Intersectionality

planning, and power mapping to construct a campaign. I also have experience with grant writing as part of this initiative. Additionally, I am the founding Editor-in-Chief of Cocoon Zine, an Asian-American feminist zine that focuses on youth and intersectionality. I fully believe that my skills and experience in community outreach and organizing would…

Identity has originated from surrounding environments and that one perceives herself how she believes others see her. When white men colonized America and brought slaves from Africa, white men perceived their own advancement as faster evolution. They believed that they were better than those who were “primitive”. As the patriarchy and systematic racism have evolved throughout the years, the perception of a white man has become the role model in all things positive, if not at least neutral. In…

Harriet Tubman was an effective leader, a liberation bringer and a wanted criminal. She escaped from slavery only to journey back into slave states nearly 20 times to rescue people- some friends and family, but mostly strangers- from the bondage of slavery. Her life and leadership was nothing short of heroic: a tale of true servant leadership and self-sacrifice for the freedom of those suffering injustice. Everything she accomplished, she did while living under enormous oppression herself, yet,…

This class has provided me with a very valuable learning experience. As a psychology major I don’t have the opportunity to take classes in the ALS department very often. At the start of the semester when we discussed what SWAPA was I didn 't think much of it, especially because it involved performing my piece in front of the class which made me nervous. However, listening to my classmates perform their pieces each week was one of my favorite parts about the course. It was great to hear people…

In the two studies by Seller, they showed the link between psychological distresses in relation to racial discrimination alongside the development of Black identity. These studies posed very interesting concepts about the process and factors that affect African American identity which generated questions for me while reading through the findings. When thinking about the my experience of being African Americans and Black in America, many people can find similarities regarding racial issues…

Inequality and the hierarchy of status and prestige is a concept as ancient as the beginning of large scale human organization itself. While most all major societies have experienced some variations in inequality among their population, none so is more apparent than in the United States, currently ranks among the highest in unequal institutions in the developing world (Desilver, 2013). To question if the inequality that exists is an inevitable occurrence in society is also to question whether it…

My observation of this issue if from personal experience. When I was fifteen-years-old I wanted to go on the pill. I had many reasons to want to make this decision and I was very aware of the consequences and side effects that birth control can have. At the time, my friends and the internet make this task seem like a very simple one in Ontario. My first step was to talk to my mom about my decision, many people frown about the idea of their ‘young’ child having sex, and in fact get mad. This can…

My heart broke, and I let out a boisterous groan as the last string trimmer malfunctioned and the weedwhacker slowly churned to a stop. I had been consumed by my thoughts of planning my senior speech, crafting my life plan of becoming a nurse anesthetist, and figuring out what I wanted to eat for breakfast to notice that I was walking so rapidly that I had outworked the machine. It was a humid Sunday morning, the grass was still wet with morning dew when I had abruptly woken up and tied on my…

opinions on the controversial topics and also hear how my peers felt as well. Also, my horizon is broader because of this course. I was able to view things in a different light. Those topics included, but not limited to: new racism, colorblindness, intersectionality, black gender ideology, and so much more. The class gave me a greater outlook on life as an African American and I knew I could not limit myself to just that one course. Furthermore, this is why I am in the African American Feminism…

It is a very female-centric movie which portrays the hypersexualized, dehumanization of women in media and leadership roles. Overall, watching it was very powerful and informational. One thing missing in the documentary is intersectionality. Although it clearly shows the gender biases in America, Miss Representation does not mention how the experiences of women of color, women of different economic classes, or other social categories might change the narrative. For example, in the…