Who I Am.

As I read through all of the blog posts, I see a commonality. We all don't like the stereotypes that have been passed down year after year and we all agree that we don't all necessarily fit the stereotype that has been pushed onto us. I am sitting here thinking to myself about what to talk about during this blog post because everybody has already said the thoughts that have been rummaging through my mind. All I have to say is that I am sick of society and how we judge each other, myself included. I don't like how labels are put on us judging by the color of our skin, how tall or short we are, what clothes we wear, what foods we eat, the friends we have, etc. I am white and I am proud of it. I am a girl and I am proud of it. I think we all should be proud of who we are and where we come from no matter what anybody else says.


This packet of articles has brought several questions in my head. Such as in Judith Butler's YouTube clip titled phylosohpe I ask myself how do we stop this cruelty? Because no one should ever be harmed because they are different in societies eyes. Also is Deborah Tannen's passage called His Politeness Is her Powerlessness, why are women seen as so weak? Why are we so afraid to speak up for what we want? Why is standing up for our self such an outrageous act? Leading to more curious questions of what exactly is fitting in? What does it mean to be apart of the "in crowd"? Why is everyone so judgmental when we are scared to be judged our self?


Reading through these several articles is hard in a sense because no matter how you look at them somebody is being sympathized for, somebody is being beaten down, somebody is treating someone else unfair. No matter what you do society will always have something to say, so be who ever it is that you want to be. I think this lesson was a good lesson for us all because we all know what it is like to feel judged and none of us like it, this lesson has helped me to realize that I am not alone because others feel this way as well.