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Blog Post 4

  Write a set of gender studies-related resolutions for yourself. After this class, are there particular actions you'd like to take? How do you hope to become a "better" feminist or a better LGBTQ+ ally? How do you hope to respond to queerphobia or toxic masculinity? (You can choose a single focus in your response.) After taking this class, I hope to become more mindful of instances where toxic masculinity is prevalent and point it out when it happens or try to help people understand it as well as the effects it may have. I have already been mindful of conversations between my brother and my dad, and have had conversations with them about toxic masculinity in general after talking about it in class. I also hope to put more effort into being inclusive of all types of people in various contexts.  After seeing and understanding the art at the art exhibit at Krannert, I had a realization that I never really thought of art outside of being an abled person. Art is always so vis...
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Blog Post 3

  Discuss something related to toxic masculinity and/or sexual orientation that you've recently observed in a film, tv show, book, videogame, or podcast. What did you notice? Analyze your observation, discussing its broader implications and significance. I recently finished watching My Name on Netflix. It’s a Korean show about a girl(the main character) who works with a mafia organization while being a police officer (I would say more but I really don’t want to spoil anything).  There were a lot of messages about the discrimination a policewoman can face as a police officer in Korea, as well as the misogyny and toxic masculinity in physical environments, and especially the underestimation and objectification of women. Showing vulnerability is seen as weakness, men being reluctant to get help when they seriously need it, etc.  I know from my parents that women in Korea are reluctant to become police officers because of the harsh discrimination and sexual harrassment that h...
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Blog Post 2

  For this blog post I’m going to write about another personal experience. I was having a discussion today with my friends about what our parents think about gender and sexuality, and came across some interesting anecdotes and differences in beliefs or levels of awareness between different families.  One of my friends told me that their mom didn’t understand what being bisexual meant and didn’t think that bisexual people were real/valid until she had a conversation with one of her colleague’s daughters (if I recall correctly). It was interesting to compare to my own mother, who is a psychology professor and often studies gender in employment relations. I will say I think she has more awareness about the diversity of gender and sexuality than most of my friends’ parents, especially after having that conversation with my friends.  Going back to what I was saying earlier, I found it very compelling to hear about the problems that my friend’s mom had to overcome. She is an ar...
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Blog Post 1

     Recently, one of my teachers misgendered my transgender classmate, despite knowing that he is trans. We were with one other student, who identifies as a girl, and my teacher said “all right girls” when referring to the three of us. My classmate and I looked at each other with skeptical expressions on our faces and when my teacher referred to us as girls for a second time, he corrected her. Regardless of whether it was intentional or unintentional, it was just so appalling because my classmate has made it clear that he is trans and the teacher has had him as a student for a while now. In fact, the day before this happened, my classmate had to speak out on his instagram account because of similar misgendering incidents and people using the wrong pronouns for him. I started to realize this happens at Uni more than I thought it would, and it honestly surprised me that people in the Uni community are still so ignorant.            After...
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