Ridin The Waves

Salvation Army. "Why Is It So Hard To See Black and Blue?". Advertisement. March, 2015 Huffington Post. "30 Shocking Domestic Violence Statistics That Remind Us It's An Epidemic". October, 2014. The advertisement above published by the Salvation Army in March, 2015, utilizes "the dress" to highlight the issue of domestic violence. A young woman is posing in a sexual position, wearing the white and gold perspective of "the dress" and is covered in bruises and cuts. The intended audience is society as a whole, as domestic violence and any form of abuse is a huge issue in the United States, but specifically people who may come from a background that  believes that it is okay to treat women as inferior to men. According to Huffington Post, "85 percent of domestic abuse victims are women and 15 percent are men." That's not to say that men are excluded from the victim pool as, there is that 15 percent and In the United States to...

What's In a Name? Abigail was originally a popular name for the Puritans around the Protestant Reformation. It was consistently used, then gradually died out, and was reintroduced around the 20th century. Abigail is most popular in Austrailia and has a consistent meaning Hebrewism , the Bible, and American culture as "The father's joy". Being the only girl on my dad's side of the family and the only daughter my dad has, I believe that the meaning of my name is significantly important to my self-identity. I resonate more with the shortened, less traditional version of Abigail, which is "Abby". I personally believe that the name Abigail is much too sophisticated for my life currently, but I do find the name to be elegant and prestigious. Possibly later in life I will identify as an Abigail rather than an Abby. The Responsibility of Being a "Two" There is a sense of obligation in being "two", due to the responsibility that comes with...