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Confronting The Over-sexualization of Afro-Latina Women in The Bluest Eye and The Poet X
No full textAfro-Latina women experience over-sexualization within contemporary society in ways that their white, female counterparts do not experience. Since the Reconstruction era, black women have been stereotyped as being promiscuous and oversexed. These sexualized stereotypes have carried weight within society for generations and have begun to encroach on other minority races, such as Latina women. Within their novels, The Bluest Eye and The Poet X, Toni Morrison and Elizabeth Acevedo do not shy away from discussing sex, sexualized stereotypes, and how sex impacts young women of color. Instead, they have confronted over-sexualization in their coming-of-age novels about Pecola Breedlove, a young black girl living in Loraine, Ohio during the 1940s, and Xiomara Batista, a young Dominican teenager living in Harlem, New York during the 2000s. Both authors utilize the complicated world of a teenage girl in a society that is accepting of negative sexualized stereotypes and challenge the over-sexualization through their main characters. This thesis analyzes how both authors confront the over-sexualization of Afro-Latina women to give a voice to young women who may be suffering in silence, and who are struggling to navigate a world that tells them they are only valued for what their body can give to a man.Englis
Food Accessibility and Affordability in Salem: Promoting Healthier Food Options through HIP
No full textThis senior internship project aimed to increase awareness of the Healthy Incentives Program [HIP] and its benefits. HIP provides access to healthier food options and significantly boosts community engagement. Flyers were created, translated from English to Spanish, and distributed at the Salem Farmer’s Market and on various social media platforms. Data was available that represented the average HIP households and new beneficiaries by month. However, due to limited time and resources available to Salem farmers, no comprehensive data was available on their HIP beneficiary usage
Cure For The Dead
No full textThe story of "Cure for the Dead" takes place in the wake of a global catastrophe in which people began to experience organ failure at an accelerated rate. The disaster was averted by the discovery of "Regenerates"- individuals who can regrow their organs and provide surgical organ transplants for those who need them. In the gritty and unyielding City of Arteria, Regens are seen as a resource that must be sacrificed for the greater good, making them both invaluable and disposable. An important element of the surgical transplant process is a mysterious drug called Somnium, which allows the body to accept the new organ. However, there is more to Somnium than meets the eye, as it can also be used recreationally to induce a dreamlike state of euphoria, with devastating results if overused. The story follows three characters- Sophia Luckstrim, Cillian Berne, and Brona who embody the different ways in which this world has been affected by the organ crisis. It takes place in a setting influenced by 19th century and steampunk aesthetics.Englis
An Analysis of Rules that Mimic the Effects of Response Disequilibrium Contingencies
No full textThis study investigated the impact of rules operating as contingency-specifying stimuli (CSS). The primary focus was on whether rules could specify a contingency that alters the functions of advertisements and videos. Integrating Relational Frame Theory (RFT) and Response Disequilibrium Theory (RDT), it was examined whether rules with comparative contextual cues mimicked the effects of response deficit contingencies. Ten Salem State University undergraduate students participated in a counterbalanced study with three baselines that preceded or followed two experimental conditions: Deficit and Rules. During each baseline phase of the study, advertisements and videos were freely available for viewing. Similarly, advertisements and videos were freely available for viewing during the Rules condition. Rules were framed comparatively across the dimensions of "more" and "better" to increase the duration of time spent viewing advertisements (e.g., "Click more Ads to see better Vids"). In the Deficit condition, a response deficit contingency was arranged to increase the viewing duration of advertisements. The results indicated that Rules had an effect that increased participants" advertisement viewing duration, which resembled the effect of the response deficit contingency. This research advances our understanding of verbally-regulated behavior changes, as the effect of rules approximated the effect of disequilibrium contingencies.Psycholog
From Air to Makeup: Addressing Environmental Justice in the U.S.
No full textThis talk will explore opportunities for centering social justice as we, as a society, address climate change and other environmental crises. We will discuss how structural racism impacts environmental exposures and health in the U.S.; then, we will go in-depth into examples of how advocates, community members, and scientists are coming together to tackle air pollution and toxic chemicals in beauty products
Prolonged Blue Light Exposure Alters Phototransduction Efficiency and One-Carbon Metabolism Processes in the Drosophila Eye
No full textOxidative stress in the eye is associated with the development and progression of ocular diseases including cataracts, glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration, and diabetic retinopathy. This talk focuses on how blue light exposure results in oxidative stress in the Drosophila eye and will discuss proteins that are susceptible to changes in oxidation status and/or redox signaling events. Interestingly, we identified several key phototransduction and one-carbon metabolism proteins with oxidative modifications correlating with changes in enzymatic activity
COVID-19 And Unemployment Rate
Full text linkCovid-19 affected the unemployment rate in the United States to an enormous extent which has crippled the economy. Covid-19 contributed to worsening the factors that contribute to the unemployment rate. These factors in themselves are the combination of independent variables that influence the average citizen or are the results of their decisions. This information is important to understand for the economic/financial impact for the United States in future scenarios. This paper hypothesizes that the desire to be safe from a virus in a population will be a large contributor to the unemployment rate. The desire to be safe is represented by those that never or rarely use their masks when they go outside. The most direct method of Covid’s effect on the market being the death rate of Covid. While unemployment rate’s other various factors are involved as well, examples being Trump voters, populations age, and education. The years of these variables will be from 2020 and 2022 in order to compare the lasting impact. From the population of the US this information will be taken from by county. All of the numerical data is organized in excel, where regressions are made amongst factors. This constant use of regression is to prove the significance of connection between Covid-19 and unemployment rate. Alternatively, some of these factors were very related to one another and must be identified to not confuse the ultimate regression. Results have shown political alignment of Trump voters' correlation between the unemployment rate compared to the others. With the desire to be safe having little effect compared to Trump voters. The implications of this shows that in order to help combat future cases of a Pandemic of deadly disease, the political leanings of the United States should be a bit more united.Economic
Women's Experiences with Postpartum Depression During the Covid-19 Pandemic: An Integrative Review of the Literature
Full text linkAim: The aim of this integrative review of literature was to assess the correlation between the rates of Postpartum Depression (PPD) during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. Background: Risk factors of PPD include social isolation and stressful life events that were both occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: An integrative review of the information provided by ten scholarly articles from the EBSCO databases CINAHL and MEDLINE. These articles were then synthesized by theme in the literature review section. Analysis: Three major themes were used to separate the articles used for this integrative review. These themes included "The Importance of Social Support", " Significant Increase in Symptoms During the COVID-19 Pandemic", and "Other Risk Factors During the Pandemic." Conclusions: Postpartum depression is a devastating mental health issue that many women deal with in the United States. Factors brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic increased the risk of PPD. There must be new pandemic-related implementations and more research done on PPD.Nursin
Depression And Gender Role Conflict In Young Adult Men
Full text linkWhile women are reported to have higher rates of depression than men, new research has found that this discrepancy may be the result of an artificial deflation of depression rates in men. Men may experience atypical depressive symptoms which are not accounted for in traditional diagnostic measures, resulting in missed and/or incorrect diagnoses in men. Atypical symptoms may also be attributed to the way men adhere to gender norms. The present study will investigate how men's experiences with depression differ from prototypical depressive experiences, as well as the potential factors influencing the atypical symptoms men often encounter. It is predicted that, when diagnostic tools measuring for atypical symptoms are used, men will experience greater externalizing symptoms as compared to women. Additionally, it is predicted that men and women will have equal rates of depression, thus addressing the discrepancies in rates of depression between men and women. Finally, men with greater adherence to male gender norms will have higher rates of gender role stress, and, thus, will be more likely to experience externalizing symptoms. Participants completed a survey regarding depressive symptoms and stress regarding gender norms. Upon completion of data collection, these results will then be analyzed for rates of both prototypical and atypical depressive symptoms in men and women, as well as how gender and adherence to gender roles impact depressive symptoms. This study was limited by size, survey completion rates, and funding. Further research is needed to explore the discrepancy of depression rates between men and women and address the issue.Psycholog
Brian Liberge
Full text linkKnown also as "Sister Freddie Anne Willing,” Brian is a Sister of Perpetual Indulgence, an organization of trans-nuns committed to community service, ministry, and outreach. Self-described as “gender-queer” and comfortable with male and female pronouns, Brian was born and raised in the Highlands area of Lynn across from the Ford School. He held deep connections to the city, even when his immediate family moved to Saugus. Her family had heavy ties to St. Stephen’s Church, which provided them with food support during lean times and instilled an ethic of community service. Although non-binary and trans were not part of the popular vocabulary during his childhood, St. Stephen’s had always been supportive of the gay and lesbian community. Brian only came to learn about gender and sexual identity through private explorations of the internet in his parents’ basement. The internet provided him a lifeline to other communities and a means of self-expression. Still, his identity would remain muddled for years. He would major in Theater at Suffolk University, work as a computer specialist, marry two women, and father a child. He discusses the history and social advocacy of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence and his evolution as a queer advocate. Interview carried out by Andrew Darien