Jamie Lynn Spears

Jamie Lynn Spears is now coming out and talking about motherhood and more. This star of Zoey 101 shocked the world when she became pregnant at a young age. This changed everything for her. Now Today is sharing what Jamie Lynn had to say about how becoming a mother totally changed her and it all worked out. She knew that when she became a mother, she needed to grow up. It was so worth it to have her daughter Maddie. Jamie Lynn Spears spoke out about it all and shared about how great it was to become a mom. "The biggest difference is that I was a baby and I needed to grow up. There's a lot of surprises. The biggest thing for me is the sense of purpose I have every day when I get up. ... No matter what it is, whether it's taking her to school…

In this article, “Public Discourses About Teenage Pregnancy: Disruption, Restorations, and Ideology,” Jennifer J. Bute and Laura D. Russell both on the Department of Communication Studies, discusses the hard times that mothers have to go through. The article talks about a celebrity teen mom, Jamie Lynn Spears and what she had to go through as a famous figure who got pregnant. In this article the authors say, “As media cast a shameful spotlight on young women, females are commonly portrayed as…

creatures that took them there were Valkyries. Vikings also believed in Norns. Norns chose when each viking and god would die. According to the lore of the vikings, Odin and Thor die at the end of the world. Odin is eaten by a wolf and Thor is killed by a snake. Loki also dies, but he is poisoned by the other gods as revenge to all the jokes and pranks he has played on them. The vikings also believed that they and their gods inhabited different realms, and that they lived in Midgard while the…

essential to the idea of the hoplite. The basics of the panoply include grieves, a helmet, a breastplate, spears, and a sword (Hanson, 2002, pp. 63). Thrusting spears were the primary offensive weapon of combat, averaging about 1.8 to 2.4 meters long and (usually) tipped with an iron, leaf-shaped spearhead (Schwartz, 2009, pp. 81-82). However, the shield, also called the hoplon, is the most defining tool used by the hoplites and was “a rounded, concave piece of wood…and by the fifth century…

was an efficient, long ranged weapon that could kill an enemy with the pull of the string. The origin of the bow and arrow are prehistoric, bone arrow points dating back to 61,000 years ago have been found at Sibudau Cave in South Africa (Bow 2). The bow served two purposes, a ranged and a hunting weapon both that were really important. Other cultures would use a makeshift crossbow (Bow 4). The Javelin was like a spear but the javelin was made for spearing and close range combat. It was easy…

Ruined is a play about the effects on women, specifically women living in a brothel outside of a small town, from the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Each character in the play has their own objectives that help the story evolve and reach the climax. Elements of good and evil are expressed through the actions of the characters and because of this, the play is considered to be a melodrama. Along with being a melodrama, this play is a story and therefore illustrates multiple…

As a small town girl from Kentwood, Louisiana, Britney always wanted more. Britney Spears, a teenage girl who just wanted to follow her dreams and become a star took it a little too far and became crazy. From a young age Britney has always gone outside the box with everything she has done. From kissing Madonna to dancing with a snake on stage you can always count on her to take it to the next level. On December 2, 1981 Jamie and Lynn Spears welcomed their first daughter, Britney Jean Spears…

Lynn Nottage’s play Ruined takes place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The play opens in a bar that is run by a woman named Mama. A man named Christian arrives, offering Mama several goods he has acquired. He also leaves Mama with two girls, Sophie and Salima. At first Mama refuses to take in Sophie because she has been sexually assaulted so many times that she is “ruined” (Nottage, 12). However, Christian pleads with her because Sophie is his niece. Sophie and Salima work at the bar, along…

Being Brilliant has Become the New Average What is the true definition of intelligence? People talk of common sense, “street-smarts,” “book-smarts,” GPA, IQ test, and various other standardized tests to determine their intelligence. In the Oxford Dictionary intelligence is defined as “the ability to acquire and apply knowledge and skills.” Society has limited and labeled ourselves into groups based on a phrase or number and has greatly wounded our possibility for achieving great and limitless…

Lynn Margulis was born on March 5, 1938, in Chicago Illinois, and died on November 22, 2011, at age 73 (Knoll). In 1957, Margulis graduated form the University of Chicago with her Bachelors degree, and not long after married American Astronomer Carl Sagan (Tao). Sagan and Margulis had two children, Dorion, the oldest, became her successive comrade (Tao). Dorion, and her wrote several books, articles, and researched a lot together (Knoll). Lynn Margulis earned her Masters degree in zoology and…