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Maritza O'Toole
Maritza O'Toole

Maritza O'Toole

Editor of English 2830: Women Writers
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Maritza O'Toole in English 2830: Women Writers
Oct 31, 2015 · 3 min read

Society’s Obsession with “The Ideal”

“For most of her life, Louise had read catalogs and fashion magazines, turning the pages dreamily, staring at the lanky, smiling women in their appealing and confounding outfits, women without pores or cowlicks. Just last week, she’d looked at this particular ad and wondered, as she had…

Maritza O'Toole
Maritza O'Toole in English 2830: Women Writers
Oct 5, 2015 · 4 min read

Sowmya

September 19
I started off today with so much hope, so much anticipation. Thinking that perhaps today was the day it was all going to happen for me. Today was going to be the day that someone finally wanted me as their partner; I would no longer be the burden (or the joke) of the family. I guess in a way my hopes…