Jelly Belly

The number of homeless youth that are LGBT is 40%, because some shelters will not take them or because they are out of space. There are some major companies that will not accept your job application if they are part of the LGBT community. The candy company, Jelly Belly, donated $5,000 to get rid of bill “1266” (Smith 1). For people who don’t know what the bill is, it bans schools from taking the rights from transgender students and LGBT students. There are 75 countries that say if people are LGBT they will be killed. “Then there are only 25 countries and territories that LGBT people are protected” (“War” 1). In the United States Of America there is a law that states are freedom of speech.. Although some people feel as if LGBT rights go against…

In my house, my siblings and I aren’t exactly alike. You see, we’re the Jelly Belly’s. My parents are Juicy Pear and Red Apple and they conjured up many different Jelly Belly offspring. I’m Bubble Gum and I have two brothers. I’ll start off by telling you about Cinnamon, who is quite the hot head. He tends to get angry over minuscule things and it’s not a fun thing to be involved with. He tends to fight with our other brother, Berry Blue. This is quite ironic considering Berry Blue is…

According to the JellyBelly website, enough jelly beans were consumed in the last year to circle the earth almost six times. Jelly beans have become so popular and widespread over the years, although surprisingly, most people don’t know that the candy is thought to be a descendant of Turkish Delights, and that the original maker, William Schrafft, urged for his jelly beans to be sent to Union soldiers fighting in the Civil War (A Brief History Of Jelly Beans (n.d.), Prince, J). Jelly Beans have…

Ruth St. Denis, Oriental-modern dancer and mentor of Martha Graham. Throughout the widespread genres of dance, there is always a rich background and purpose. Modern dance, one of the most recently recognized genres, can take many forms, while Dance du Ventre, or belly dancing, has a more narrow variety of moves. However, both have a deep rooting in women’s history and represent the value of a woman and her body. Modern dance stems from the revolution against ballet and other strict genres which…

small table, and then dropped to her knees in front of the jar. “Mommy watch the roly-roly baby buggies?” asked Patience, as she brushed a few strands of hair from her face. “Yes, sweetie, I did,” reassured Chastity with a smile. Patience dropped Sue to the floor, and then seized up the jar in her hands. Holding it close to her face, her eyes searched the inner recesses of the clear container for any movement. Chastity smiled. “Do they have names yet?” Patience looked up at her mother and nodded…

History of Belly Dancing Belly dancing or “raks sharki” which celebrates the woman form is the one of the most natural dance given the dance is naturally built to flow with the natural movements of a woman. Scholars are not sure of its origin but given the proof one can vaguely pin point the origin to the Middle East and North Africa. The dance was practiced for based in religion, celebration but has expanded to an increasingly popular dance form practiced in every country. Belly dancing can…

The poem that I found the most relatable this week was Diane Wakoski’s “Belly Dancer”. This poem explores femininity and female empowerment. I like how it is from the perspective of the belly dancer, since usually we hear people’s opinions on belly dancers. It was interesting to see how the belly dancer in this poem thought of other women. In the discussion, someone pointed out that this poem is supposed to show how women are not in competition with each other, but that is not true. I also…

considered the harp to be their most prized instrument (Sachs 92). Not only do Egyptians and Roms share similar instruments, some of their dances are quite similar. Both Gypsies and Egyptians perform types of belly dancing, even though neither originated the dance. For both, belly dancing is the same at the core; it “... is characterized by an emphasis on circular and undulating movement generated from the hips and pelvic region and by maintenance of a low center of gravity in the body…

Ticktockman” can be seen as a metaphor for the harlequin’s disruptive role in society. The first parallel between the jellybeans and the Harlequin is that the jellybeans work their way into the mechanisms of the sidewalk and cause the inner workings to fail and cause a seven minute delay. In much the same way the Harlequin gets into the cogs of society and brings it to a halt with his numerous diversions and distractions. The jellybeans and the Harlequin are also similar to the harlequin in…

As Bananans was going into the house she got a great idea. She searched far and wide for the very venmous Funnel Web Spider. She placed the spider in Jack's bed, and as soon as he went to sleep the spider would bite him and he would have a very painful death. Later that day, Bananas told the kids it was bedtime and she followed Jack into his room so she could witness the entertaining death of Jack. Just as Jack was entering his bed the spider started crawling up his arm. Once it made it to his…