Laruen Pardue Put yourself in the shoes of the over two million girls a year who experience the fear and pain of female circumcision. Imagine the immense pain that they undergo while being forced by their families to be strapped down and their genitals mutilated by a doctor or midwife armed with nothing more … Read more
Bradley Pravlik How do men that exploit prostitutes know they are not being held against their will and forced to engage in sexual acts. These men are the driving cause behind the perpetuation of sexual slavery. They create the demand for the victims of sexual slavery. Yet, the laws enacted have focused on … Read more
Sarah Boyd Women in Eastern Europe are being tricked into modern day slavery, sex trafficking. Most of society thinks slavery is a thing of the past but this is a major social problem in many areas of world. Women’s bodies are being sold to whoever can pay the most. This has to be stopped because … Read more
In Leila Khaled’s My People Shall Live, Khaled tells of her journey as a Palestinian soldier on a mission to bring justice to her people from the Israelis. As the narrator, Khaled tells the story in such a way that she seems to be trying to convince the readers that she was justified in the … Read more
by Centrece Kendall Can you imagine walking into a grocery store and not knowing how to read the names or nutritional values of the items you purchased? How would you know if they were good for you or not? What if the simplest task, such as reading directions or even your favorite book, became a … Read more
Carolina Fonseca Somalia is a small country in East Africa where female genital mutilation is widespread and consists of the most severe form of female circumcision. This violent act of removing the clitoris, or parts of it, has grown to be a public health issue because the practice has severe physical and mental health consequences … Read more
In The September’s of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer, a man named Isaac becomes imprisoned essentially for his religion and for his “living well under the shah.” Revolutionaries come and take him from his place of work. However, the situation not only affects him but it is an ordeal for his whole family. He has a … Read more
The Mutability of Beauty and Time In the novel, The September’s of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer, although there is a surface story of Isaac being in prison and his family suffering without him, there is also a deeper aspect that speaks of the nature of life. Two things that the story speaks to are how … Read more
Marissa Gray Everyday women all over the world die from trying to terminate a pregnancy that they didn’t want. Worldwide the number of unsafe abortions per 1000 women has risen from 44 in 1995 to 49 in 2008 (Conley, 2012). Guttmacher Institute reported that in 2008 there were 43.8 million abortions that happened worldwide. Because … Read more
When reading the Septembers of Shiraz, I was inspired by one of the quotations cited. It is a moving story, in that a man is returned to his family after a long term of imprisonment by the guards of the revolution, who imprisoned, tortured, and/or executed anyone that had any association with the Shah of … Read more