Audre Lorde

“It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences” - Audre Lorde. As the years pass, the need to accept others as they are is still an issue. Despite the attempt to make this issue disappear, people are still being judged by their race, beliefs, physical appearance and much more. This type of judgement happens all over the world and can affect people and a community both physically and emotionally. Accepting people who are…

Several passages in the Bible illustrate stories of oppression and violence against females. Eve is blamed for the fall of humanity, and in return all women are deceitful. Tamar, Dinah, and the Levite’s concubine were all forcefully raped. The disciples discredit Mary Magdalene because she is a woman, yet Jesus loves her more than them. Women are told to remain silent in church and are not ordained in many denominations, which is supported with Biblical evidence. This oppression and…

In this reading, Lorde explained that we live in a capitalist economic state which enables women to allow differences to divide them. She argues that because we live in a profit economy, it has become common practice to ignore each other’s differences out of fear. Lorde also explains that race, age, and sex are not what rule America, that proceeds supersedes all of those factors and that sexual…

Introduction In Testo Junkie: Sex, Drugs, and Biopolitics in the Pharmacopornographic Era, Beatriz Preciado uses their body and their body of work as a means of transing theory. Put another way, B.P. uses a genre bending approach to writing theory to attempt to articulate the lived experience of gender ambiguity. B.P. challenges normative conceptions and understandings of bodies, theory, and modes of production in an attempt to explain the queer body. To do so, B.P. employs the radical approach…

The struggle for women throughout American history has always been a substantial battle, from as early as the suffrage movement, to more recent fights such as the wage gap and the right to choose. It would seem that in light of these issues, women of all backgrounds would present a more unified front in utilizing activism to combat inequality. The reality is that the rift between women has existed in various forms, such as women who fought to have a place in the workplace being criticized by…

“In 2014, an estimated 15,780 children and adolescents ages 0 to 19 were diagnosed with cancer and 1,960 died of the disease.” Cancer caused by many factors, but defined as an uncontrolled division of abnormal cells in a part of the body. The question is “How is the cultures Americans are practicing leading to a cause of cancer?” That one statistic stated are only a small proportion of the Americans affected from this disease called cancer and culture can be one of them. The way many Americans…

Before entering our seminar class, I saw gender as the stereotypical family with the father always working and the mother taking care of the kids and cleaning the house. The father would never be able to take care or play with his own children and the mother would always take care of her husband’s needs. The mother would never be able to go out and enjoy her life because there would always be something that needed to be taken care of. Women have been overlooked for so long in this world. The…

President Eisenhower once said, “Whatever America hopes to bring pass in the world must first come to pass in the heart of America,” and even though he wasn’t talking about Unorthodox Day, it fits very well. Unorthodox Day could really improve not only the lives of each and every American, but it could help to change the country from within, which in turn could change the world. The date would be June 21, that way it would either be the summer solstice, or only days from it, allowing maximum…

Gender plays a big role in society. By definition it is the state of being either male or female. Each gender is set to a certain amount of expectations and norms linked to how they should behave and portray themselves. Sex however is different; it is the way of defining men and women based on their biological and physical attributions. Throughout the years opinions and outlooks on sexuality/gender have changed drastically. People are more open-minded and accepting of the change. There are many…

Identity African American parents and grandparents play a pivotal role in the socialization of children as they help children to understand norms, roles, status, and expectations of the larger society (Mutisya & Ross, 2005). They teach, set moral standards, discipline, and provide cultural continuity in a community (McGinn, 2001). In this way, African American parents and grandparents provide a foundation to help African American children cope with and adjust to the racism and discrimination…