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Martes' Class!!!!
Alexander suggested that “the way we categorize disabilities is very different from what the medical field categorizes them from.” Tamarinda suggested that the poem was a personal testimony; to describe oneself was so hard because you see yourself so abstract, to be disable in any way is an inaccuracy because it would be what other people tell you. Others were more concerned about the last sentence: “I’m the women with juice,” and tried to understand what Wade meant. There were many interpretations: energy, electricity, and the flowering fruit, of which juice is made. Now that I am writing about this, I notice that all of these critiques on this specific line are positive. We also thought that Wade chose to give so many vivid images of herself because she didn’t want to be labeled or identified as she often is by society.
After we talked about the poem for a while, Ann decided to separate the class into three different groups: abortion, cosmetic surgery, and beauty. The group discussing beauty said: Having a disability is a disadvantage because…
Abortion
Cosmetics
The last comment was Alexander’s (which I hope she writes or talks about) on how having a child is a selfish act.
2 weeks have a six-page draft for the research paper!!!!