Hello, my name is Ivan Delossantos. I like to watch basketball and play video games, and I like to read. There isn’t anything that I do not particularly appreciate. What I am going to study when I graduate from bmcc is sports administration. I was born in New York, but I am from the Dominican Republic. My dream is to make it as a coach in the NBA. My pronouns are he/him. I hope to get a better perspective on feminism because what I know is very broad. There aren’t any topics that I hope we cover; I’m just excited.

If I’m being honest going on to this I just thought feminism meant just women wanted equality within having the same advantages and ways as men. This article has made me think differently about that. I personally am not very feminist even though I do believe we should all be treated equally and with respect. I wanted to learn more about how to be more feminist and more true to myself as a woman and female freedom because of what is happening with places making abortion legal how crazy is that I honestly was hurt because who wants to be taken the rights of they’re own body none ins this world should be taken that right. But that is what I thought this meant when using the word feminism but reading these two articles. In “Feminist Politics Where we stand” Reveals that I too wasn’t the only one who thought the word feminism was just that meaning but we as young adults can be misinformed as how this article literally stated that feminism is misunderstood and it’s not right because we are distancing ourselves from what really is the problem and moreover misleading others like myself not really knowing the true meaning feminism. Reading “Sex and Gender 101” at first I thought gender identity was only assigned at birth based on chromosomes and genitals, however, I learned that cultural changes and education can lead to people having a change in their sexual identity also what they feel and know what they are at such a young age. When I was younger I thought like this but I am learning more and more how we are all different and feel different and are unique In our own different ways gender is just a label but it’s us who decides what we wanna be at the end of the day and I just feel so informed and am learning more about feminism and gender coming into this class. Feminism now I understand more not only from the article “Sex and Gender 101” but also from the article “FEMINISM POLITICS Where We Stand” because it talks about how in order to understand feminism we also have to understand sexism and how this plays with our freedom and right within history and the future as us being young adults learning about how to express ourselves and what we believe is right within being feminist and women.

Hello everyone, my name is Irina Nissen (pronouns she/her) and I am 20 years old. I am currently majoring in psychology (maybe changing/going for a dual major) and this is my second year now at BMCC. I was adopted from Kazakhstan but I have pretty much lived in Brooklyn my whole life. I hope this class brings some fresh perspectives as well as interesting discourse amongst my classmates. I am also interested in learning the complexities and nuances within feminism that I am not yet educated on. I love film, traveling and learning about different ways of life, listening and discovering music, going to museums and exhibits; essentially all things artistic. If I were to recommend something for the class it would be the film: “Promising Young Woman”. I think it would be a great watch for this class in particular as it explores feminism and the reality of being a woman in empowering and devastating ways. I think this film is important in that sense by highlighting this dual nature of womanhood.

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My name is Hailey, I am 18 years old. I prefer the pronouns she/her/hers as well as they/them/theirs. I grew up in a household containing mainly women, mothers and daughters. All the men that have come in between our household have never truly made me feel as loved as all the women in my life have, maybe I have a bias. I have always been aware that women and men are treated differently everywhere in our society, I can see how it affects everyone including myself. I was hoping to learn more about this in this class. What I like are morals, I like people that can choose to be kind. I like to read and write and be as creative as I can be. I like to appreciate the little things around me. I dislike neon colors, when people fight in train carts, ketchup. I dislike when things are unnecessarily hard. I dislike when the people around me struggle with things that people shouldn’t have to struggle with. I dislike that we don’t have free healthcare. I dislike occupational segregation. I dislike inequality. I am majoring in psychology, I find our minds very interesting. I am from New York, raised in the Bronx more specifically. I value love and loyalty. I value friends and family. I value my youth. One dream I’ve always had was to make short films, not only artistically but with an important message to the audience. Now I just hope to finish school, earn enough to help my family, and not regret many things when I’m older. I chose to take this course because based on just the name, I knew I would be interested. I hope to learn information about gender and women that I can be able to share. I think it is something everyone should do . If I were to suggest any films they would just be the ones directed by women but other than that there’s nothing else I can suggest. I look forward to meeting with this class and learning new things together! And if you want to recognize me in the hallways I’ll probably be the one in a big black coat with a big medusa ring 🙂

Hey everyone, my name is Adam Saidi I am 21 years old, my pronouns are she/her/hers and I’m from Congo but I was raised in Senegal since I was 2 years old and never went back to Congo. I came to the United States it’s been almost 6 years now, I am a Bmcc student and this is my last semester, my major is children and youth studies I can’t wait to graduate to start my dream job which is working with children. I am taking this class since it was required to graduate, but I hope I will learn a lot from it.

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My name is Veronica Fernandez, my pronouns are she/her/hers and I am a Communication Studies major at BMCC. I am a Puerto Rican woman, NYC born and raised. Some roles that I play in life are; daughter, sister, wife, student, rehearsal manager, assistant, and friend to name a few. I love practicing my spirituality, using candles crystals, and tarot or oracle cards as divination tools. I am a huge dungeons and dragons nerd. Tabletop gaming overall is probably one of my biggest hobbies. I value friendships over a lot of things but even more than friendships I value my personal space and sanity. I would take staying indoors binge-watching a show on Hulu over going out. My goal is to graduate from BMCC with my Associate’s degree in Communication Studies. Transfer over to Baruch College, and earn my Bachelor’s in Communication Studies with a concentration in interpersonal and group communication. I want to work at a college somewhere in the student activities/affairs office or Residence Life (dorms). By the time I am working at a college, I will start to pursue my master’s degree in either higher ed administration or student personnel. While I absolutely love the city, I think with my current career goals I will probably end up somewhere upstate/central NY, I would even be down for the New Paltz/Purchase area. I am taking this course because I really did enjoy it the first time I took it and I want to actually finish it this time.

Hello! My name is Karen Mizhquiri (she/her) I was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. I like to read books and listen to music. I try to fit in some time to read books I like during my school schedule. I also enjoy baking and trying a new recipes even though it can be quite messy in the kitchen! I enjoy working out in the morning to begin my day although I have admit I dislike waking up early in the morning but once I am up its not much a struggle. I would like to start traveling and explore as much as I can. I look forward in this class to discuss about GWS!

Hello my name is Josue Vasquez i am twenty one years old after this semester i will only be taking one more class so you can kind of say that this is my last semester i am a liberal arts student i am from the Dominican republic i was born and raised in the south Bronx I’ve lived here my whole life i grew up in a single mother home my mother is a very strong and independent women who raised five kids on her own my two sisters, my twin brother and my oldest cousin i am currently a full time student and i also work full time job when I’m done with school i will continue to pursue my career as a  sonogram technician