http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/268/catrise-p-noel Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:05:27 -0400 Tue, 07 Apr 2026 05:05:27 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/315/obese-female-and-nude-epistemological-satire-or-sociological-critique By Catrise P. Noel - Historically, female models in photographic art have depicted an ideological construction of the female body which women, regardless of stature, ethnicity or class, must conform to. John Berger (1972, p. 46) notes that ‘to be born a woman has been to be born… into the keeping of men’. However, it could be argued that the image presented in this essay dissipates such notions. Leonard Nimoy’s image is compelling; it seems to expulse an aura which embodies feminine nonchalance whilst simultaneously disregarding patriarchal ideology which dictates stereotypical criteria for... Wed, 03 Nov 2010 10:34 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/315/obese-female-and-nude-epistemological-satire-or-sociological-critique http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/305/shock-advertising-theories-risks-and-outcomes-analyzed-using-the-case-of-barnardos By Catrise P. Noel - Founded in 1867 by Dr. Thomas Barnardo to help "abused, vulnerable, forgotten and neglected children," children's charity Barnardo's now helps over 110,000 children every year (Barnardo's, 2009). Although traditionally advertising has been used to "equate products with positive cultural or social experiences" (Klein, 2000, p.29), Barnardo's has abandoned such "positive" practices, alternatively opting for a "disturbing image [to present] the need for support" (Goddard, 1998, p.10) thus making its advertisements a vivid reality (Klein, 2000). As a charity, Barnardo's is subject to closer scrutiny... Thu, 21 Oct 2010 10:27 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/305/shock-advertising-theories-risks-and-outcomes-analyzed-using-the-case-of-barnardos