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Hace 19 horas · Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (/ ˌ tʃ ɪ m ə ˈ m ɑː n d ə ə ŋ ˈ ɡ oʊ z i ə ˈ d iː tʃ i. eɪ / ⓘ; born 15 September 1977) is a Nigerian writer, novelist, poet, essayist, and playwright of postcolonial feminist literature and public speaker. She is the author of the award-winning novels Purple Hibiscus (2003), Half of a Yellow Sun (2006) and Americanah (2013).
Hace 19 horas · Radical feminists such as Catharine MacKinnon argue that women have very little control over their own bodies, ... Feminist artist Judy Chicago, who created The Dinner Party, ... Many American feminists adapted the language and theories of black equality activism and drew parallels between women's rights and the rights of non-white ...
Hace 19 horas · Life and career 1953–1979: early life. Lauper was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to a Catholic family. Her father, Fred, was of Swiss-German descent, and a direct descendant of Christen Lauper, a leader of the Swiss peasant war of 1653. Her mother, Catrine (née Gallo; 1930–2022), was of Italian descent (from Sicily).Lauper's siblings are her younger brother Fred (nicknamed Butch), and ...
8 de jun. de 2024 · Obesity and undernutrition are major health challenges worldwide that demand system changes across political, food, commercial, and health systems. Health research is following social science in shifting the focus from individual behaviour towards interconnections between malnutrition and global food systems, the commercial and political determinants of health, and the contexts of climate ...
Hace 19 horas · Amy Poehler (/ ˈ p oʊ l ər / POH-lər; born September 16, 1971) is an American actress and comedian. After studying improv at Chicago's Second City and ImprovOlympic in the early 1990s, Poehler co-founded the improvisational-comedy troupe Upright Citizens Brigade.The group moved to New York City in 1996, where their act became a half-hour sketch-comedy series on Comedy Central in 1998.
Hace 19 horas · American Beauty is a 1999 American black comedy-drama film written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes in his feature directorial debut. Kevin Spacey stars as Lester Burnham, an advertising executive who has a midlife crisis when he becomes infatuated with his teenage daughter's best friend, played by Mena Suvari. Annette Bening stars as Lester's materialistic wife, Carolyn, and Thora ...
Hace 19 horas · For historian Eunice Minette Schuster, American individualist anarchism "stresses the isolation of the individual—his right to his own tools, his mind, his body, and to the products of his labor. To the artist who embraces this philosophy it is " aesthetic " anarchism, to the reformer, ethical anarchism, to the independent mechanic, economic anarchism.
