I honestly felt a little silly reading the ‘Feminist Politics’ excerpt because it was one of those pieces of text I had to read multiple times to really make sure the information got to my brain and wasn’t lost somewhere in the middle. It was eye-opening in a sense especially as a woman because in my mind feminism has always been wanting women to be equal with men. But putting it in terms that it’s a movement to end sexism felt more neutral, but still a little new to digest if I’m being honest. It almost felt like a callout post because it specifically said men are not the enemy, but that’s always how I’ve felt because of society. In my mind I know every single man I encounter isn’t inherently evil, (but that doesn’t stop me from keeping my guard up) it’s the system that’s corrupt.

Sex & Gender 101 on the other hand was a much more familiar topic, it made me flashback to junior year of highschool in health class. It felt weird to read something that had been assigned to me for class and be very informed about the topic, like it wasn’t a stranger to me. The only thing that felt semi-new was the intersex, I definitely needed a refresher on that term. Also, for some reason reading the phrase ‘sexuality is fluid’ on an established article and not just hearing it from a friend felt almost bizarre. Because I do believe sexuality is fluid but is that a scientific statement? And how did we find that out? Who established that, I guess I’m asking who discovered it like Newton and his apples.