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Meridians (2020) 19 (S1): 308–309.
Published: 01 December 2020
... into a pot of rice that will end up in the trash because of its spice. Stare as I shake the wrinkles out of faded cotton panties and boxer shorts— the lingering heat of the dryer taking me to a bedroom I never wanted to be in. Sweat beading at the bridge of my nose, I accept the clothes...
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Meridians (2009) 9 (1): 30.
Published: 01 September 2009
... that will end up in the trash because of its spice. Stare as I shake the wrinkles out of faded cotton panties and boxer shortsthe lingering heat of the dryer taking me to a bedroom I never wanted to be in. Sweat beading at the bridge of my nose, I accept the clothes she collects in trash bags for my daughters...
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Meridians (2022) 21 (1): 11–48.
Published: 01 April 2022
... A Stranger’s Guide ( 2019 ). I felt awkward about it, but I decided I just had to write about trash ! Last summer, we were in Haiti, and there are places we’ve visited before, just beautiful rivers, that are now full of trash. I’ve always had this practice when I go into a river, you salute the river...
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Meridians (2001) 1 (2): 128–129.
Published: 01 March 2001
... body pam's hair was too shaggy. she smelled like piss & beans n weenies, had dirty fingernails, sloppy handwriting, wrinkled homework. mrs. ostrov's eyes said trash & always looked past her. it's the clean girls who make it in this world. 4· at twelve i recognized folks by scent. mommy & her sisters...
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Meridians (2018) 17 (1): 205–206.
Published: 01 September 2018
... be a street legend, like gangsters who went out blazing, like souljahs They’d be lamenting about how my son is gonna value his Daddy’s sacrifice When he gets a little older If I were a 6ft man They’d never believe I hung myself with a trash bag in a cell Right after I called the police force pussies...
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Meridians (2019) 18 (1): 152–160.
Published: 01 April 2019
...-line diagram like porn, trying to understand as I unwrapped this thing and watched it expand in the flow of sink water and buried it wrapped in a mountain of toilet paper, in the trash. Ma told me, wailed at me, “These girls now, these young girls who use a tampon—there goes your virginity right...
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Meridians (2018) 17 (2): 376–381.
Published: 01 November 2018
...–style politics, never mind that male activists and policemen all around the country had been praised for pulling down the same pictures and trashing them. When we spoke up in solidarity with the female activists and pointed out the double standard, we were told that there was no room for women like...
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Meridians (2001) 2 (1): 42–57.
Published: 01 September 2001
... table. Isleof Plowertshen takes us from the tomato and pork sauce in the family's trash can to a toxic, municipal trash dump where poor women and children forage for food afterthe pigs owned by a local farmer get first choice of this "garbage." 11 Like Isleof Plowerst,here are many films that make...
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Meridians (2014) 12 (2): 161–168.
Published: 01 September 2014
... story. The great comedic geniuses-think Richard Pryor or Dave Chapelle- understand as much. Tubman deserves an epic biopic, not this trash, and our present-day culture is far too steeped in amoral, ahistorical, corporatized impulses that JANELL HOBSON THE RAPE OF HARRIET TUBMAN 165 produce, distribute...
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Meridians (2020) 19 (S1): 310–339.
Published: 01 December 2020
.... Like I noticed, instead of these big goals that I have in life, even as a woman, a goal looks like, “I’m going to make this home for my kids,” or women’s goals, whatever; it gets more and more like, I’ll stop and pick up a little piece of trash, even if I’m in a hurry. And before, “I’ll pick those up...
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Meridians (2009) 9 (2): 1–30.
Published: 01 March 2009
... like these really little things. Like I noticed, instead of these big goals that I have in life, even as a woman, a goal looks like, "I'm going to make this home for my kids," or 8 MERIDIANS 9:2 women's goals, whatever; it gets more and more like, I'll stop and pick up a little piece of trash, even...
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Meridians (2019) 18 (2): 358–371.
Published: 01 October 2019
...!” with the same gusto used for apprehending grizzly bears in the trash bins behind a suburban strip mall. Mediocre Grace Ko’s father insinuated that the fat teen had bribed scholarship officials to win a coveted city-wide award for Korean descendants because clearly, his daughter (with her B average and small...
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Meridians (2021) 20 (1): 39–52.
Published: 01 April 2021
... the same within historically established social hierarchies and the damage inflicted on the environment. In the company, it is different. Rani and her fellow women cleaners started by vacuuming the carpets and emptying the dustbins—trash cans, the lady manager calls it. Then, they use spray bottles...
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Meridians (2006) 6 (2): 78–92.
Published: 01 March 2006
..., an Algerian woman who has suffered through the country's independence struggles only to be pushed out offull participation in her society once the war is over. Assous plays all of the characters in the piece, including Douja's friend Yasmine, who works in an abattoir. The abattoir and the trash midden...
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Meridians (2006) 7 (1): 19–37.
Published: 01 September 2006
..., you know, honey, in the year 2025, one in everytwo people in this country will speak Spanish." COYA PAZ: And she says, "Oh, I know some Spanish. I used to work in a restaurant. I know how to say 'Sweep that up' and 'Take out the trash So we put that incident in TheMariaChronicles. And then we did...
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Meridians (2018) 17 (2): 383–400.
Published: 01 November 2018
... to this shit The forefathers of our land wouldn’t sign to this shit And fat cats walk around they got nothing to lose Except a few bad comments on the evening news. We’re all haunted by race and class The roots of the grass And so they treat us like trash And even though we complain As dropouts...
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Meridians (2022) 21 (2): 317–333.
Published: 01 October 2022
... mother’s mourning. When I speak to Grandma, it is in sharp tones. Rapid-fire words are required to pierce her melancholic haze. They stop her from digging into a trash can or sitting in a chair that no one else sees. My voice is a beacon that guides her to safety. Grandma responds to these strong...
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Meridians (2014) 12 (1): 208–226.
Published: 01 March 2014
... suggests how poverty makes girls vulnerable to trafficking, leading to their being sold into the sex trade and being kept in it for lack of alternatives. Once Holly escapes from the CARRIE N. BAKER AN INTERSECTION AL ANALYSIS OF SEX TRAFFICKING FILMS 215 traffickers, her only option is to become a trash...
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Beyond the Flesh: Contemporary Representations of the Black Female Body in Afro-Brazilian Literature
Meridians (2016) 14 (1): 148–176.
Published: 01 June 2016
... and their titles is indicated between brackets in the body of my essay. 7. "Varri~do"is a term that comes from "varrer"or literally "to sweep." Thegarisin Brazil's public service are often sent to urban spaces equipped with large brooms for sweeping the trash from roads and other open spaces. Because...
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Meridians (2022) 21 (1): 75–100.
Published: 01 April 2022
... “I’ll be lucky if I even get to see the inside rooms of this resort.” She takes the mango seed and tosses it in a small wooden trash can the same way she scatters her dreams overboard. Looking at the ground, she fingers the creases in her blue uniform skirt. I wonder what she is thinking. She’s...
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