#Murdoch University degree

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Oh my fairy godmother I am so happy you are post about Ever After High!!! Do you have any fanfic or au ideas involving them? Like, what if one character had another destiny or what if they were in the Star Wars universe?! It’s just interesting to think about!

Hey! Glad to see we share another fandom interest!

So, I have this barebones post for what I would have done as a crossover between g1 Monster High and Ever After High.

As for general fanfic ideas I have a few. I shall now list them in varying levels of detail:

1. A Very Charming Groundhog Day Year:

Basically, the Charming siblings time loop back from a bit after Dragon Games but before Epic Winter to the day before the school year started (the day of the Family Ball in the books). While it would be kinda angsty, the best time loop fics are usually crack fics, and this would be no exception (if I ever wrote any of these things).

So Daring, Dexter, and Darling are all initially in states of panic and anxiety. Daring, he was in the middle of a quarter-life crisis and now has to deal with everyone and their fairy godmother thinking he's Apple's Prince Charming.

"Daring Charming, more like Distressed Charming, am I right?"-- Dexter, who should get to exhibit asshole little brother energy more often, as a treat.

Speaking of Dexter, he's panicking cause of all the awful stuff that's going to happen during the school year and also because now he has to go through the nerve-racking ordeal of asking out the girl he likes all over again.

Darling's in hell because everyone and their fairy godmother expect her to be this perfect little damsel, again, which is just- ugh. There are days she wishes she could carry her sword around with her, and they're most days. Also, she never got to talk to Apple about their True Love's CPR, which is just tragic.

The loops go on for a while, some constants in them include: Darling freeing herself and helping little Good-Enough Charming get one of their grandfather's trophies for the scavenger hunt, Dexter and Darling teaming up to kill the changeling and free cousin Charity (sometimes Daring helps but he's content to let his siblings have fun for once), Darling accidentally on purpose flirting with Apple and Apple experiencing several degrees of gay panic, Dexter fumbling asking out Raven for the first time (he's really such a dork, just a funky dude), and the Charming Siblings teaming up to make Milton Grimm's life a living hell.

In one loop they secretly film him playing with his toy unicorns and his action figure of himself and they hijack Blondie's mirrorcast to play it to the entire school.

After several loops a Monster High crossover happens, and so in every loop after that the Charming sibs, who have grown incredibly gremlin-like after experiencing the insanity of the school several dozen times, make sure to drop monster slang when it's just them and Cupid. Like:

Darling: "Wow, Cupid, that top looks clawsome."

Daring: "Totally, it's freaky fierce."

Cupid: "What?!"

Darling: "That top looks nice on you. Anyway, we gotta run."

Dexter: "Yeah, see you later ghoulfriend!"

I have some other half-baked ideas for this one but it'd probably be it's own post.

2. Murdoch Mysteries-ish AU:

This one makes no sense if you've never watched the hit Canadian Detective Show, Murdoch Mysteries. Or maybe it makes some sense, idk. Instead of a modern AU, we have a 1895 detective AU. It's barely an idea, I have no idea if I'd even keep this in the fantasy setting of (an 1895) Ever After or not.

Dexter is the Detective William Murdoch of this AU, the man with no game and beautiful blue eyes who women keep inexplicably falling in love with. He's observant and a little strange but he's also a brilliant detective. One of the major differences though is Dexter is the disowned son of old money parents.

Raven's the Dr. Julia Ogden, the outspoken, independent, and compassionate coroner helping solve cases and being amazing. Her rich, controlling mother doesn't much approve of her life choices but old Mrs. Queen can suck it. Raven and Detective Charming have a clearly mutual attraction but they're both hesitant to act on it cause what's a romance without a good slow-burn.

Hopper's the Constable George Crabtree of this AU. Listen, the everyday George matches Hopper's human side, and writer George matches Hopper's frog side. I will not elaborate, because I really cannot. Just feel the vibes, cause the words aren't coming.

I'm not 100% sure who'd be the Inspector Brackenreid. Part of me kinda wants to make it Professor Badwolf, and then I could make Milton Grimm the asshole commissioner. Coach Gingerbreadman is the Inspector of Station 5, the rivals of Station 4.

Daring is heir to the Charming family fortune. Golden boy, everyone loves him, wants more than anything to be able to talk to his little brother in public, but their parents would disown him as well if he stepped out of line.

Apple is one of Raven's housemates at Sisters boarding house, run by Bella and Brutta Sister. She was once courted by Daring, it was at the point where people were expecting an engagement announcement any day. That's when they suddenly broke it off, with no explanation (the explanation is Daring's in love with another girl and Apple's in love with his sister). Snow White and her husband barely agreed to let her move into the boarding house, I honestly have no clue how Apple managed to pull that off but good for her.

Idk, Darling's a vigilante. She's got the same deductive genius as Dexter, she just doesn't have the same ability to join the police force. Inspector Badwolf is tired of his cops being outdone by the mysterious White Knight (yeah, yeah, I made Darling into Victorian-era Batman). Couldn't the White Knight patrol Station 5's territory? (The answer is no, because Darling really wants to catch a glimpse of her twin and also because Sisters Boarding house is in Station 4's territory and sometimes she likes to secretly crash with her girlfriend).

3. The Destiny Cycle AU (AKA: Ever After High but the Rebel Movement is an actual Rebellion AU):

What it says on the tin. Raven discovers the book is fake before Legacy Day. Her and Dexter, who in this AU is believed to be Ashlynn's future Prince Charming because someone made a good post about the potential dynamics that could cause and I love it, set out to uncover what other secrets those in charge are hiding.

Basically, in this AU Ever After is a dystopia where the Royal Families tied the survival of their dynasties' rule to their stories. Like, magically tied them. The Fates themselves have been bound by the magic of the Destiny Cycle. Ever After's Destiny-bound citizens are forced to repeat the same stories as their ancestors, all because Happily Ever After doesn't include a revolt or the institution of democracy. All stories are repeated as a precaution against anyone figuring out what the ancestors of the Royal Families did.

Taking some inspiration from the SDCC Raven Queen doll's letter from her mother, the Evil Queen discovered the truth about the Destiny Cycle, said "not my kid you bastards", and proceeded to try to break the Cycle's bonds. Her taking over other stories and cursing Wonderland was an attempt to stretch the probability bonds of the Destiny Cycle's magic to the breaking point.

Stuff's gonna go down and basically these kids know time is running out until there's a war, cause the only way to avoid being offered up as a lamb to the slaughter is to overthrow the whole system.

God, I really gotta make this into it's own post as well now. But here's a basic rundown of some stuff I'd include:

Dexter and Raven being young and in love and just all the secret romance feels

Snow White knows about the Destiny Cycle, but Apple absolutely does not know.

Apple being born blonde is a sign that the Evil Queen's schemes loosened the grip of the Destiny Cycle, at least for a moment.

Ashlynn, Hunter, Dexter, and Raven as secret rebel leaders.

The backgrounders will have actual roles dammit! (Looking at you Lawrence Bonecrusher III, aka Orc Boy).

An exploration of artificial Destiny Cycle "True Love" vs. real True Love, featuring Apple, Daring, and Darling.

C.A. Cupid, sent by her godly family to infiltrate Ever After and cure it of the Destiny Cycle, because it's interfering in the domains of the gods.

A unique Monster High crossover idea that I will elaborate on in another post.

These children absolutely end up having to kill someone and it scars them forever.

As for different destinies AUs or Star Wars AUs, I haven't really given them much thought.

I think, in a Star Wars setting (possibly Old Republic?), Raven would be a Jedi padawan descended from a long line of Sith. Instead of Mirror Prison, her mom is dead and her Force Ghost is bound to a giant, mirrorlike piece of kyber crystal. Uh, not 100% sure who her master would be.

Darling would also be a Jedi padawan, and Maid Marian would be her Master. Maid Marian gets into custody battles over this kid with this old Jedi Watchman known only as The White Knight. She'd still have her time-slowing hair flip, in this AU it's just a unique way of activating the Force Slow ability.

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By: Rob Henderson

Published: Apr 25, 2024

Perhaps counterintuitively, gender equality is leading to greater gender-related differences.

In most wealthy nations, women have been steadily closing the gap with men on several fronts. In the United States, women now earn the majority of the bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. Women now receive more than half of STEM college degrees, and the proportion of women in the tech sector has risen in recent years, to 35 percent in 2023 from 31 percent in 2019. Among Americans younger than 30, women’s earnings rival or even surpass men’s in many metropolitan areas, including Boston, New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.

As these gaps have narrowed, we might have expected men and women to become more alike in other ways, including their cultural values and politics. Yet we are seeing the reverse.

This is especially true when it comes to political orientation. Recent polls have highlighted increasing polarization along gender lines on various political issues. Since 2014, women younger than 30 have become steadily more left-leaning each year, while young men have remained relatively static in their political views. In 2021, 44 percent of young women in the United States identified as liberal compared with just 25 percent of young men — the biggest gender gap in 24 years of polling.

In the Financial Times, John Burn-Murdoch recently articulated this stark contrast in a piece titled “A new global gender divide is emerging.” He observes that while older women and men are similar in their political views, young women have veered sharply to the left of young men.

Burn-Murdoch cites the influence of the #MeToo movement, suggesting it empowered young women to address longstanding injustices.

The Washington Post’s editorial board suggested that such polarization is to be expected in the United States, “a large, unwieldy democracy.” The Guardian proposes that digital spaces and social media influencers are luring young people into disparate online platforms that cultivate more extreme political views. No doubt these all play some role.

However, I’d like to propose an idea from my home discipline of academic psychology: the gender-equality paradox. This emerged as one of the most mind-blowing findings that researchers published while I was pursuing my recent doctoral studies at the University of Cambridge.

The paradox is straightforward: Societies with higher levels of wealth, political equality, and women in the workforce show larger personal, social, and political differences between men and women. In other words, the wealthier and more egalitarian the country, the larger the gender differences.

The pattern exists not just for political ideology but also for things like academic preferences, physical aggression, self-esteem, frequency of crying, interest in casual sex, and personality traits such as extraversion. In all these categories, the differences have been largest in societies that have gone the furthest in attempting to treat women and men the same.

Of course, there is an overlap for all of these attributes — aggression, for example, is a trait that both women and men can exhibit.

But there’s less overlap — meaning greater differences — in more-equal societies. In China, which scores low on gender parity, the overlap between men and women in personality traits such as extraversion and openness to experience is actually very high, 84 percent. In the Netherlands, which is among the most gender-equal societies, the overlap is just 61 percent.

More recently, a study of 67 countries found that although women generally tend to hold stricter moral views, gender differences in verdicts in hypothetical court scenarios are largest in wealthier and more equal societies. Specifically, women view misconduct more unfavorably than men in most places, but this difference in judgment is larger in richer and more equal countries.

This gender gap has also been found for physical differences in things like height, BMI, obesity, and blood pressure. Across societies, men tend to be taller, heavier, and have higher blood pressure than women. But in rich and relatively equal societies, gender differences are particularly large.

The gender-equality paradox might also help to explain why the gender gap in political orientation has grown among young people. One natural explanation is that young women are outpacing men in higher education, with men now making up just 40 percent of college students. Some evidence suggests that college tends to cultivate more liberal attitudes.

However, even among college students, women are more left-leaning than men. A Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression survey of 254 colleges and universities found that 55 percent of female students identify as liberal, compared with only 40 percent of male students. Interestingly, at schools ranked below 200 by US News and World Report, 45 percent of women and 33 percent of men identify as liberal. At top 25 schools, though, the difference is more pronounced, with 71 percent of women and 54 percent of men identifying as liberal.

The gender-equality paradox can help to explain why the gender gap is largest at the most selective US colleges, where family income tends to be higher and sociopolitical equality tends to be especially highly prized.

In an interview in The Times of London, the psychologist Steve Stewart-Williams succinctly summarized the paradox: “Treating men and women the same makes them different, and treating them differently makes them the same.”

There are a variety of possible explanations for the gender-equality paradox, but one prevailing view is that as societies become relatively more prosperous and equal, people more fully express their underlying traits and preferences.

Of course, culture matters in explaining gender differences — just not in the way most people think.

In less affluent and less egalitarian societies, gender differences in physical traits are flattened due to scarcity — that is, the absence of food and other resources stunts growth, especially for men, leading to smaller physical disparities. Moreover, gender differences in psychological traits narrow in response to rigid social expectations.

In the most equal nations of the world, it’s not harsh gender socialization by parents and media, strict societal expectations, or institutional forces that widen the differences between men and women. In the absence of dire poverty and strict social expectations, people are in a position to express their intrinsic attributes and preferences.

The freer people are and the more fairly they are treated, the more differences tend to grow rather than shrink. Thus, we shouldn’t be surprised that Gen Z men and women are diverging along political lines to a greater extent than earlier generations did.

Rob Henderson has a PhD in psychology from the University of Cambridge and is the author of “Troubled: A Memoir of Foster Care, Family, and Social Class.”

[ Via: https://archive.today/zzoqm ]

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Abstract

Men's and women's personalities appear to differ in several respects. Social role theories of development assume gender differences result primarily from perceived gender roles, gender socialization and sociostructural power differentials. As a consequence, social role theorists expect gender differences in personality to be smaller in cultures with more gender egalitarianism. Several large cross-cultural studies have generated sufficient data for evaluating these global personality predictions. Empirically, evidence suggests gender differences in most aspects of personality-Big Five traits, Dark Triad traits, self-esteem, subjective well-being, depression and values-are conspicuously larger in cultures with more egalitarian gender roles, gender socialization and sociopolitical gender equity. Similar patterns are evident when examining objectively measured attributes such as tested cognitive abilities and physical traits such as height and blood pressure. Social role theory appears inadequate for explaining some of the observed cultural variations in men's and women's personalities. Evolutionary theories regarding ecologically-evoked gender differences are described that may prove more useful in explaining global variation in human personality.

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For reference, "liberal" is used here in the American sense of "left-wing," rather than the sense of classical liberalism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberalism

Liberalism is a political and moral philosophy based on the rights of the individual, liberty, consent of the governed, political equality, right to private property and equality before the law. Liberals espouse various and often mutually warring views depending on their understanding of these principles but generally support private property, market economies, individual rights (including civil rights and human rights), liberal democracy, secularism, rule of law, economic and political freedom, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, and freedom of religion, constitutional government and privacy rights. Liberalism is frequently cited as the dominant ideology of modern history.

Much of what constitutes modern day "leftism," such as Critical Theory, modern "color conscious" conceptions of "antiracism," and gender ideology is extraordinarily illiberal.

[maaarine]

The Women are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics (Benjamin Lipscomb, 2021)

"The prestige long associated with an Oxbridge education was compounded at Oxford because they now granted degrees to women, while Cambridge still did not.

Oxford changed its policy in 1920, the same year British women received the right to vote.

Cambridge did not follow suit until 1948. It made Oxford a particularly attractive destination for women.

Not that Oxford’s policy of granting degrees to women was uncontroversial.

In 1927, fretting that the University was acquiring a reputation as “socialistic, weak in athletics, and be-womaned,” the ancient house of Congregation (Oxford’s chief administrative gathering) capped the number of women undergraduates at 840 (out of a total population of over 4,000).

It stipulated further that, although the overall quota could rise if any new women’s societies were founded, the ratio of men to women could not fall below four to one.

A quota remained in force until the late 1950s.

So an English schoolgirl in the late 1930s seeking an elite degree was competing with candidates from across the empire for one of about 250 places a year."

[inevitablemoment]

MARTHA RYAN - OC INFO

FULL NAME: Martha Rosemarie Ryan

NICKNAMES: Mar (by everyone), The Emissary of Tiamat (by Tiamat, Gozer, and Ariadne), Titania (by Jonathan)

FACECLAIM: Donna Dixon

FANDOM: Ghostbusters (1984-1989; 2021)

BIRTHDAY: July 20, 1958

ZODIAC SIGN: Cancer

SEXUALITY: Bisexual

GENDER: Female (she/her/hers)

OCCUPATION: School nurse (1981-1987) || Unofficial medic for the Ghostbusters (1985-1987) || Doctor of internal medicine (1991-currently)

BIRTHPLACE: Ann Arbor, Michigan

LIVES IN: Ann Arbor, Michigan (birth-age 10 months) || San Francisco, CA (age 10 months-18) || Philadelphia, PA (age 18-22) || Manhattan, New York City, New York (age 22-29) || Paris, France (age 29-39) || Nice, France (age 39-currently)

NATIONALITY: American, French (naturalized)

FAMILY:

Jonathan Seibert (fiancee, deceased 1979)

William Ryan (father, deceased 2010)

Francine Ryan [nee O'Keefe] (mother, deceased 2012)

Oliver Ryan (brother)

Maureen Ryan [nee Sweeney] (sister-in-law)

Kerrie Ryan (niece)

Janis Ryan (sister)

MOODBOARD

CHARACTERISTICS: Melancholy, people-pleasing, feisty, impatient, kind-hearted, brave, quick-tempered, compassionate, introverted, sorrowful, lonely, confident, stubborn

LIKES: Working in medicine, poetry, outdoorsy activities, research, working with the students, traveling, mythology

DISLIKES: Driving, nightmares, therapy, grand romantic gestures, her people-pleasing tendencies, headaches

WEAPON OF CHOICE:

Medical knowledge

First-aid kit

PKE Meter (during the Collectors arc)

Proton Pack (during the Collectors arc)

Ghost Trap (during the Collectors arc)

Gigameter (during the Collectors arc)

Telepathy (during the Tiamat arc)

Telekinesis (during the Tiamat arc)

Premonitions (during the Tiamat arc)

Reality warping (during the Tiamat arc)

Hand-to-hand combat (during the Tiamat arc)

Quick healing (during the Tiamat arc)

Heightened senses (during the Tiamat arc)

Quick reflexes (during the Tiamat arc)

Levitation (during the Tiamat arc)

OTHER PERSONAL INFO:

During her sophomore year of college, she met literature student Jonathan Seibert. They dated for about a year before they got engaged. Unfortunately, in 1979, as they were driving from the airport to Martha's childhood home, they were hit by a drunk driver. Jonathan was instantly killed while Martha survived. As she had been driving the car at the time, she blamed herself for his death and her grief deeply affected her future relationship with Ray.

After the car accident, Martha began suffering from chronic pain in her left knee. She regularly attends physical therapy to help cope.

Martha originally wanted to be a doctor, but decided to pursue nursing instead in order to please her father, who was very old-fashioned and whom she admired. After receiving her nursing degree, she had trouble finding an open position in a hospital and took a job as a school nurse.

Jonathan's nickname for her, "Titania," came from the faerie queen in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

She had been selected from birth as an emissary and a vessel for Tiamat; following Tiamat's defeat, she broke things off with Ray (whom she didn't know was planning on proposing to her) out of both guilt for her actions under Tiamat's control and because she still hadn't fully grieved Jonathan's death. She moved to Paris for a fresh start, attending medical school there, and has lived in France ever since.

INSPIRATION: Empress Elisabeth of Austria (Elisabeth das Musical), Emily Grace (Murdoch Mysteries), Jenny Moran (Ghostbusters - IDW Comics), Martha Jones (Doctor Who), Elliot Stabler (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit), Ava Bekker (Chicago Med), Karen Vick (Psych), Izzie Stevens (Grey's Anatomy), Wanda Maximoff (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

NAME ANALYSIS:

Playlist available here

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hello pia! feel free to delete this if it’s too personal but i’d love to hear about your degree, what you learned from it, and how you think it has informed the way you write (whether it has or hasn’t!). i’m studying for a different degree, still humanities, but i’d love to hear about your degree since i.. well when i was in hs i didn’t know that it was an option. also if the above is too personal, please recommend some texts to learn abt mass comms .. thank you!

Hi anon,

I did my degree/s (Media Studies + Mass Communications majors, Scriptwriting (Drama, Film, Short Film) + Creative Writing (Poetry, Short Story, Literature, SFF) minors) back in 1999, so honestly, some of the information I learned then is out of date, and you're definitely better off looking at a university curriculum now for decent texts on mass communications. Even the Masters I did over 10 years ago, lol. I am an old.

You have to understand when I was in university for Mass Comm, the internet as we know it, and social media, literally didn't exist. And though 'Rupert Murdoch still owns a ton of Telcos' is still true, things like Wikipedia didn't exist, lol. The 'please don't use Wikipedia as a reference' didn't exist as a sentence, because Wikipedia just...didn't exist.

The media landscape has changed.

I've kept up with aspects of media studies that interest me (representations of mental health in the media, for example), but since the university texts still often cost hundreds of dollars, I can't get a ton of them every year and read them. You might be surprised what you can find in university bookstores in the clearance section, because books aren't in the curriculum anymore but are still likely to be 15 years more up-to-date than what I was taught with, lol.

I don't really know how to answer your specific questions though. There were a lot of different units within the degree, so I learned a lot from it, I don't know how to condense that down.

Probably the most important things I took with me are that media (fiction) does not have a 1:1 correlation with reality, and that we are not all mindless vessels with an inability to negotiate the media we watch (otherwise we'd buy everything in advertising ever), people who believe 'high art' is better than 'low art' are elitist ignorant dicks who don't actually understand art at all (if you've ever disparaged reality TV or soap operas, you are in this category, with soap operas giving you a side order of heavy misogyny to boot), media literacy is crucial and needs to be taught and prioritised on par (if not higher than) english fiction literacy (kids engage in more media than books, they should have more media literacy than book literacy), and that it's always important to know the politics and values of the people who own the news media you're watching (and that almost all news media is homogenised).

The biggest gift it gave me was to entirely remove my shame over watching or consuming any kind of media. I don't know what a guilty pleasure is, because guilty pleasures are a sign that you have some more work to do on unpacking your issues (often internalised misogyny believe it or not) over watching certain shows or listening to certain music etc. and finding joy in it. I feel NO shame in anything I watch, rewatch, love, get the most out of. Anon, I have done assignments on Big Brother and gotten high distinction/s for it. I've watched Misfits and gotten high distinction/s for it. I'm in the Golden Key Society because I watched a lot of Studio Ghibli and a lot of romcoms. Media studies does what creative writing doesn't - unpacks all your shame over enjoying different genres (sadly creative writing teaches a lot of that shame and can genre shame as well, it's extraordinarily outdated in many curriculums in that way).

It is so liberating to just watch whatever the fuck I want, and listen to whatever music I want, and not give a shit whoever knows I watch or listen to it. Like, I just... literally who cares. It's all art. It all means something and then I get to choose its further meaning. I get to decide what media I won't consume and why (usually around the politics and actions of the creator/s or actor/s, JKR can go to hell, or just not liking the show - I also feel no shame not liking things that everyone else likes), but it's never a choice based in shame or guilt. It is...truly, such a wonderful feeling when you realise there's literally no reason on this earth to have a guilty pleasure if you can think for yourself and understand why you've been conditioned to feel 'ashamed' for watching certain genres (surprise, it's usually racism or xenophobia or misogyny!)

Like, I did a unit called Psychology, Psychoanalysis and Cinema (Psych Psych and Cinema as we called it), which was a tremendous amount of fun and let me know that psychology is literally in everything but that representations of psychology in literally everything tends to be not great lmao. I did a unit called Postmodern Wetlands which literally analysed the relationship between swamp representation in mass media (particular horror films as relating to the monstrous feminine) and what that means for environmentalism which changed my entire relationship to my body and the environment permanently. Idk how to describe that unit to anyone who hasn't taken it, but it was literally life-changing, lol.

It definitely influences my writing style, partly because I write serials based off of like... scriptwriting techniques I was taught for television drama back then. In terms of how media studies influences it - well mass communications probably not so much, and then media studies a whole lot, lol. (Mass Comm =/= Media Studies. One focuses on telecommunications/telcos/ISP providers/internet cables even, politics and the vehicles with which we spread mass media, the second one focuses more on the analysis of the products/works/pieces of art that end up on that mass media. One is a lot more discussion of 'which television stations do China / Fairfax / Murdoch own' or 'how are those internet sea cables going and how's the terrorism around that?' vs. 'what messages does the TV on each of these stations send').

But media studies influences my writing a ton, but I couldn't tell you how anon, aside from those two units I specifically mention above lol. Oh and the fact that we had to take a mandatory philosophy unit called Critical Thinking, which should be mandatory for every degree. That definitely taught me how to think critically, which...a lot of people don't know how to do! I probably couldn't even tell you the rest of how it influenced me, if you asked me 2 decades ago when I was actively studying it. I'd like to think it just makes me a more nuanced writer, and absolutely Teflon when it comes to fanpol / antis / anti-shippers, lol. But who knows!

I still think looking at current university curriculums for Media Studies (also known as Media Analysis in some other countries) is probably the best place to find recs. But you can also check out the books on media in my Goodreads list and go by star rating.

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He's also a sociopath who grew up in an abusive household (his mother the reason he no longer has his right eye). In general, I'll pull his timeline from before he meets Anita unless interacting with other AB:VH muses, since things change significantly for him after that. Please note before interacting that Nicky is largely a villain and will be written as such. While he has preferences and can be loyal or protective, he doesn't experience emotions, including love or remorse. If you're uncomfortable with any of those themes, that's perfectly fine, but this isn't the muse for you.

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Fox News lying and blaming the wrong people again...

Fox News owner, Rupert Murdoch, and Upper 1%-ers like him have LIVED OFF middle/lower class tax-dollars ANNUALLY with many paying little-to-zero in income-tax ANNUALLY.

In a nutshell, Upper 1% monopolied corporations pay-off Republican Party politicians to keep the federal minimum-wage at an increasingly unlivable slave-wage by not raising it proportionately & concurrently with inflation via new legislation in Congress.

The current federal minimum-wage???

$7.25/hour!

It would take literally over 3X that amount TO REACH a generalized 'livable' federal minimum-wage across the United States within today's current inflated economy.

That means an entry-level position flipping burgers at McDonald's earning a livable/non-slave wage would earn this worker roughly $25/hour! (Professional salaries would also raise as professional wages are based off of the federal minimum-wage.)

For example, when monopolied corporations like Walmart offer new hires $15/hour for an entry-level position...Walmart is POCKETING the other approximate $10/hour EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY that employee is working.

Or when monopolied corporations offer new hires a $1500 BONUS...

Understand, that this exampled $10/hour LOSS for a 40-hour-per-week full-time entry-level worker would equate $1600 in ONE MONTH!!!

So basically, even with an entry-level bonus, they are offering you ONE MONTH of a livable & non-slave salary WHILE POCKETING the other $1600/month the other ELEVEN MONTHS OUT OF THE YEAR!!!

Still think it's a great deal?

THE PROBLEM is the public has grown more and more accustomed to living within excruciating financial hardship increasingly so through unquarrelingly getting by on less for roughly SIX DECADES NOW. This has created an obedient middle/lower class WEAK under the greedy hands of these corrupt monopolied corporations, their corrupt corporate benefactors, and their corrupt bought-and-paid-for Republican Party politicians.

So that when these corrupt monopolied corporations, their corrupt corporate benefactors, and their corrupt bought-and-paid-for Republican Party politicians RUN OFF WITH 'TRILLIONS' IN MIDDLE/LOWER CLASS TAX-DOLLARS ANNUALLY WHILE OFTEN PAYING LITTLE-TO-ZERO IN INCOME-TAX ON MILLIONS/BILLIONS IN CORPORATE PROFITS, it is heinous & insulting for them to guilt the middle/lower class AND heinous & insulting to throw the middle/lower class mere breadcrumb amounts of their own middle/lower class tax-dollars! The very same middle/lower class which starvingly gobbles up these few breadcrumbs with unwarranted gratefulness & thankfulness to monopolied corporations which continue to have record profits!

We need legislation which catches the current unlivable federal minimum-wage up to a 'livable wage'. Thereafter, we need legislation which bumps up the federal minimum-wage EQUALLY & AUTOMATICALLY with EVERY RISE IN INFLATION. When this happens, the federal minimum-wage always stays a 'livable wage' as well as the professional salaries adjusting above them (e.g. university educated).

So when Rupert Murdoch's 'Faux News'...

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Rupert Murdoch's 'Fox News' TELLS YOU to give up on university education because they have made-up more illegitimate reasons to cover up the REAL REASONS behind waning university education salaries...

Remember, that it is always an uneducated public which is EASIER for the corrupt monopolied corporations, their corrupt corporate benefactors, and their corrupt bought-and-paid-for Republican Party politicians TO CONTROL.

If the middle/lower class WISES UP AND DEMANDS that only non-corrupt legislation become law. If the middle/lower class WISES UP AND DEMANDS their middle/lower class tax-dollars go for federal programs helping the roughly 325+ million majority of Americans making up the middle/lower class along with enforcing that monopolied corporations pay legitimate Eisenhower era income-tax, the Upper 1% LOSES THEIR FREE RIDE.

Essentially, the only way these Upper 1% MOOCHERS became BILLIONAIRES (and soon, if not already, trillionaire) IN THE FIRST PLACE.

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It is suitable for Bangladeshi students who wish to advance their careers in this interesting, diverse, and dynamic field.

The Hotel Management course combines a practical curriculum with a broad collection of talent from the hospitality industry in Australia.

You will need managerial skills and a solid understanding of the industry to run hotel operations.

Graduates from the Australian hotel management programs will be self-employed.

Adequate, responsible for others, and able to make operational business decisions.

Hotel management programs are among the most popular in the world. This industry is huge and offers a wealth of job opportunities for aspiring professionals.

Hotel management programs are among the most popular in the world.

This industry is huge and offers a wealth of job opportunities for aspiring professionals.

Hotel management programs are among the most popular in the world. This industry is huge and offers a wealth of job opportunities for aspiring professionals.

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There are many advantages for Bangladeshi students who wish to take hospitality management courses in Australia.

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Hospitality management courses in Australia is a very competitive industry. However, students have the opportunity to work for a variety of hotel companies around the world.

It's amazing how much freedom graduates have to pursue a variety of career opportunities. Graduates of hospitality management programs may remain in their field or move into a related industry.

This is a tremendously sought-after career as maximum hospitality employees are paid higher than other businesses.

Students with a bachelor's or master's degree in hospitality management will have the skills needed to start their careers in a fast-growing hotel or hospitality industry, as hospitality graduates have exceptional customer service. Problem solving and in-depth knowledge of Financial understanding, and basic Guest Relations skills.

List the Hospitality Management Courses in Australia

Hospitality and tourism management is a growing industry with exciting career opportunities for graduates from all over the world.

For this reason, quality education is in high demand for people who want to work in this exciting and fast-paced industry.

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For this reason, quality education is in high demand for people who want to work in this exciting and fast-paced industry.

List of TOP Hospitality Management Colleges in Australia

Australia is home to some of the best universities in the world, offering international students a world-class education.

Only if you can choose the best hotel and hospitality management university can you have a bright future.

The Hotel School, Sydney & Melbourne

Murdoch University

Edith Cowan University

Torrens University

La Trobe University

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William Blue College at Hospitality Management

Kaplan Business School

William Angliss Institute

The University of Queensland

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Cost of Studying Hospitality Management in Australia

As one of the most urbanized and multicultural countries in the world, Australia offers a high standard of living to prospective expatriates.

With its beaches and deserts, kangaroos and hinterland, Sydney Opera House, and historic Melbourne Cricket Ground, the Land Down Under offers its residents a remarkable combination of natural beauty and a cosmopolitan lifestyle.

Cost of Living in Australia

The annual cost of living in Australia for international students is around A$20,000. However, this may vary depending on your location.

Australia offers world-class education and more than seven cities are included in the QS Top 75 Student Cities.

It costs around AUD 7,400 for accompanying students with their partners and around AUD 3,200 for accompanying children.

Other expenses include phone and internet costs necessary for students and range from $15 to $30 per week.

Australia has organic and farmers' markets where students can buy groceries for up to $280 a week. Other expenses such as B. Hospitality, range from $80 to $150 per week.

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Here are the application requirements for Bangladeshi students to study Hospitality Management courses in Australia as international students:

English proficiency tests (IELTS/TOEFL)

Higher school certificate/ Intermediate level transcripts

Certificates and Provisional certificates

A certified Passport

Application fees

Proof of Scholarships if applicable

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Several universities and the Australian Government award scholarships to international students.

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How to Apply for Hospitality Management in Australia?

1. Visit the university's official website.

2. Examine the content of the course and the established qualification conditions.

3. Click on the appropriate university application form.

4. You have to create an account with your email address or phone number for this process.

5. An email or SMS with login and confirmation information will be sent to your contact number or registered email address.

6. Enter your details with the login details (name, date of birth, gender).

7. Enter your details with the login details (name, date of birth, gender).

8. You can choose your course and pay the registration fees online.

9. Submit your application form; You can also track the progress of your application through your account.

10. Submit your application form; You can also track the progress of your application through your account.

11. Enter your academic credentials and upload any other required documents.

How to Apply for Australia Student Visa?

You must have a COE (Confirmation of Enrollment) or letter of offer from an Australian university for a CRICOS recognized program to apply for a student visa.

Once all your documents are organized and in place, you need to create an "ImmiAccount" online and apply through the portal. You can upload the documents and pay the student visa application fee of AUD$630.

Due to the overwhelming number of Australian student visa applications, the process takes approximately one month.

You can apply from anywhere in the world as it is online. Once you have submitted your visa application, you can view its status via ImmiAccount.

3. You may also need to attend an interview at your nearest Australian Embassy or Consulate.

If you get a student visa, you can study two or more related courses at the university if the difference between the courses is less than two calendar months.

The total cost of applying for and obtaining an Australian student visa can range from AUD$ 550 to AUD$ 700.

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Best Australian Yarn author Julie Raffaele imagines the day an earthquake struck Meckering

The events at Meckering on the morning of October 14, 1968, when a massive earthquake ripped through the Wheatbelt town are knotted into the fabric of Julie Raffaele’s family history. “I was only one and have no memories of it but my mum does,” she says. “We were living in Kalgoorlie at the time and mum tells me that dad was outside on a ladder and she didn’t know whether to save the children or what to do. There was a lot going on, children in high chairs and that kind of thing.” A few years ago, Raffaele started writing a short story based on her imaginings of the day. The Best Australian Yarn competition provided the perfect opportunity for her to go back to her unfinished work and complete it. “I honestly don’t know why I started writing it,” she says. “I think like a lot of things, various elements compost in your mind. You read stuff every now and then because they still have tremors out there, so I’m sure something had come up. “When I re-read it — which I did the other night — it still brings up a lot of emotion for me. I don’t know why that is but I think it is about the characters.” “I just thought about the way they would have experienced it, and really all of them are quite challenged – if that’s the word – in different ways, particularly the woman who is alone in the country.” None of the characters is based on a real person. “The country publican, I’ve met him many times,” she laughs. “I don’t know where the idea of the shopkeeper being chased by the viper came from, but that seemed very natural.” Raffaele is a film-maker who grew up in East Fremantle. She remembers being an avid reader as a child and having an affinity with literature-based learning at school. Her university career took her to Curtin, to what was then Swinburne College in Melbourne and eventually back to Murdoch University to do her masters degree in film-making. She describes her writing for her work as a film-maker as pretty heavily researched-based and enjoys the freedom of writing short stories. “It’s a purer form of an idea, more imaginative, not constrained by fact,” she says. “Any research has to be spot on. You can take some liberties once you have done the research but a short story comes comes from a place of invention.” The Best Australian Yarn, which is run by The West Australian in partnership with Minderoo Foundation, was launched in February and allows professional and amateur short story writers to compete for a $50,000 prize pool, the richest of its kind in the world. Raffaele and the other authors in the Top 50 have the opportunity to win the $30,000 major prize. Nine other finalists shortlisted for the overall prize will receive $1000 each, the top WA entrant $4000, the best Australian regional entry $3000 and the best youth entry $2000. The prize jury is chaired by the editor-in-chief of The West Australian, Anthony De Ceglie, and includes Minderoo Foundation co-founder Nicola Forrest, author Robert Drewe and publishers Terri-ann White and Rachel Bin Salleh. The winners will be announced on November 18. Source link Originally published at Melbourne News Vine

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Thinking of moving to Australia? With beautiful beaches, great weather, vibrant cities, fantastic job opportunities, and friendly locals all at your doorstep it’s no wonder over 600,000 kiwis now call Australia home.

Ranked as one of the most liveable countries in the world there is something for everyone. Whether you’re wanting to further your studies or career, start a family, or retire Australia is waiting for you.

If you’re planning a move across the ditch, here are our top 5 places to live in Australia!

1) Gold Coast

The Gold Coast, aka Australia’s playground is one of the best places to live in Aussie. With world-famous beaches, breath-taking ranges, international shopping centres, fantastic restaurants, and a booming nightlife all at your fingertips – you will never be bored!

Better yet, the Gold Coast has over 300 days of sunshine per year with temperatures barely dropping below 21 degrees.

The Gold Coast also has plenty of job opportunities. There is huge demand for workers in hospitality and tourism due to the large number of tourists who visit the Gold Coast every year as well as jobs in education, business, construction, and other trades too.

With good job opportunities and affordable living costs it’s no wonder the Gold Coast is a popular choice.

2) Brisbane

Only an hour’s drive from the Gold Coast is Brisbane another popular destination for Kiwi expats.

The capital city of Queensland is home to 2.28 million people making it Australia’s third-largest city behind Sydney and Melbourne. With a vibrant economy, beautiful beaches, and great coffee living in Brisbane you get the big city experience without the fuss.

What’s more, Brisbane provides plenty of study and career opportunities. With the University of Queensland and Griffith University campuses situated in the heart of Brisbane you are spoilt for choice.

Popular suburbs with families include Kelvin Grove and Victoria Point while South Brisbane and West End are common choices for university students and young professionals.

3) Melbourne

Melbourne - the cultural capital of Australia often referred to as Wellington’s cooler sister is a city full of life. It’s home to a vibrant art scene, fantastic shopping, and award-winning cafes and restaurants.  

With a population of 5.1 million, Melbourne is an incredibly diverse place with over 140 cultures, making Melbourne an inclusive and welcoming city with extremely friendly locals.

Due to its diverse culture and vibrant art scene, there are plenty of job opportunities for creative types like musicians, artist, and writers. What’s more, there are also an abundance of job opportunities in technology, education, agriculture, hospitality, and trades.

Part of the beauty of Melbourne is that it’s suitable for everyone, regardless of age and circumstance. Young people are attracted to inner northern and southern suburbs, families thrive in leafy, green suburbs like Greensborough and Dandenong, and retirees are attracted to the laid-back atmosphere and scenic beauty of the Mornington Peninsula.

4) Perth

Want the best of both worlds? Then look no further than Perth with perfect weather, beautiful beaches, plenty of job opportunities, a strong community feel, and a laidback lifestyle you get the best of city and seaside living in Perth.

Perth is one of the most geographically isolated cities in the world, but it doesn’t feel like it when you’re there. Home to over 2 million people it is one of Australia’s fastest-growing cities and is connected to the rest of the world through its international airport.

If you’re thinking of hanging your hat in Perth, Dalkeith and Mullaloo and Melville are great choices for families, while Northbridge is popular with millennials and Murdoch with retirees.

5) Sydney

If you love a fast-paced city with lots to see and do, then Sydney is the place to be. As Australia’s largest city home to over 5 million people there is never a dull moment.  

What’s more, it's home to the famous Sydney Opera House, Royal Botanical Gardens, and Bondi and Manly beach, providing picture-perfect backdrops wherever you turn.

Sydney has a range of neighbourhoods to suit all lifestyles. Whether you want to be in the hustle and bustle of the city or prefer to wake up to views of the northern beaches there is a suburb for everyone.

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The most well-known of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE), Dubai is a city and an emirate that is a part of the UAE. Look closer at Dubai, and it's clear why: it has the largest population in the UAE, incredible diversity (of people, of culture, and of nature), a vast array of skyscrapers, impressive modern conveniences, and a strong international reputation—all of which coexist with its traditional Arab values, cultures, and customs.

In Dubai, there are 58 private colleges and universities as well as five public ones that cater to both locals and foreigners. Universities in Dubai vary in terms of the disciplines they teach (with some specializing in just one or two subjects) and the level of degree programmes they provide since, as in most nations, institutions have independent internal administration.Degree certificate attestation in Dubai

Additional local colleges in Dubai

Among Dubai's other significant local universities are the following:

The first private college in the United Arab Emirates to grant degrees in medicine and surgery is the Dubai Medical College for Girls.

The first recognized online university in the UAE is the Hamdan Bin Mohamed e-University.

The recently established Dubai School of Government is a research and teaching institution that focuses on public policy in the Arab world.

The Dubai School of Dental Medicine is a newly established dental institution.

The newly established Dubai Institute of Management Technology offers MBA and EMBA (full and part time)

The following notable branch campuses of universities are located in Dubai:

The Strategical Business School, Dubai, a Scottish Business School offering authorized part-time master's programmed, is one of the few Canadian institutions in the UAE. The Canadian University of Dubai (CUD) also offers an MBA in Islamic Banking.

The Islamic Azad University (IAU), which has its headquarters in Iran, is the third-largest private university system in the world (its UAE branch is located in Dubai)

The Saint-Peters burg State University of Engineering & Economics, Dubai Branch, often known as ENG ECON Dubai, is a branch that focuses on the study of statistics, management, logistics, finance, and the economics and engineering sectors.

The Murdoch University, Dubai is an Australian university with four faculties: arts, education, and creative media; health sciences; law; business; and information

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