When reading “Combahee River collective” it was known to be black feminism, especially among lesbian who is black. In 1974 black feminists have join together to involve the process of defining and clarifying their policies. They begin to explain the history of the historical reality of Afro-American women’s continuous life and death survival and their negative relationship to the American political system. The Collective argued that both the white feminist movement and the Civil Rights Movement were not addressing their particular needs as Black women and, more specifically, as Black lesbians. When reading this article they were powerful and motivated to have the right to say their needs and their desire as a black woman or black lesbians. This decade there wasn’t focusing on the feminist movement until the 1980s. There have been problems that went on in the black feminist organization, an example according to the article was, “We have tried to think about the reasons for our difficulties, particularly since the white women’s movement continues to be strong and to grow in many directions.” She explains that no matter how strong the black feminism organization is, the white women’s movement is getting stronger than the black feminism organization. No matter what movement white women are fighting for, in the black feminism’s point of view it seems like they are at the bottom when they’re trying to gain the political’s attention just to have the same equal rights just like everyone else. I believe that black feminism needs to be introduced more and for people to be education about the black feminism.

When reading “Virginia Just Became the 38th State to Pass the Equal Rights Amendment.” There was brief history talking about the first woman name Alice Paul was the founder of the national woman’s party. After the national woman’s party was a success she joins the demonstration for the British suffragist movement in Britain during the early 1900s. When reading her history, she has accomplished many goals for woman’s rights and equality. In 1972 the equal right amendment failed, the reason why it failed is because of anti-feminism and the opponent Phyllis Schlafly. Surprisingly, she was a woman who was going to opposed liberal feminism, gay rights, and abortion, and successfully campaigned against the ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This is a common thing that happens, woman can disagree with what woman are fighting for and prefers woman to be in control by the government and people. It’s hard for them to realize that anything women try to fight for and a woman disagrees with them, they’re going to regret their decision in the future. It’s sad to see people who go against their own kind not knowing that they’re just the same. According to the reading, Schlafly stated, “A woman should have the right to be in the home as a wife and mother.” I have been hearing this from the older generation especially, through the parents that a woman’s job should be a house and a mother. Women should reunite together for their amendment for the right to equality.

This week’s video and reading were depressing, to be honest, the reason why I say that is because of how the government is planning to overturn Roe v Wade. When I read this article there was a quote that struck me it stated, “Roe was egregiously wrong from the start. Its reasoning was exceptionally weak, and the decision has had damaging consequences. And far from bringing about a national settlement of the abortion issue, Roe and Casey have enflamed debate and deepened division.” What sickens me more is the state that says the decision has had damaging consequences. In reality, banning abortion is a damaging consequence, especially for woman’s health. A woman’s health may be at risk for being pregnant, and might not even afford to have kids either. The choice isn’t for every woman, not every woman wants to keep the baby. It made me sick to hear about banning abortions considering there have been planning on doing that for decades.

When watching this week’s videos, I had no clue abortion costs a lot around $450 or more, and not many women have enough money at all. Lisa helps the woman to get an abortion. Since the medical system is so expensive in America, having an abortion is expensive along with insulin and asthma spray. It’s even upsetting that the husbands don’t want anything to deal with the wife and the children. It’s hard to get support from others and hearing a woman crying on the phone is upsetting to me knowing that this is how women have survived in America.

This week’s reading reflection, “Why Artistic Activism” the reading explains the creative power of art motivates us to change the world today. Every meaning behind a painting tells a message about what people are fighting for whether it’s climate change, women, or equal’s rights. The goal of Artistic Activism exists simply to create an effect on their activism and spread awareness of what they are fighting and see if people are willing to join the activism or have an inspiration for their own activism. I feel like the more art we put into activism the more we get people’s attention and the more people will pay attention, and also join the movement. This is inspiring for other people to get into the idea of being creative when it comes to activism, while reading this I thought about some arts that are good and some that are depressing that it’ll make you feel like you’re willing to make a change in the world. Not many people don’t care about activism but when it comes to creativity, art, poetry, etc maybe it’ll change people’s minds and join activism. Activism art has been going on throughout history starting with photography during the civil rights movement. All the photos that are taken during the civil rights protest and riot tell a message for equal rights sometimes people do graffiti on the famous civil rights activist and do something creative to give an inspiring message about what people are fighting for. Artistic Activism is known to empower people throughout the community.

This week reading, this reading was emotional for me but I wasn’t surprised about the abuse, neglect, and disrespect in the healthcare system and the workers getting away with it. There is some hospital that I went to located in the Bronx that has disrespected their patients regardless of gender and race. What’s more upsetting is are the doctors, nurses, and EMTs who have neglected their patients are still working and not receiving consequences for neglect. People need to take more action in healthcare, no matter what race, gender, or sexuality everyone deserves the health they need to be alive and go on with their lives. If they don’t want to treat people then they should find another job! It’s sad to read people who are non-binary or transgender typing an experience about trans people not receiving healthcare. In the film Period. End of the conversation I was upset about what women in India had to go through when it comes to periods. It seems during the film they went through a lot and a lot of clothes changing when it comes to their weekly menstruation. It’s amazing to see in India a woman creating their business to make pads for women in need, one of my favorite parts that I chuckle at is when a man was asked what the woman was doing and he said that these women are making “diapers” for their monthly cycle. It’s a shame how men in India aren’t educated about the monthly cycle.

When reading “Too Latina to be Black, Too Black to be Latina” her reading was good in my opinion, from someone who is Latina and Italian I believe that it doesn’t matter what race you are you should feel welcome because of who you are proud of and where your family is from. Throughout the decades I have seen the other community not represent people because of their race, besides Latina, I have heard stories either on social media or from people that people don’t feel welcome in their own ethnic community because of their race, they treat them as an outcast and I believe that is not fair. Everyone should be treated with the same respect you’ll give in your own community. Everyone is human and people always say to love everyone no matter what, but what’s ironic is the fact that they wouldn’t love people with the same nationality but a different race, race, and nationality or two different things and I believe people are not seeing it that way. To me personally, I find it to be interesting where people of different races commuters who are also their nationality, it shows how creative people through generations are and it can show love to not only our own race/nationality but other races as well. We are people who deserve love and respect no matter who we are and people need to open their eyes to see that it doesn’t matter if they have a different race they still feel welcome with their nationality and be proud of who they are.