Food Zheng – Reflection #9

After reading and viewing this week’s materials I realized all the work that is needed to be able to change the mentality or change the system. In the article of “The Combahee River Collective” we can see everything that black women had to fight to be able to have even a little right in the world. The how, the freedom for women, was only for certain women and not for all in general or about how not seeing themselves with the necessary support from others, they had to find each black or / and lesbian woman to be able to create this move and get your goal. Also, the same thing happened in the video “Paris is Burning” about how homosexual people, transsexuals or just diverse people, got together to create their own modeling studio where anyone was allowed to enter, do anything and show your fashion or be you. It is very pleasing to be able to see how people who do not feel understood by society, take a step forward to not care what others think and be able to be themselves. Show the world that they don’t need anyone’s approval to be what they want to be, because it’s really sad to have to retain your true self in order to be accepted by society.

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