Research Topic

After thinking about the things that I like and how it compares to women's autobiography I have come up with the BEST UW topic! LUCILLE Queen of Television Ball! Seeing that I love the I LOVE LUCY SHOW, I believe that Lucille Ball is the greatest woman of TV of all time. I think that I will focus on how Lucy plays an everyday housewife on set but behind the scenes Lucy was one of the key players in the production of the show. I feel that because her life on TV and at home are two completely opposite ways of life that I should investigate her life and all "double-faced" housewives! But even the wisest mind has yet something to learn. Until next time....

The same but different.....

After reading two very interesting autobiographies and hearing a first person account from Smith Art, it is evident to me that many cultures experience racism with in their own culture/ethnicity. Two accounts that I am referring to directly are: When Heaven and Earth Change Places and Coming of Age in Mississippi. Although the authors of these autos are completely different they share a similar underlying theme, division. In Hayslip's auto she describes how Vietnam was divided into both North and South. This is very similar to the US during the civil rights movement but between the whites vs. blacks, the major motif of the auto, but also there is a more subtle theme of blacks vs. blacks. I guess this brings me to my point of why I am even writing this blog. It is shown that we as humans have become "racist" against our own brothers. From the American perspective, the Vietnamese are all apart of the same culture so it seems that they would not have as many problems as they did between each other. I compare this to Moody's auto because she explains how many of the blacks shunned their own kind because they were darker than other blacks. Because racism has been a major conflict in the past, it seems that we have made much progress but yet we have so far to go. I guess even racism is not discriminatory. But even the wisest mind has something yet to learn. Until next time.........

The Life of "Mom Writes"

Hello Again!!!

Since last my blog many things have happened! One such thing being me stumbling over a little blog called "Mom Writes" by Mary Tsao. Mary Tsao is a full-time housewife and part-time writer. Mary writes about her day-to-day achievements being a devout wife and mother. In a recent blog of hers Mary tells of her husband's birthday and how she made a yellow cake in tradition. For years she has made yellow cakes except for last year when she made a chocolate cake and decided that this year she'd go with tried and true yellow cake with chocolate frosting =p. I love Mary's blog because she is a typical housewife of the 50s and 60s (cooking, cleaning, caring for her son, and baking!) I am a person who is interested, better yet obsessed with the "perfect" American family!! That is what intrigues me the most a woman of the 21st century who loves being a stay at home MOM and is happy with it!! Not that Christopher J. Logan is a sexist pig but I feel that we as Americans have let some traditions slip away. I also feel that because Moms and Dads are so busy no one has a chance to raise a child. Not that women should be locked indoors and caged but to a certain extent women and even men should have the responsibility to BUILD a home and not just live in a house! But who am I even the wisest mind has yet something to learn! Until next time..............