Essays on Musings

Annotated Bibliography

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature. InfoBase Publishing, 2006 Snodgrass provides a review of a variety of genres explored over the years by various feminists on topics and issues that affect women. The book provides a broad range of non- fiction and fiction authors who have written various literary pieces on feminist themes that signal the evolution of feminism. The book deals with a wide range of themes, from abortion to male- female violence to rape. Snodgrass merely reviews fiction and non- fiction on feminist issues. She gives an account of the feminist themes explored in these books ...

Q1. There is an article posted on Moodle titled, “Using Lean Philosophy to Improve Passenger Departure Flow in Abu Dhabi Airport.” Read this article first and then answer the following part (a) and part (b) questions: After reading the above mentioned article, what were the main lessons learned from this paper? State between 3-6 lessons learned. [3 points] The standard ten wastes of lean manufacturing cannot always be applied in their original state due to the differences in the operational processes and their connection to each other and should be revised in every new situation. The elimination of the ...

When you look at the progression of Batman over time, the decision to switch from Christian Bale to Ben Affleck for the film Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice seems to be a bit of a surprise. Of course, at the end of The Dark Knight Rises, it looks like Batman has moved on into an anonymous life, having left the sobriquet Bruce Wayne behind. The arrival of Superman and the initiation of a rivalry, though, seems like it would have been enough to bring Wayne back from secrecy. However, there was a quote from a source about this ...

Musings and Longings

She sat quietly. She looked calm. She was all drenched. The park was empty. It was raining heavily. The leaves were all wet.

The sudden rain was livening after the long summer.

A bird had just flown back to the nest atop that big tree. She was happy that no one could see her tears. She wanted to look calm.

She was happy that no one could know she was broken from inside.

She thought of the baby. She thought of her life. She wanted to cry her heart out. But, that would make her look weak. Although alone, she wanted to look strong. She is now a killer. She didn’t want to. But she did. He wanted her to. ...

The movie “Julie and Julia” touches upon diverse issues. It is a very interesting movie to analyze. It can be discussed in terms of blogs, cuisine and people’s relationships. Mostly, the movie discusses the life of women. In the Julie/Julia venture, Julie Powell utilizes her blogging to bring others into her space. By opening her family life to others, her kitchenspace turns into an open space, however just in the digital sense. By expelling protection and segregation from the mathematical statement, the limits of the kitchenspace are redrawn. The blogosphere is a comprehensive, group based, and generally open ...