Justine Henin Essays

  • GATORADE, What’s all the hype about?

    870 Words  | 2 Pages

    “Is it in you?”, “Get out what you put in”, “Win from within”. These are just a few sayings that the founders of Gatorade use to help persuade readers into thinking, “In order to be successful I need Gatorade”. This drink is a very popular performance enhancing sports beverage that athletes from all over depend on. Using the top athletes known to man in their advertisements they remain successful in fueling athletes across the globe. I have chosen two ads from Gatorade. I read them, examined them

  • Media, Sexualisation and Female Tennis.

    1113 Words  | 3 Pages

    Within todays sporting community, certain aspects of sport and its practices promote and construct ideas that sport in general is a male dominated. Sports media often provides an unequal representation of genders. Women athletes are regularly perceived as mediocre in comparison to their male equivalents (Lenskyj, 1998). Achievement in sport is generally established through displays of strength, speed and endurance, men usually set the standards in these areas, consequently woman rarely reach the

  • The Meaning Of Serena Williams's Journey With Racism

    769 Words  | 2 Pages

    Serena William’s Journey With Racism Glamour and money are not the only components surrounding sports; many athletes experience what can be considered the dark side of sports. In the article The Meaning of Serena Williams by Claudia Rankine, some not so glamorous aspects of her life are highlighted. One of the most prominent rough parts of her life includes the racism that constantly surrounded her as an athlete. Whether it be the name calling and humiliation, or being paid less compared to a white

  • Serena Williams: A Famous Professional Tennis Player

    773 Words  | 2 Pages

    Serena Williams has a net worth of $140 million. She is a renowned professional tennis player in the world. How she made it Tennis Serena Williams’s career as a professional tennis player spans 20 years. Serena Williams has been ranked #1 in the world 5 times. She has earned the most prize money in the world among female players. Serena had earned $73.3 million in prize money by August 31, 2015, according to the Women’s Tennis Association. She is the highest earning female tennis player in the

  • PED Usage in Athletics: Ineffectiveness of Suspensions

    839 Words  | 2 Pages

    Maria Sarapova: Suspension. Enough? Or Inadequate? I strongly recommend the article “Why Suspensions Won’t Deter PED Users Like Maria Sharapova” by Zach Petersel to be published in The Shorthorn newspaper. Petersel’s article is incisive, coherent, and persuasive; his discussions are relevant and have sufficient evidences to support his claim. The issue of the article is complex, controversial and intriguing standing suitable for most of The Shorthorn readers including professional athletes, trainers

  • Serena Willams: A Brief Biography

    533 Words  | 2 Pages

    Serena Jameka Williams is the Number One tennis player in women’s singles tennis, who was born in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, on Saturday, September 26th, 1981. She is the champion of seventeen single Grand Slams, and thirteen double Grand Slams alongside her professional tennis playing older sister, Venus. Together, they’re an unbeatable duo. Serena also won four Olympic gold medals, three of them in women’s doubles & one of them in women’s singles. This grand record is shared with her big sister

  • Biography of Donatien Alphonse François de Sade

    1422 Words  | 3 Pages

    The Marquis de Sade led a lifestyle that disgusted some but influenced others. “This was a life, then, of swashbuckling adventure, narrow escapes, wild abandon, and bloody crime” (Lever, introduction on front flap). He is famous for coining the term “sadism” from his known love for sexual violence in his own life and literature. The Marquis’ own libertine values, which allowed for him to escape the moral restraints of law and religion, allowed for his life and works of literature to challenge censorship

  • Belgium: Food and Sports

    1304 Words  | 3 Pages

    “The food of Belgium is now acknowledged as among the very best in Europe, and many of its restaurants have earned all kinds of the most respected international garlands and awards” (Mason 37). When people think of Belgium, they tend to first think of waffles, chocolate, French fries, and beer. Belgium has some of the finest quality of these foods in the world. In fact, the Belgians invented the French fry, so it’s only natural they have the best. Chocolate was invented in Mesoamerica, but Belgian