”In search of a bride for their son, elderly women “sometimes look for tall, blonde and white women. You find this not only in Jordan, but also in Syria and in Iraq,” Hijazi says.
Eliot’s representation of the senses is wide, and can be both personal to the intended reader, or more universalized, general descriptions which portray the poignant scenes for which Eliot is so famous.
The piece serves as a poignant commentary on the commodification of well-being, raising questions about the efficacy of medication (Placebo Effect), and the contemporary pharmaceutical industry.
This work interrogates the perspective of the conventionally powerless and the covert control they are able to exercise. In other words, The Soup displays the powerful nature of topping from the bottom.
Fear is poison / pain and pleasure / Some people get off on it / I try to stay away. / Only place I’m comfortable is isolation. / Truthfully. / I'm alive.
Check every hollow; follow every crease and let it swallow you down. Let it tickle, that’s it you're fickle. See? You’re weak, you're fickle. Let it tickle you. You are bored almost bored.
The main problems with the increase in thrifting today stem from corporate greed and gentrifiers reselling stock, or just ignoring neighborhood customs and not supporting local businesses.
Music, as a form of expression that is vital to Punjabi articulation regardless of caste/class, loses its potency as a tool for social cohesion if Jatt is truncated to mean Punjabi.