despairing mindset Americans based their beliefs about women‚ and who the ideal woman should be. Lynn Peril analyzes in her novel‚ “Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy
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English 101 To Think Pink or Not “Pink Think” by Lynn Peril is an excerpt from the introduction to Pink Think‚ a book that examines the influences of the feminine ideal. Lynn Peril was born in Milwaukee‚ Wisconsin‚ but has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1985. She writes‚ edits‚ publishes‚ and detritus of popular culture‚ especially that concerning gender-related behavioral instructions. The Author starts off the essay with her thesis saying that the human female is bombarded with advice
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Lynn Peril’s concept‚ “pink think” is a concept in which society has come up with a set of ideas and attitudes about what constitutes “proper” female behavior. For example‚ once upon a time‚ young girls were supposed to wear conservative dresses‚ and get boyfriends in hopes of those very boyfriends becoming their husbands and fathering their children so that they may become what was perceived as successful‚ a mother and housewife. These ideas and concepts were fit to the times that Peril mentions
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Loretta Lynn (born Loretta Webb April 14‚ 1935) is an American country music singer-songwriter‚ author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow‚ Kentucky to a coal miner father‚ Lynn married at 13 years old‚ was a mother soon after‚ and moved to Washington with her husband‚ Oliver Vanetta Lynn‚ Jr. (b.1926‚ d.1996)‚ nicknamed "Doo". Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he had affairs and she was headstrong. Their experiences together became inspiration for her music. On her 21st birthday‚
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Pink is a pale red color‚ which takes its name from the flower of the same name.[2][3] According to surveys in Europe and the United States‚ pink‚ especially when combined with white or pale blue‚ is the color most commonly associated with femininity‚ sensitivity‚ tenderness‚ childhood‚ and the romantic. However‚ when combined with violet or black‚ it is associated with eroticism and seduction.[4] Pink was first used as a color name in the late 17th century. History‚ art and fashion[edit] From
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Born on April 14‚ 1932 in Butcher Hollow‚ Kentucky‚ Loretta Lynn grew up in a small cabin in a poor Appalachian coal mining community. The second child of eight children‚ she began singing in a church at a young age. Her younger sister‚ Brenda Gayle Webb‚ also went on to become a singer as Crystal Gayle. Loretta married Oliver "Mooney" Lynn just a few months before her 14th birthday on January 1948. The following year‚ she and Oliver moved to Washington State where he hoped to find better work.
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Government Bre-Ann Cantrell Lynn Jenkins Lynn Jenkins was born on June 10‚ 1963 on a dairy farm in Holton‚ Kansas. She has two children‚ Hayley and Hayden and currently lives in Topeka‚ Kansas. She Graduated from Kansas State University and Weber State College with a major in accounting and a minor in economics. Congress woman Lynn Jenkins is also certified to be a public accountant. She served in the Kansas state Senate for one term‚ as well as the Kansas House of Representatives for
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In The Pink presents the same strongly antiwar theme as most of Siegfried Sassoon’s poems do. However‚ the message he conveys is subtle. It does not entirely depict the gruesome horrors of war‚ but rather the impact of war on every soldier and his loved ones. The poem follows the thoughts of a soldier‚ Davies. War has broken out‚ and the persona is reminiscing life back then when he was living with his lover‚ Gwen. The poem is set in a barn during winter as evident from stanza 1. The situation seems
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Lynn‚ David H. “Creating a Creator.” Readings on The Great Gatsby. Ed. Katie de Koster‚ 154-62. San Diego: Greenhaven Press‚ 1998. Print Author David H. Lynn argues that the distinction between character and personality suggested from the earliest pages of “The Great Gatsby” reveals just how fully responsible Nick is for his creation of Gatsby‚ the romantic hero. He claims that Nick fleshes Gatsby onto a skeleton of public gestures as this is someone whose essential romantic
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A ladle is a type of serving spoon used for soup‚ stew‚ or other foods.[1] Although designs vary‚ a typical ladle has a long handle terminating in a deep bowl‚ frequently with the bowl oriented at an angle to the handle to facilitate lifting liquid out of a pot or other vessel and conveying it to a bowl. Some ladles involve a point on the side of the basin to allow for finer stream when pouring the liquid; however‚ this can create difficulty for left handed users‚ as it is easier to pour towards
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