Equality for all
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What we fight for
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Hard to tell but upper left: I fight for equal rights, upper right: equality for every gender bottom left: equal rights for people WITH disability bottom right: I fight against homophobia.
We chose to incorporate multiple different images to
portray what we 'fight for'. Each of the women photographed
agrees that equality in each aspect is important, but chose what they felt
most strongly for and wrote it down. These different 'isms are found in
our society in a magnitude of ways and affect a large number of people in the
process. As a society, we often forget that each one of us holds a
different privilege over another being, and at times we use what we are given
against one another instead of building one another up. This is why it is
important to fight for what you believe in so that equality can be spread to
all.
One of the signs held reads, " I fight against
homophobia". We have discussed this topic greatly in class in conjunction
with transphobia and other sexuality based prejudices. We saw these acts
of discrimination that each of the teens in the movie The 'T'
Word had to face on a day to day basis. Gender identity, as discussed
in class, is how you think of yourself and who you know yourself to be and
sexual orientation is who you are physically, spiritually, and emotionally.
Though these terms often go hand in hand, one does not imply the other.
For example, if you are a woman, that does not automatically make you straight.
The same goes for if you identify as transgender. Your sexual orientation is
not based on what you identify as and
we discovered this during class.
A second sign reads, "Equal rights for people WITH
disability". Though people with disability and ableism has not
been discussed in depth in this class, it is still a prevalent issue that
affects many. The reason that the 'with' is more apparent in the sign than the
other words, is because society often forgets that the person who happens to
have the disability is indeed a person first. They are a person WITH a
disability, not a disability. Having the disability does not define who they
are. The same goes for the other social justice issues that are found in
society. Just because an individual identifies as gay or lesbian, does not mean
that their sexual orientation makes up their entire existence.
The last sign reads, "Equality for every gender".
We discussed this topic tremendously in class. Over time society has come to
see women, in particular, as objects or a desire to obtain. We see this in TV
commercials and magazine ads constantly. When the roles are reversed, the
picture of the man doing the same pose as the women is, looks awkward and
unnatural. Why is this? How have we came to think this way? These are all
aspects that society needs to remember before they consume media.
All of the ism's and phobias (sexism,
ableism,homophobia) that were shown in our pictures are but a few of the
harmful stereotypes that are seen in popular culture. Each is something
that society as a whole needs to stop pushing to the side and start dealing
with so that we can make sure everyone feels comfortable in their own skin.
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Equality for all
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| Hard to tell but upper left: I fight for equal rights, upper right: equality for every gender bottom left: equal rights for people WITH disability bottom right: I fight against homophobia. |
We chose to incorporate multiple different images to
portray what we 'fight for'. Each of the women photographed
agrees that equality in each aspect is important, but chose what they felt
most strongly for and wrote it down. These different 'isms are found in
our society in a magnitude of ways and affect a large number of people in the
process. As a society, we often forget that each one of us holds a
different privilege over another being, and at times we use what we are given
against one another instead of building one another up. This is why it is
important to fight for what you believe in so that equality can be spread to
all.
One of the signs held reads, " I fight against
homophobia". We have discussed this topic greatly in class in conjunction
with transphobia and other sexuality based prejudices. We saw these acts
of discrimination that each of the teens in the movie The 'T'
Word had to face on a day to day basis. Gender identity, as discussed
in class, is how you think of yourself and who you know yourself to be and
sexual orientation is who you are physically, spiritually, and emotionally.
Though these terms often go hand in hand, one does not imply the other.
For example, if you are a woman, that does not automatically make you straight.
The same goes for if you identify as transgender. Your sexual orientation is
not based on what you identify as and
we discovered this during class.
A second sign reads, "Equal rights for people WITH
disability". Though people with disability and ableism has not
been discussed in depth in this class, it is still a prevalent issue that
affects many. The reason that the 'with' is more apparent in the sign than the
other words, is because society often forgets that the person who happens to
have the disability is indeed a person first. They are a person WITH a
disability, not a disability. Having the disability does not define who they
are. The same goes for the other social justice issues that are found in
society. Just because an individual identifies as gay or lesbian, does not mean
that their sexual orientation makes up their entire existence.
The last sign reads, "Equality for every gender".
We discussed this topic tremendously in class. Over time society has come to
see women, in particular, as objects or a desire to obtain. We see this in TV
commercials and magazine ads constantly. When the roles are reversed, the
picture of the man doing the same pose as the women is, looks awkward and
unnatural. Why is this? How have we came to think this way? These are all
aspects that society needs to remember before they consume media.
All of the ism's and phobias (sexism,
ableism,homophobia) that were shown in our pictures are but a few of the
harmful stereotypes that are seen in popular culture. Each is something
that society as a whole needs to stop pushing to the side and start dealing
with so that we can make sure everyone feels comfortable in their own skin.
PS. SHOUT OUT TO OUR LOVELY HELPERS
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