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Final

During the semester, one of the main ideas that came up in almost every class was Chimamanda Adichie’s “The Danger of a Single Story”, which gives only a one sided version of a story. In Adichie’s TED talk that we watched in class, she started off by explaining the types of books that she usedContinue reading “Final”

Single Stories

When looking back on how far we have come in this class there is one theme that comes to my mind and that is a single story. A single story is when the reader or writer leapfrog over different perspectives of a story only giving one side of the story to the readers or listeners.Continue reading “Single Stories”

Miriam O’Brien

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2018/07/historic-women-adventurers-defy-gender-stereotypes-culture/#close Miriam O’Brien is a pioneer when it comes to women breaking down stereotypes. I must admit that I had not heard of Miriam before doing my research, but after doing so I realize how much she has done for women. She was the first women mountain climber that did include having a male guide.Continue reading “Miriam O’Brien”

Borrowed Babies

Olivia Charleson 2/29/2020 Dr. Richards On Saturday February 22nd, I went and watched Borrowed Babies at the Black Box Theatre. The play followed four female college students who were taking a home economics class where they had to live in the house together and take turns caring for a newborn baby. The play has followsContinue reading “Borrowed Babies”

Kara Lawson

Kara Lawson is the first female coach for the Boston Celtics. She is paving the road for many young girls who love the sport of Basketball and do not have many role models in the male dominated sport. She helps train and uses her take to help teach all of the young players trying toContinue reading “Kara Lawson”

Harriet

During Black History Month, High Point University sponsors many events around campus to bring awareness to the social injustice that happened. On Tuesday I went and watched the movie Harriet. The movie follows Harriet Tubman’s incredible life story and how she not only escaped the confederate south for freedom, but went back and rescued manyContinue reading “Harriet”

First African American Female NFL coach

Similar to Katie Sowers, Jennifer King goes against the typical single story of a female. She became the first african american female full time nfl coach. She signed a deal early this week with the Washington redskins making history. This is a big step for many groups, King is making a statement of defying theContinue reading “First African American Female NFL coach”

Single Story in Sports

Danica Patrick is a former professional race car driver, but to me she is an athlete that describes a single story. She is a female in an extremely dominated male sport. When you first look at her you never would guess that she is a driver. Some people might only know her as Aaron RodgersContinue reading “Single Story in Sports”

Support in Sports

Kobe Bryant was a major influence on everyone in the world. In the video around 3:30, you hear him talk about how his daughter is going to be the one to carry on the tradition and that she shuts down all of the people telling him he should try for a boy. He was veryContinue reading “Support in Sports”

Women in Sports

Katie Sowers is an American football assistant coach. She made history this past weekend by being the first women to be a coach in the Super Bowl. She is a lady entering into a field that is not necessarily a female occupation so to me she is a clean cut version of what it meansContinue reading “Women in Sports”