23 ways to fake your weight

The cosmopolitan article "23 ways to fake your weight' represents women in a negative way. The title says it all, the magazine is telling us that we are over weight and this is unnattractive. In order to be pretty we have to pretend to be skinnier by following these 23 tips. These tips include covering up your belly with a purse and wear lots of accesories to distract people away from your 'problem parts'. Fashion designer Wayne Cooper suggests that women should wear a V neck dress to draw mens attention to your clevage not your waist. Buy magic underwear, become friends with a fake tan and to wear dark clothes are some other tips that this article suggests. " you've got that sepcial occasion coming up this Saturday night, just enough time for a three day panic diet and several punishing sessions at the gym " statements like these are the cause for so many women feeling unhappy with their weight and leaves us feeling unnatractive. Cosmo is suggesting that if you follow these 23 tips you will appear slimmer and more beautiful..because your not already.

How are women represented in Kanye West’s ‘Gold Digger’?

The music video and lyrics to Kanye West’s ‘Gold Digger’ represents women in a very objective way. The music video shows numerous women in lingerie whilst Kanye himself is dressed in normal clothing. These girls are posing infront of magazine covers in flirtatious ways and covered in makeup. Now I ain't sayin' she a gold digger (When I'm in need)
But she ain't messin' wit no broke, broke (She steal me money)
The lyrics represent women as financially dependent on men and will go out and spend money on liposuction instead of insurance.
18 years, 18 years
She got one of yo' kids, got you for 18 years
I know somebody payin' child support for one of his kids
'Cause when she leave yo' ass she gon' leave with half
18 years, 18 years
And on her 18th birthday, he found out it wasn't his?
Again, these lyrics show women in a negative way. The lyrics are saying that us women sleep around and have children with numerous people. Marriage isn’t something we care about and we divorce our husbands for the child support money and half of the bank account. The child in the music video is dressed up as a devil. ‘The spawn of Satan’ is the meaning behind this, again, women are the negative in this scenario.
She walkin' around lookin' like Michael with ya money
These lyrics are about the amount of plastic surgery women get done in order to look attractive to the opposite sex. These lyrics suggest that our number one priority should be self maintenance and how we act in front of men. The girls that are getting all the attention are the ones half naked on magazine covers and this is how women are portrayed in the media. Anyone above this standard receive no mention, all you hear about are the women with the prettiest faces and richest husbands.

Show Don’t Tell

1: The hero was strong and handsome. He was admired by the townspeople. He was brave and wished to help other people in need.
Winchester was as strong as the Greek Gods and twice as handsome. Everywhere he went he could feel the men’s jealous eyes stabbing at hi, while the women swooned at his charms. Nothing could scare him and he longed for the taste of danger. Protecting his town was not only his job but his passion.
2: The wizard was ugly and evil. The people of the town were terrified of him. He enjoyed threatening them, especially the children. He was cruel and greedy.
Up in his castle, he could watch the people in town hide. They truly were terrified of the wizard and this pleased him. The wizard enjoyed threatening and scaring the people in the town, especially the helpless children. He considered himself as a superior above them all and forced them to cure his greed with their belongings in exchange for his protection; after all, with one simple flick of his wand he could destroy the entire town.
3: The Knight was arrogant and greedy. He did not want to help others. He only wanted to be viewed as the most handsome and talented warrior in the land.

Although the knight fulfilled his duties as a brave and ruthless warrior, it was always against his will. This knight did not enjoy his job and he never did it for the respect for his town. This knight was a greedy as a pig and twice as arrogant. His good looks were the only thing going for him and it was the only thing he was concerned about.

4:The peasants were kind and helpful. They were hard working and honest people. They were scared to drawing the attention of the wizard.

Down in the city the peasants could feel the evil wizard staring down upon them. Their hard work and kindness did not please him and in no way did the wizard respect them. They prided themselves on their honesty and were helpful to others even though it was them that needed the most help.

5:The land was beautiful, but harsh. The town was safe from the elements, but outside could be dangerous if one did not take precautions.

Away from the dangerous outside world, the city was full of protection. The landscape was safe from the elements and one could find its natural beauty soothing and peaceful. Although the land could be harsh it was home and that was the most important thing.

Home Town Activity

Vancouver us a city filled with true beauty. It is fresh and calm,even the storm clouds could put you at ease.The morning, grass would be covered in a light dew and the crisp smell of pine tress hanging in the air. On a winters day, waking up to the sound of birds calling and to find a sprinkling of fresh snow, and running outside meant getting attacked by the stabbing cold. By day, women would flock to the nearest Starbucks and catch up on the latest gossip while the men crossed the bridge into the city to work. By nightfall, the soft glow from the stars reflected upon the snow would act as your glow light outside of your window and could always put you to sleep in calm state.
The people of Vancouver are always welcoming and would seldom keep to themselves. Meeting your friends on the mountains for a few hours of snowboarding was always a fun way to end the day, and the view overlooking the harbour and city would make the cold bearable. After a long day on the slopes, walking back to the cabin heated by a log fire, drinking hot chocolate and eating french fries is just one of the many memorable moments I've had in Vancouver. I would like to go back one day to visit my friends and relive some of these memories. Although, for the time being, I LOVE living on the Gold Coast. :)

To kill a mockingbird websearch

Part A

Hi Judy
How are you? Do you have any news? Sorry I have taken so long to reply to you least message, with it being the depression and all. I guess I just haven’t had much time. Yeah my family is going good, and yours? My father is now a gainfully employed lawyer and he looks after how we spend out money as he is the one who earned it, which I guess is fair. Everyone one up here as a maid or two as well. My mum stays at home and we have a cook and nurse to help her out. We also have a gardener that looks after our flowers and grass. We own our own land and we bring in income fro out crops, our family is doing quite well now as we don’t have to pay much tax on our land either.
I enjoy being where I live, I have a lot to do. I usually play jump rope or play with jacks; I am in scouts and love playing tackle football with my best friend. I even built a fort with him; we have a lot of fun. For Christmas my mum got me a few dolls, but I like what all my guy friends got, toy trains and trucks, we used my dolls to reenact a mugging!
It can be hard to play with them sometime though; mum gets mad at me for getting my clothes dirty. She told us that we could never wear blue jeans as they were too tacky and we could never walk around barefoot. Also we were told we could never fight like boys, although that never stopped me hitting a few of them. We are told to not raise our voices and to never say “shut up”, we must always have correct grammar. In the afternoons we got dressed up to go to town or the park, but for some reason we were never allowed to talk to the other black children there. We always have to look our best, my dad just bought me and my sister handmade dresses from New York just the other day, they’re very pretty, I love wearing them.
My friends are mostly boys, I’ve never seen why this was a problem but mum thinks I should be spending more time making girl friends and going to tea parties or like she says “being a lady” .

Anyways, that’s all I can think of telling you
I hope to see you soon,
Makede.

Reading Reflection

This week I've been reading the book Covet. Its taken me a while to choose a book because I don't really enjoy reading but so far I've found this one pretty interesting. I have read the other two books before this and am looking foward to reading what happens :)

Reading circles

To Whom It May Concern
I was run over by the truth one day.
Ever since the accident I've walked this way
So stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.

Heard the alarm clock screaming with pain,
Couldn't find myself so I went back to sleep again
So fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.

Every time I shut my eyes all I see is flames.
Made a marble phone book and I carved out all the names
So coat my eyes with butter
Fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.

I smell something burning, hope it's just my brains.
They're only dropping peppermints and daisy-chains
So stuff my nose with garlic
Coat my eyes with butter
Fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.

Where were you at the time of the crime?
Down by the Cenotaph drinking slime
So chain my tongue with whisky
Stuff my nose with garlic
Coat my eyes with butter
Fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.

You put your bombers in, you put your conscience out,
You take the human being and you twist it all about
So scrub my skin with women
Chain my tongue with whisky
Stuff my nose with garlic
Coat my eyes with butter
Fill my ears with silver
Stick my legs in plaster
Tell me lies about Vietnam.
-- Adrian Mitchell

Questions
1: When i read this poem I feel sad, like I was in this mans shoes. How he describes what he is feeling comes across as very clear and the poem makes me feel almost guilty for letting him go to war and putting him through this, even though I had nothing to do with it. The man is suffering even after the war and he can't get rid of the images and memories and it makes me feel sorry for him.
2:The poem is about a man who fought in the Vietnam war and he can't get the images, smells, feelings and memories out of his head.As the song goes on another element is added to the poem.In the last stanza there are the senses and how he tries to explain how he could get rid of them. Every one of the senses is there and this shows how much the war has affected him.
3: scrub my skin
Chain my tongue
Stuff my nose
Coat my eyes
Fill my ears
Stick my legs
These are descriptive words used in the poem.They are effective because scrub,chain,stuff,coat,fill and stick are not particularly nice words and how he is feeling isn't nice at all.This adds a certain dark mood to the poem.
4:I think the poet tried to achieve by writing this poem was understanding, by the people who were not involved in the war.'Tell me lies about Vietnam' is how he expresses that the war in Vietnam was horrific and tragic and you would have to lie to say anything else.The descriptive words used in the poem help get across to the reader how this man is feeling and I when I read the poem I thought it came across very well as I could see what lengths he would have to go to in order to forget everything he went through.
5: I smell something burning, hope it's just my brains.
They're only dropping peppermints and daisy-chains
So stuff my nose with garlic
I chose these lines because they created imagery for me.The poet is trying to say that he would rather be going crazy than believe what was really going on.He tried to make the situation better by imaging he was somewhere else,somewhere were only peppermints and daisy chains were falling.He chose these words because they are nice smelling and what he was smelling that was burning was probably bodies.In order to get rid of the smell you would have to stuff your nose with garlic.
6: The first two lines in each stanza rhyme.
7: This adds to the overall effect of the poem by using rhyming words that are easy to remember, such as day-way,crime-slime etc. Personally, I find rhyming poems easier to remember and I don't find them as difficult to read and then I can focus more :D
8:I haven't heard this poem before but I really liked it and that is why I have chosen to analyse it.
9:I liked this poem because I really enjoyed reading about what he had to do to get rid of the memories of war.I thought it was interesting and even though he wouldn't actually do it it helped me understand how extreme the situation was.This helped me fell like I could relate to the story more without actually being the poet.
10: This poem creates images in my head or a man with broken legs, trying to escape from this past by covering his ears with thick silver to block out the sound.Covering his eyes with butter so he can't see whats really happening,stuffing his nose with garlic to mask the horrible smell he can remember, getting the taste off his tongue buy guzzling down whisky.