Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, right? Beauty is subjective, not objective; as everyone defines and sees beauty differently. Now, why does everyone presented in the media look similar? Why is there a beauty standard? How come everyone wants to look like the same few people? What is the rave about double eyelid surgery all about? We need to ask, where is this coming from? Whom are we all trying to look like? What does this beauty standard...
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As human being man is born in this world full of longing, he has this need, that desires to be satisfied, the need for love, C.S. Lewis in his book ‘Four Loves’ states that “as soon as we are fully conscious, we discover loneliness. Each individual need other people physically, emotionally, intellectually; we need them if we are to know anything, even ourselves”. The child experiences love in his own family, which can be described as filial love, love in...
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Everyone wishes to be somewhere. We all want to succeed in life and live the future we dream of. And for us to achieve that setting goals is one factor which have to be done first before you can proceed which is not always easy as we have to strive hard to get there. This is because challenges will always be in the way. Some try hard to get to that road, some give up on the way while others...
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Depression is a mental illness that affects 11.3% of adults in Canada (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2016). Although seemingly a low percentage, depression affects people of all ages at different parts of their life. According to the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), 50% of the Canadian population will have, or have had, a mental illness by age 40 (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2016). It is with no question that depression affects people in Canada through aspects of their...
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Ever wonder how humans are affecting biodiversity through their daily tasks? Every day there are workers building new homes, shopping malls, and schools. To have enough space, they’ll have to clear forest out with the animals. This is causing the US tons of money and loss in plants and animals. Although the biodiversity in the United States is decreasing tremendously due to loss and degradation of suitable habitat, it can be slowed down or even stopped, by building sanctuaries, reserving...
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Some people would be petrified to venture into space and witness how beautiful Earth and other space masses really are. Most humans would be willing to go a on a vacation to anywhere safe and alluring, or warm and sunny, but imagine vacationing to a place that is -450 degrees Fahrenheit and nearly all darkness. It may not sound as fun or as exhilarating as the Bahamas, but going to space could be the most amazing thing you have ever...
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Conspiracy theories have been around for decades there will always be people who will believe in conspiracy ideation examples: assassination of John F. Kennedy, 9/11 terrorist attacks or government cover-ups of alien visitation. Aaronovitch (2009) describes conspiracy belief as “the unnecessary assumption of conspiracy when other explanations are more probable”. Does this mean that there is something wrong with believing in conspiracy theories? Believing in conspiracy theories from what has been researched and studied has negative social, health and civic...
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Six million Jewish inhabitants of Eastern Europe were killed amid the Holocaust of the 1940's. Families were removed from their homes and put into ghettos, which were substantial jail type foundations that housed many individuals in a single little apartment. They were then isolated from their families, 'men to one side and ladies to one side', and were put in inhumane imprisonments, where the greater part of them were murdered and incinerated. In 1993, Steven Spielberg coordinated a film, ‘Schindler's...
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The film ‘Gattaca’ released in 1997, portrays the controversial topic of genetic engineering showing just what the near future could possibly look like if this was implemented. As technology was starting to take off in the late 20th century, science was finding new ways to manipulate just about everything, including human cells. During a very controversial time whether or not human modification should be legal, ‘Gattaca’ was released really outlining the harm that it could have on society. The film...
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Globalization has changed the employment market into a multi-cultural one which begs for a clear recognition of cultural differences. These differences need to be understood, recognized and considered especially when implementing HR practices such as recruitment and selection and performance management (White, 2015). As Ulrich (Ulrich, 1998) put it: “Globalization requires organizations to move people, ideas, products and information around the world to meet local needs”. This has brought a number of changes to the employment market due to the...
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I’m a freshman at Stockton University in my first semester of college. As an eighteen-year-old with three younger siblings, I’m held to a lot of responsibility and accountability in how I do at school and in my regular daily life. I’m currently majoring in business management but have a feeling that I will most likely switch my major going into my sophomore year to communications. I chose to go to college because I’m the first in my family to go...
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Persepolis is a completed autobiographical series by author Marjane Satrapi that shows her upbringing in the war-torn city of Tehran, located in Iran. The citizens of Tehran were subjected to years of war and religious extremism. The environment of her childhood in Iran had changed her personality. This will be the central theme of this paper. In order to explore how the author’s life had been shaped by the Islamic revolution, we must understand the background information surrounding the unrest...
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On August 6, 1945, an American B-29 bomber dropped the first atomic bomb on the Japanese city Hiroshima. For the Americans, it was a ray of hope. Many believed that dropping the atomic bomb flashed a light and peace was secured. But for the people that were under the atomic bomb, it was a terror. A terror that no one had ever seen before. The atomic bombing directly killed more than 80,000 people in Hiroshima. Even more catastrophic were the...
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In order to fully understand the reasons as to why the US lost its war against Vietnam, one must fully understand the events and key factors before and during the war itself. The war itself took place between 1961 and 1975, resulting in US defeat. Vietnam had been an independent nation until the French conquered the country in 1887, renaming it French Indochina. Throughout the years of the French rule, Ho Chi Minh, a Vietnamese nationalist, formed the Viet Minh...
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The US Sectary of State, Dean Acheson, considered the events of 1949 to have changed everything, forcing the Truman Administration to review both the goals and tactics of American policy towards the Soviet Union. The NSC 68 exemplified the consistent objectives of US diplomacy, from contrasting Communism with Democracy in areas that were viewed as swing nations, the gradual erosion of Soviet influence and power within the Soviet sphere, to, ultimately, the collapse of the Soviet system itself. Ernest R....
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The Food Culture Trend One of the many trends that international influencers began was of clicking pictures of one’s food and uploading it on social media. Sure enough, just one would have to start, the rest of them would follow the mob. This ensured that the trend evolved into a full blown social media activity from just clicking pictures of really good looking food to influencers ‘blogging’ about these foods and giving out information to their followers. The hashtags commonly...
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There are frequent debates over whether advertising to children should be banned. The main question asked is “Is marketing to children a harmful or useful tool for teaching them?”. In some cases advertising is already restricted on certain products such as tobacco and betting, mainly to protect the health of consumers or potential consumers but also to prevent items which are illegal to children from being introduced to them at a young age. Advertisements are made to promote products but...
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The ways in which the government interacts with its citizens can have a large impact on the type and amount of citizen participation it yields. As more grassroots efforts become popular and effective in government affairs, local governments have evaluated different ways to get the most valuable information out of their citizens. Two different structures, participatory governance and deliberative forums, can attract different types of participants and offer different types of results. Employing participatory policy making and engaging the public...
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Deforestation, as one of the most uprising environmental problems in today’s time, has been recorded as the foremost serious threat to the environmental ecosystem and one of the main factors that have contributed to the green cover change. This paper depicts various methods used for the identification and prediction of deforestation. Over the years, numerous methods were implemented for this purpose; however, they were restricted to a specific area. In this survey paper, we have described many such techniques and...
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Democracy has become a keyword in international debates about politics in various parts of the world. Lack of democracy is widely viewed as the root of the issues that plague some societies. Inherent in the concept of democracy is the certainty that people should be allowed to participate in making decisions about how they are governed (this being the base idea of democracy) because they have certain fundamental rights and freedoms and a society is democratic to the extent that...
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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or most commonly known as North Korea was instituted in the year 1948 after World War II when the United States of America together with the Soviet Union divided the control. Wherein, The United States of America controlled the southern region and on the other hand the Soviet Union controlled the northern region. Two years later with the help of the Soviet Union, North Korean leader at that time Kim Il-Sung attempted to seize...
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It is commonly seen when a book is turned into a movie, to have significant changes and alterations. Some add up to the overall thrill movie-makers want to create for their audience, some fail to depict the writer’s thoughts when writing the book. The novel “Hunger Games” is among those books that have been incarnated in movie theaters all over the globe. However, Suzanne Collins, writer of The Hunger Games, would most certainly question several parts of her trilogy’s adaptation,...
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The colonisation of South Africa contributed to abhorrent ethnic division, racism and rigid inequality at its inception, with its legacy having engendered significant social conflict affecting citizens today. This essay will discuss the immediate social implications of European colonisation, and how slavery, segregation and poor resource distribution unsettled ethnic relations amongst locals. Furthermore, this essay shall criticise the European’s colonial impact by exposing the detrimental long-term implications for South Africa, including Apartheid and black disenfranchisement (Worden, 1996). Finally, this essay...
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In an era of climate change, what is the role of the humanities, especially literature? it seems that action on climate change has been relegated to the short time scales and utopian rhetoric of international policy and the even shorter timescale at a time of diminishing futures . There exists a profoundly entrancing connection among crisis and writing – which is addressed by Amitav Ghosh time and again in his seminal essays and an array of work where he points...
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On the 28th of June 1919, Germany signed the Treaty of Versailles in the of hall mirrors ending the First World War with the Allied powers led by British, France, Russia, and later Italy. This essay will seek to analyse the immediate historical events that took place before and after the article was written, which provoked the writer to give this statement. Indicating the article, it will comment and explain on the importance of specific points made in the statement....
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The word democracy roots can be traced back to Ancient Greece, it is derived from the Greek term 'kratos' meaning power and 'demos' refers to the people implying that its meant to mean 'rule by the people' the notion attached to democracy seems to be false in this period of time, democracy now is a system of corruption to make the rich richer and the poor poorer, it's become a system based on hierarchy, privilege and wealth instead of being...
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In the Murky discourse that surrounds “Bathroom Bills” the overall humanity of the subjects of such bills has been lost. We’ve moved away from empathy and dived headlong into specious claims and assertions with little to no backing. It is important to keep in mind the worth and value of trans people and their right to human dignity. In this paper I’ll focus on trans students’ right to use the bathroom that corresponds with their gender identity and the importance...
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Talking about Syria can trigger a range of emotions and thoughts that are all rather negative and there is usually not a happy story to tell due to the fact that the country has faced a brutal civil war for the last decade. Then why, when looking at the World Health Organization’s report of statistics for the sustainable development goals, is this story not conveyed? Several health statistics are presented and I was prepared to be able to quite easily...
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In order to meet the hectic demands of textiles to keep up with the modern trends in the fast fashion industry, rural countries in the developing world are suffering the most strain both socially and economically. Specifically, third world countries that are part of the lower economic spectrum of the globe are targeted to manufacture and produce garments due to the access of abundance of workers with little pay provided. In the peer reviewed article, ‘Pulse of the Fashion Industry’,...
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The technology of 3D printing and additive manufacturing has been on the market for 36 years and was first introduced in 1984 by Charles Hull. It’s only been as of recent years that 3D printing became more popular and accessible to professionals and hobbyists. There is currently a wide range of both corporate and individual clients who cannot successfully carry out promotions and branding of their products and/or services without seeking the services of 3D printing companies. 3D printing is...
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