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Following up on last week's blog entry about how women are less convinced of the effectiveness of the United States' democratic system, I decided to turn towards Michelle Obama as First Lady. Michelle Obama, who met her husband when her husband became her mentee at the law firm where she worked, arguably was just as capable as her husband of becoming a politician. However, as a … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who: The First Lady As a Wife

Painter from Los Angeles to look into: Kehinde Wiley. Kehinde Wiley is a painter who is most known for his portraits of African American men from Harlem and South Central. His portraits are exciting to look at since these men are painted in traditional poses from masters paintings. He would go on the streets of South Central and invite men to his studio to pose for his … [Read more...] about Daily Art: Kehinde Wiley

Mark Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard University as a sophomore to develop Facebook, and is now a billionaire. Daniel Ek co-founded Spotify after dropping out of the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden. Matt Mullenweg dropped out of the University of Houston and founded Wordpress. David Karp didn’t even graduate high school and created Tumblr. The successful stories of … [Read more...] about The Book Is on the Table: Pros and Cons of College Education

    It only seems appropriate on International Women's Day to look into the problem of women voting in the United States. Fifty-three percent of the electorate in the 2012 presidential election were women1, showing that women are flexing their ability to vote more than ever. However, a 2012 poll indicates that only forty-four percent of women had faith in the … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who: The Gender Gap in Trust

I hate to use the same theme from last week, but the Oscars are still so recent and relevant to what is happening in the media in terms of females on film. Cate Blanchett's acceptance speech for Best Leading Actress exemplifies a lot of what this blog has been talking about: female characters in television and film, and what it means to society and its relationship to the … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: The Success of the Female Protagonist