Vietnamese Refugees and Immigrants Nail (Polish) the American Dream

If you have ever been to a nail salon, especially in California, there is a high chance that the owners and workers were most likely Vietnamese, a trend which often goes unnoticed or is simply dismissed. However, how exactly did this occupational phenomenon come about? For twenty long years, North Vietnam and South Vietnam had...

Modern Media Voyeurism

Just recently, Muk-Bangs have gained incredible popularity as part of an ongoing media trend. The term itself is comprised of the Korean word for eating, "meokneun", and broadcast, "bangsong", and combined, the popular videos display exactly that — an eating broadcast. Originating in South Korea, these Muk-Bangs usually involve attractive young men or women who live-stream themselves...

Gender in Slavery

"Slavery is the next thing to hell"              -Harriet Tubman  From around 1650 up to around 1850, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade was responsible for the forced movement of twelve to fifteen million people from Africa to the western hemisphere. This was done by way of large, cargo ships―yes, cargo ships, vessels...

My Reflection

        Humanities Core (h)yo͞oˈmanədēs/ kôr        noun. an engaging, thought-provoking class at UCI with great professors. an insanely tough and stressful course for Sharon Alexis Hsu. My journey since the beginning of the year has been a hectic one. Coming into college, I was rather hopeful and excited for a new experience. I had...

Gandhi’s Great Social Movement of Women

Thus far, we have seen, read, and studied the oppression and resistance of different groups throughout history, but the topical focus for the rest of the Humanities Core classes moves to one that remains today as an issue often greatly debated: the independence of India. Today, when thinking of the very resistance and freedom of...

Shakespeare and His Portrayal of Women

"Women may fall when there is no strength in men" -William Shakespeare William Shakespeare's early use of women in his books normally were significantly less than the present amount of men, and for certain works, the women that he does include more often than not appear as one-dimensional characters and are given the roles of...

The Rise of Women in Potosí

Potosí, Bolivia was once one of the largest and most prosperous cities in the world, but what remains even richer, however, is its history. In the 1570's, the discovery of silver in Potosí  generated large amounts of revenue for the Spanish and allowed them to become tremendously wealthy, but consequentially, it demanded massive amounts of...

Women and Politics

Having grown up with mostly brothers and male cousins, I am more tomboy-ish than most girls, so I tend to like to hang around guys more often than girls. One of my most distinct memories of my senior year of high school was when I walked up to my group of guy friends who were...

Civilization vs Nature of (wo)Men

A couple of years ago, maybe even a few more back, lifestyles entailed foraging for scarce food and surviving day-to-day against extreme weathers and ferocious wild animals. Men were complete savages and somewhat comparable to animals, but this is all being said through speculative theories. No one knows for sure how life was during the...

Role of Women in Just Ancient Times? Or Still Today?

When you think of the word marriage, what do you imagine? Perhaps an image of a couple, smiling at each other in joyful bliss appears in your mind. But what if marriage was just a byproduct of a deal instigated by the fathers of daughters? Marriage is supposed to entail a union of support and...