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Here are some videos that make me laugh or that bring up my mood. The last one is an Album by Chase Petra which I really love, and I honestly think you guys will like her music too. I hope you guys enjoy them! (Also the Wii Sports Boxing Results honestly constantly back in my head so hey, a throwback for everyone lol)
Heyy Everyone!
I can’t wait to read what ya’ll have shared, I’m sure I’ll be inspired one way or another:))
Personally, I love running in the park and finding a spot to meditate afterward; I have found that this helps me begin my day feeling grounded. Something I desperately need quite a bit of.
I also love exploring; I’m not originally from New York, so I have a lot to catch up on!
Maybe once the weather is a bit nicer, I’d be down for a Covid friendly meet-up in the park. Ya’ll seem super kind and funnn!
Hey everyone! I hope this weekend has been good to you all, and that you find yourselves safe and (if in NY) warm. I gave this week’s discussion board prompt a lot of thought and knew that I wanted my post to be something of a comfort. What always comforts me, takes me from relaxed to cozy, is music. So I thought instead of recommending albums and artists that I enjoyed, why not just create a way for you to access them directly.
So I made our class a playlist. It’s sort of girly I guess due to the majority of women artists but I hope that it can serve as something that may help you focus, unwind, or just be. This playlist can be used to study, cook, write, meditate, whatever you want! Here are just some songs that have been there for me and I’m hoping that they may so for you too.
Finding that the music is not really your style? That’s ok because (and here is my favorite part) I made it collaborative! Please, please PLEASE add songs, EPS, albums, whatever you want to the thing. I’m starting it off but I would love for this to be for all of us to discover and collectively enjoy music. I want to see what everyone is listening to so send the new tunes our way. Unless you have Apple Music in which case that’s what you get for using the inferior streaming service. (KIDDING! hit me up on WhatsApp if you want to add stuff but aren’t Spotify compatible) Here’s to curating a soundtrack for the coolest of classes, not to mention the first one I have ever made for a class in general.
Lots of love to you all! Hailey <3
This is one of my favorite videos but it’s just in spanish.
Hey Everyone! I hope everyone had a good weekend, I wanted to thank everyone who shared their stories and experiences to the class <3 I don’t know if anyone else could relate but this Tiktok is so funny to me because its exactly how I feel when I speak/ participate in any class its kind of silly but I can’t seem to prevent it!
These are two quotes that I recently stumbled upon that I wanted to share 🙂
” if you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything”
-John Wooden
” don’t be afraid to fight alone, remember, not every warrior needs an army”
” you will face many defeats in life , but never let youself be defeated”
-Maya Angelou
Quotes from “the sun and her flowers” by Rupi Kaur.
ENJOY !!
2. “what is the greatest lesson a woman should learn
that since day one
she’s already had everything she needs within herself
it’s the world that convinced her she did not”
3. “I hardened under the last loss. it took something human out of me. i used to be so deeply emotional I’d crumble on demand. but now the water has made its exit. of course i care about the ones around me. I’m just struggling to show it. a wall is getting in the way. i used to dream of being so strong nothing could shake me. now. I am. so strong. that nothing shakes me. and all I dream is to soften.”
4. “I have survived far too much to go quietly
let a meteor take me
call the thunder for backup
my death will be grand
the land will crack
the sun will eat itself
-the day I leave”
:))-);))
These are funny to me because of course a lot haven’t gotten their stimulus check lol.
Hello everyone, hope all of you had a good weekend. The weather was amazing. One thing I’d like to talk about is Moonlight the movie. Since watching the movie it has lived rent free in my mind. Moonlight displays and deals with the complexity toxic masculinity, vulnerability, the perception of black men by the black community and “outsiders” , as well as drug addiction.
The movie starts with Chiron running from a group of children, or at least this is the first part of the movie I remember. The children are chasing him because he’s “soft”. They feel as though what they’re doing is the right thing to do. We later see the same child, Chiron, playing with a group of young boys. They’re playing football and from Chiron’s body language we see that he isn’t much like the other boys. They start to pick on him for this until Kevin steps in. Kevin shows everyone that Chiron isn’t soft by fighting with him to display their masculinity. Later on we’re introduced to Juan. Juan is a drug dealer in the area and happens to find Chiron in an abandoned house running from the children from earlier in the movie. Juan basically becomes a father figure to Chiron, showing him kindness, love, vulnerability, he’s well mannered, caring and somehow still maintains a hard exterior when needed.
One of my favorite parts of the movie is when Juan holds Chiron in the water. Juan helps Chiron to float, trying to teach him to swim, but this wasn’t before letting him know that his sexuality does not define him. He says to Chiron, “you could be gay but don’t let nobody call you a faggot”, Chiron first introduction into being a man. He later tells Chiron to be whatever he wants to be, and that he has to make that decision himself.
We later see Chiron as a teenager in high school. He is still getting bullied because he isn’t up to the masculine display of what a man should be. His bully continues to antagonize him until Chiron relaiates. After Chiron relaiates he gets to the respect of some of his classmate but at the cost of his image and safety.
Later on in the movie when Chiron is an adult we see him completely distant from the person he once was. He isn’t quite, timid or shy. He is seemingly confident and prosperous, he followed in the footsteps of Juan and is thriving. However, something doesn’t seem right. He is still having nightmares about the treatment from his mother or the trauma he has endure. It isn’t until he meets up with Kevin, his childhood friend, that we see some vulnerability from him. They talk and we are even given a flashback as Kevin and Chiron look at eachother. THe flashback is of Chiron as a child. I believe this is a representation of their relationship and how Kevin views Chiron. Despite the grills, chain and hard exterior Kevin can see past the facade into who Chiron truly is.
There was so much more that happened in the movie that I did not share. However, that isn’t important. This movie shines an important light on many issue the black community face. As a child I was not allowed to do basic things such a enjoy myself if enjoying myself was dancing ballet or singing. These things, in the eyes of my father, weren’t “manly” or “too girly”. My parents would often convince me out of doing something because they were worried of the perception people would have of me. This greatly affected my childhood, to the extent I would be over concerned about how I dress and how I look, or the perception people would have of me. It has affect my relationship with people and my relationship with myself. At a point in time I felt deserving of misfortune because of my sexuality and self expression. I am finally breaking from what people perceive me to be, whatever that may be, to living and ENJOYING my life. I can truly say these past few have been the most challenging and necessary years of my life. Thank y’all for coming to my ted talk.
Hi yall! For this week, I would love to share some songs that have helped me pick myself up or has helped me through a hard time. Hopefully, they will do the same for you and take care of yourselves!
Serendipity
Euphoria
God is a Women
Good Days
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