Allan Johnson’s, “Patriarchy: The system” definitely gave me a lot to think about. Mostly about the things we don’t do when we see or hear the things that maintain this system in place. I wonder how much of a difference it would make if both men and women, but specifically men, spoke out against sexist comments or views with their own peers. Johnson made a great point, when we call someone out on something, it makes the person take a moment to reflect the next time they want to say something like that again. If we had men taking a step back before making certain comments, and holding each other accountable for those things, how much change would that generate?

Audre Lord’s, “There is no Hierarchy of Oppressions” was also a piece that made me reflect, and it goes hand in hand with the Buzzfeed video. People can be oppressed in some many ways than one and we don’t even realize it, but that doesn’t mean one is less important than another. Our experiences may be different but we are still on the same boat. We should be trying to help uplift one another instead to bring real change into the world.