel.com/search/food-paradise-taco-lanche-
volunteer theater opportunities washington dc
http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/support/volunteer-opportunities/
http://www.arenastage.org/about/volunteer/
https://www.woollymammoth.net/join-us/volunteer
volunteer theater opportunities maryland
https://marylandensemble.org/volunteer
volunteer theater opportunities hyattsville maryland
http://greenbeltartscenter.org/Volunteer.asp
http://www.hyattsville.org/114/Volunteer-Services
As crazy as this story is, this guy Justin probably just became more popular with the women at his workplace. I had seen this story about Justin and these women both through the Washingtonian on my facebook feed yesterday and also through the Daily Mail UK story less than 23 hours ago so wrong or right Justin must be doing something right to help his popularity and fame potential whether his fame lasts or is just for 15 minutes. However, as he lives in the Washington D.C. area I would wager to say that he probably just increased his chances to staying in his current job a lot longer as I am willing to bet at least one or more of these women pictured are ladies that Justin might have met either directly andor indirectly through his job/field of employment. I am blessed to be married to a sweet and handsome husband who relocated with me to the Washington D.C. area back in the summer of 2010 so I did not have to concern myself with what I heard is a challenging dating scene for women in the Washington D.C. area looking to meet men. This was a new concept to me because with the exception of Orlando, Florida from June 2000 until April 2009 I voluntarily resided in areas where the odds of women looking to be in areas where it is stacked in their favor of men wanting to meet women were slanted in favor of the women regardless of their age andor physical appearance. Naturally, this article of these eligible and professionally successful women getting stood up by “Justin” does not surprise me as less than 4 years ago I came across online information that implied that what was either the Washington D.C. area or Washington D.C. itself was a challenging place for women to looking to have a love life with men interested in meeting women because of the ratio of what was then 4 women to one man. However, this article does also catch my attention due to my interest in public relations, marketing, and advertising trends as I am willing to wager that Justin just drew more attention and potential popularity to both himself and his employer.
Women get the last laugh after a man books 6 dates in 1 night
By Faryn Sharo and Jessica Church
https://www.yahoo.com/gma/women-last-laugh-man-books-6-dates-1-141905120--abc-news-sex.html
Party City website
http://www.partycity.com/category/birthday+parties.do?extcmp=dsp|banner|1x1|conversant|retargeting|always_on|party_supplies|05012017|
Navy Gateways Inns and Support
Department of Defense Lodging
http://ngis.dodlodging.net/
A hummingbird was found hanging upside down from a feeder
https://pilotonline.com/life/wildlife-nature/mary-reid-barrow/a-hummingbird-was-found-hanging-upside-down-from-a-feeder/article_d3405cdc-7d10-11e7-ae5d-d35aa3c51655.html
"Like loading ammunition, I enjoy doing it": Retired Navy master chief loves to cook
https://www.thehotelumd.com/events-conferences/?utm_term=&gclid=CKr61_Cny9UCFZCNswodUfwLGQ
https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/everyday-chefs/like-loading-ammunition-i-enjoy-doing-it-retired-navy-master/article_5a40ba0d-5d35-507c-bf2c-7f36cc5e92a5.html
Busch Gardens named the world's most beautiful amusement park – again
https://pilotonline.com/news/local/busch-gardens-named-the-world-s-most-beautiful-amusement-park/article_0d0392df-1636-53ed-bf4c-00e838927fc2.html
New Zealand Website
http://www.newzealand.com/us/campaign/book-your-new-zealand-holiday/?cid=d:US:0717:book:Pure:Quantcast:Beach:RM_Desktop_STND_160x600
8 Ways To Ensure Your Weekend Trip To The Oslo Region Is The Most Epic Ever
https://www.buzzfeed.com/norway/have-an-epic-weekend-in-the-oslo-region?b=1&utm_term=.jib7yGQyv#.nc8NRgjRv
https://www.washingtonian.com/sections/home/
Look Inside 12 of the Coolest Houses in Washington
https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/08/08/look-inside-12-coolest-houses-washington-residential-design-awards/
Gerald R. Ford and 'Nightdippers' provide MEDEVAC support while underway
http://www.militarynews.com/norfolk-navy-flagship/news/top_stories/gerald-r-ford-and-nightdippers-provide-medevac-support-while-underway/article_2ef41799-9864-57f2-9c30-3786a4842350.html
http://www.swissotel.com/promo/asia-pacific/suites/?disid=gdn_rmk_apac_shr_suites_dspl&utm_source=gdn_rmk&utm_medium=display&utm_content=apac&utm_campaign=shr_suites
Denny's Firefighters, Starbucks Proposal: The Most Inspiring Food Stories of 2017
https://www.thedailymeal.com/eat/most-inspiring-food-related-stories-2017
Makeup Academy
https://www.qcmakeupacademy.com/get-a-qc-course-catalog/?gclid=CInB3-ysy9UCFYdMDQod5ZAEiw
Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone IN CONCERT
https://www.visitnorfolk.com/articles/post/harry-potter-and-the-sorcerers-stone-in-concert/
16 Amazing Camping Locations In Virginia by Patricia Keppel
https://blog.virginia.org/2016/03/16-amazing-camping-locations-virginia/?utm_campaign=FB0817&utm_content=AmazingCamping
henry high earners business insider
Retailers are clamoring for a new kind of ideal customer
http://www.businessinsider.com/retailers-are-clamoring-for-a-new-kind-of-ideal-customer-2015-4
Are You a HENRY? By Nicole Dieker
From the website
Congratulations: you might be a Henry.
Henry is the latest acronym to join “yuppie,” “dinks,” and “nimby” as a way to reductively simplify an entire group of people. In this case, “Henry” describes a particular type of adult who has enough money to buy mid-range luxury goods and yet obstinately chooses not to buy them.
Why might a Henry choose not to buy a luxury branded product? Maybe they just don’t like Coach bags. Or maybe, as market research company Unity Marketing Inc. suggests, Henrys do not feel like they are rich enough to justify the expenditure.
It’s right there in the acronym: High Earners Not Rich Yet.
According to BloombergBusiness, Henrys — who generally earn between $100,000 and $250,000 a year — are saving 8.5 percent of their “disposable personal income.”
https://www.thebillfold.com/2015/06/are-you-a-henry/
High Earners Not Rich Yet (Henrys)
High Earners, Not Rich Yet - HENRYs
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/h/high-earners-not-yet-rich-henrys.asp
Meet the HENRYS: Positioning for the Mindset of the High-Earners-Not-Rich-Yet Mass Affluent Consumers
https://unitymarketingonline.com/shop/buy-luxury-research-reports/meet-the-henrys-positioning-for-the-mindset-of-the-high-earners-not-rich-yet-mass-affluent-customers-updated-for-2015/
Meet the HENRYs, an important demographic you’ve probably never heard of
https://www.quirks.com/articles/meet-the-henrys-an-important-demographic-you-ve-probably-never-heard-of
Live Deliberately in a Community Inspired by Henry David Thoreau
http://robbreport.com/shelter/new-construction/walden-monterey-residential-community-2726209/
I preface this comment by admitting that my husband and I still enjoy living in the Washington D.C. area even with Washington D.C. making this list. However, I am also keeping and sharing this list as this list also looks like it lists good places for visiting travel wise.
15 college towns where it costs the most to live off campus
http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careersandeducation/15-college-towns-where-it-costs-the-most-to-live-off-campus/ss-AApc5FZ#image=9
The Oldest Restaurants in the World
http://www.cntraveler.com/galleries/2014-09-26/the-world-s-oldest-restaurants/7
Here’s What Washingtonian’s 100 Best Restaurants Have Planned for Summer Restaurant Week
https://www.washingtonian.com/2017/08/04/washingtonian-100-best-restaurants-summer-restaurant-week-dc/
It's hard to find, but this soup and sandwich shop in Virginia Beach is worth the hunt
https://pilotonline.com/life/flavor/restaurants/turning-tables/it-s-hard-to-find-but-this-soup-and-sandwich/article_3a1f8903-40a9-5790-83cc-126355af4781.html
VIRGINIA MUSIC FESTIVALS
https://www.virginia.org/musicfestivals
Avoid a Layoff: 25 Best Employers for Job Security
https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/avoid-a-layoff-best-employers-for-job-security.html/
Bob’s Discount Furniture Website
https://www.mybobs.com/bedroom-furniture
Obviously money is not going to replace Billie Lourd losing her mother at a young age and naturally she is going to most likely remember her mother Carrie Fisher for years to come. However, I am guessing that with whatever Billie Lourd is inheriting that she is going to be a resourceful steward.
Carrie Fisher's Daughter Billie Lourd to Inherit Nearly $7 Million by Mike Miller of People magazine
https://www.yahoo.com/celebrity/carrie-fisher-apos-daughter-billie-211354161.html
4 Ways to Invite Signs from the Universe by James Van Praagh
https://www.healyourlife.com/4-ways-to-invite-signs-from-the-universe
Jacuzi website
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Immigrant Latina Women: Gender Roles in Modern Society
Latina Woman have a lot of expectations to fulfill when it comes to family, education, and other responsibilities. These high expectations for women are a result of the social construction of gender which lead to the creation of gender roles. Gender roles are culturally prescribed emotions, thoughts, and behaviors that men and women are expected to uphold, according to Christopher Liang, Elisabeth Knauer- Tuner, Carin Molenaar and Erin Price. All four of these researchers explored the experience of Latina College students in regard to gender, ethnicity, and culture. What is so interesting is that women may experience gender roles differently. This has to do with the idea of intersectionality in which individuals perceive and experience simultaneous social constructions of identity (race, culture, gender, ethnicity, etc.) and oppression. It is important to know that although gender roles have been in existence for a very long period of time, but for immigrant women, their migration experience may introduce a shift in gender roles. According to Tetiana Havlin, migration experiences reinforces the transformation of gender roles which initially are not only distinct but also unequal.
I had a hard time choosing a topic but I knew I wanted to focus on Latina women since I first heard about the project. Being Latina is a big part of my identity and I feel that I have not taken the time to really learn about myself and my cultural identity. I took this as a great opportunity to do that. Ever since I was a little girl, I saw how many “mom responsibilities” my mom had to handle everyday. Whether it meant making breakfast, driving my siblings and I to school, going to our school meetings, picking us etc. Some of the articles I came across, including the ones studied by the researchers whose names I’ve mentioned above, mention, the gender roles in the Latino culture which usually consist of the following: the father is the provider of the family and he works everyday from morning to late at night, the mother is the caregiver and she stays at home, cooks, cleans, looks and takes care of the kids. Gender roles never really crossed my mind when I was younger but the older I got the more I realized what a great deal sexism and gender roles played in my family and the Latino community (not necessarily only Latino communities). I also noticed that my sisters and I would always have to cook and help our mom clean while my brother was too busy playing video games and the only chore he had to handle was to take the garbage out. In addition, my brother was able to go out and stay out late while my sisters’ and I were interrogated before going out and then had to be home at a certain time. This made me aware of the unfairness my sisters and I were facing as Latina women, from a very young age.
The article, “A Qualitative Examination of the Gendered and Racialized Lives of Latina College Students,” by Liang, Knauer- Tuner, Molenaar and Price talk briefly Latina College students developing in the context of the economic challenges which may lead to the renegotiating of gender roles within the family (152). I did not realize how true this quote was until I reflected on it. I find it very interesting that both my older sister (27 yrs. old) and I (20 yrs. old) were very young bloomers when it came to getting a job and having money to take our parents out or having enough money to shop for our clothes when my older brother (22 yrs. old) didn’t start working until a very late age. Yet, I couldn’t understand why he had so much privilege when we were so far advanced in certain part of our lives at different age levels. To have a full understanding of the sexism that is in my family is not an easy thing to do, as Latina women we are raised to not question anything our parents say, especially our dads. We have to keep our mouths quiet and accept what our parents say even when it is unfair. The most important reason why I chose this topic is because of the fact that my parents’ grew up in Honduras and their lives were completely different to mine growin up in the United States. Immigration is a very big and complex topic as well as education but as someone who has a very meaningful and deep connection to these topics, I just had to focus on them. At the end of the day I know my parents’ only want the best for my siblings and I but at times, nowadays, being a Latina college student with parents who were raised differently and with different beliefs can be very challenging. Even though gender roles and expectations can be very stressful and at times misconceiving to others about my beliefs as a Latina college student, I know I am not alone and that there are others who have to face similar difficulties.
The first article, “Shift in social order- shift in gender roles? Migration experience and gender roles,” focuses on the idea that migration is a multidimensional process in which it can result in either an increase in inequalities by establishing traditional roles or bring changes by challenging them. Dr. Tetiana Havlin, is a female sociology professor of the University of Siegen (Germany), the study is on families of East-European immigrants (from Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Armenia) in Germany. The investigation was done through semi-constructed biographical interviews with female immigrants to Germany conducted by the author in 2012-2014 (185). Although, this research doesn’t study subjects that are of Latino or Hispanic culture, according to the article, there are worldwide commonalities that show interlinks between local and global trends. (186). The results demonstrated that all the more gender inequalities and inconsistencies within the migration process, immigrant women are more likely to be involved in the decision making process and positions them as the breadwinner. It also challenges male migrants to compromise with the restructuring of family and gender roles as immigrant women undertake the communication functions with official institutions. The researcher concluded that, “migration can accelerate restructuring of the gender relationship, and the new social order imposes on migrants a demand for greater flexibility in gender roles within the family and for diversity in household strategies.” (Havlin, 190) It is believed that the there is a link between greater egalitarianism and the post-migration period, thus, there are families who experience a more egalitarian approach in their home when it comes to family decision process than they demonstrated prior to immigration. This, according to Havlin, the migration experience mis-balances previous sets of gender roles which could possibly may not be efficient in the new surrounding. There could be a reshaping of gender discourse, which is portrayed in her study (190).
The second article that matched so perfectly with this topic is “A Qualitative Examination of the Gendered and Racialized Lives of Latina College Students,” by Liang, Knauer- Tuner, Molenaar and Price. These researchers are professors at Lehigh University, a private research University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. To summarize the research, multiracial feminist argued that the study of gender must acknowledge the role of ethnicity, culture, and discrimination in the lives of Latina/o communities (150). This study does a great job of doing that. According to the article, much of the research on gender roles focuses on a specific ethnicity- White American women and men but this sets limitations because of the generalizing research on white Americans to Latina/o groups, something that shouldn’t be done. This research studied the unique effects of intersection of gender and ethnicity on the experience of women of color in the USA. Like me, many Latina/o are born in the USA but many are also immigrant or are children of immigrants and this can lead them to experience acculturative stress. The negotiating of differing cultural values can very challenging especially when it comes to negotiating their identities within the context of social and cultural expectations (151). Latina college students have to learn how to balance that by gaining independence in order to be a successful college student but also knowing how to keep the value of familismo- which stresses the importance of family in one’s identity. The research states that this is a particular salient stressor for a Latina college student because of the difficulties they face in balancing between academic success and also having to fulfill the roles within the family. The research consisted of consensual qualitative research: open-ended, semi-constructed interview processes were utilized to gather information. These methods were “chosen in order to allow for a richer exploration of the experience of Latina college students in regard to gender, ethnicity, and culture.” (Liang & Knauer- Tuner & Molenaar & Price, 153) The results demonstrated that, domains such as gender role socialization, stereotypes, current gender role ideology, ethnic discrimination, sexism, and coping with discrimination shape the experience of women of color in consideration of various factors such as culture, ethnic discrimination, social class, and patriarchy. According to the researchers, further research would require further quantitative and qualitative examination of the intersection of social identities needed. This means that further studies would require more questions on ethnic discrimination. In addition, all but one of the participants identified as heterosexual so future research could explore how queer identities intersect with the various factors studied.
According to Christie Launius and Holly Hassel, authors of the book, “Threshold concepts in women’s and gender studies,” Social construction of gender is defined as the way that gender norms are expressed, communicated, and reinforced in present ways throughout our lives (52). In the latino community, this is seen through respeto, marianismo, hembrismo, and sexism. As I already mentioned, respeto refers to the idea that emphasizes respect for parents’ rules and upholding responsibilities influences how Latina college students view their role in the family (151). The concept of marianismo, is a norm that calls for women to be devoted to their family by cooking, cleaning, and taking care of children. In addition, in the latino culture there is also the idea of hembrismo, in other words “superwoman.” Although this has a positive connotation referring to strength, confidence, perseverance, endurance, resiliency, and having the ability to overcome any obstacles it can also have a negative connotation linked to it. Hembrismo can lead women to a negative experience with it while trying to fulfill multiple roles even if it means at home or outside of home. Having to meet these high expectations leads to stress emotionally, mentally and physically. Last but not least there is also sexism. Women can experience this in a variety of ways including, employment, health services, harassment, athletic sexism gender sexism, and in economic and political ways. Sexism overall, is a way that allows high class, white, privileged men to oppress women of all kind, butit is a lot more easier to do so towards a Latina women due to other parts of their identity like gender and race: in other words intersectionality. Overall, social construction of gender in the Latino culture, such as the factors I talk about above, are rules that have been established by society to be followed by parents to teach their kids. I personally have a lot of issues with these norms that have been followed for generations because even though my parents did a great job at raising me and disciplining me, there were many times were I could see how their high expectations of me fulfilling and following these norms was unfair and very stressful in many occasions.
Launius and Hassel also talk about the idea of agency: idea of having choices and options which can be restricted by public policies, individuals, and cultural norms. This is exactly what one of the participants did in the Liang, Knauer- Tuner, Molenaar, and Price study. The third domain in this study was the current gender role ideology which reflects the participant’s current thinking about gender. It included a category of independence which as the researchers mentioned, helps to underscore agency the participants developed from being around strong women in their life as well as resistance to the restrictive messages they received from more traditional men in their lives. These participants did what a lot of woman can’t do which is, “the ability to critique and resist feminine and/or masculine beliefs, values and expectations that were shaped and reinforced by family members, peers, and society.” (Liang & Knauer- Tuner & Molenaar & Price, 159) I can see this in my family. My older sister did something that my parents never saw coming which was her moving out of the house after she graduated and got hired at a very good paying job. My siblings and I know that my parents want the best for us, but for them it was a shock that my sister was moving out, as an independent woman before she was even married. My sister was scared to see how our parents would react but she thought about all the beautiful things in life she could enjoy and do, which were things that she probably wouldn’t have been able to do if she still lived with our parents. She was independent and broke out of that norm that you have to have a man in your life and be married in order to survive. She proved those who thought she was crazy wrong and she’s currently doing great. She inspires me to be like that and it makes me want to work hard and focus on myself so that I, just like her can grow to be an independent strong Latina woman.
To find this article I used search terms such as immigrant women, gender role, immigration and from those search terms there were 20 research results. It was very hard to think of search terms that could help me find scholarly articles that had to do with my topic and the results were not really what I was looking for. Some of the articles were focused on Latina women but didn’t have anything to do with the idea of immigration and gender roles. I was only able to find the second article because the first article mentioned it which brought a huge relief. Both of these studies focused on gender roles and the impact that it can on women. Even though one focused on East-European immigrants and the other one on Latina college students, both cultures still have the expectations of having to fulfill gender roles based on what society expects from both cultures. Another similarity in these studies is the methodology used, researchers used questionnaires and interviews to assess their research question with the participants. It’s great that both research studies considered ways in which they could further their research and even though were different in various ways it is awesome to see that they are thinking of ways to better their research results.
In conclusion, the study my Dr. Havlin, answers the question of does gender matter in context of immigration. The results of the research study show that migration experiences reinforces the transformation of gender roles and new social order imposes on immigrant women a demand of greater flexibility of gender roles in the family and for diversity in household strategies. This allows immigrant women to a certain liberalization of the role of women in the migratory context- women become a more active part of the world population and the opportunities of employment has decreased their economic dependency on men. The second study, by Liang, Knauer- Tuner, Molenaar, Price explores how Latina college students perceive their identities and intersections in their own lives. Challenges like achieving a balance between academic success and fulfilling their roles within the family as well as receiving a good education and living up to parents’ expectations for success in the US, and having to meet expectations while trying to fulfill multiple roles in and out of home are resulting salient stressors and emotional distress that Latina college students have to learn to deal with on the daily basis. The study concluded that gender role socialization, stereotypes, current gender role ideology, ethnic discrimination, sexism, and coping with discrimination shape the experience of women of color in consideration of various factors such as culture, ethnic discrimination, social class, and patriarchy. I hope to learn more about my identity as a Latina woman in college and how I can find a way to balance my expectations at home and outside-in the real world as a Latina.
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Euro Sci Network, The co-operative learning platform. (2017). Retrieved from https://www.eurosci.net/news/guest-
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Havlin, T. (2015). Shift in Social order - shift in gender roles? Migration experience and gender roles. Current Issues in Personality Psychology, 3(3), 185-191. https://doi.org/10.5114/cipp.2015.53229
Liang, C., Knauer-Turner, E., Molenaar, C., & Price, E. (2017). A Qualitative Examination of the Gendered and Racialized Lives of Latina College Students. Gender Issues, 34(2), 149-170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12147-016-9163-8
Launius, C., & Hassel, H. (2015). Threshold concepts in women’s and gender studies: Ways of seeing, thinking, and knowing. New York, NY: Routledge: Taylor and Francis.
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