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A Friend and Her Boyfriend

By wwu2
September 15, 2014 - 08:39
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Similar with Rose, I have been through an awkward moment with my friend as well. In my second year in Vermont, I got paired with a Japanese girl, Miyu, living in the same host family. Because of cultural similarities and her likable personality, we got close to each other quickly. For a long time, we never got separated as close as sisters: we went shopping together, had lunches at school together and cooked meals together during the weekends. I helped her with English while she taught me some housekeeping skills.

my ID and my access

By cdesogugua@bryn...
September 15, 2014 - 00:27
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I honestly think that my identity has a direct impact on my access to education. Whenever I think about my personal access to education and how my intersecting identities give me privilege. I had the privilege of growing up in a community where education was always put first. I lived in a household with college educated parents who were able to help me with my studies and educational inquiries as I progressed through school. I always like to consider issues as a matter of class, and race/other identities are mediators that show greater issues in our society. Although I experience many barriors with my access to education because of my racial identity, my class privilege allowed me to move fluidly in the American school system.

This is what we depends on

By weilla yuan
September 14, 2014 - 23:45
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Humans are communal animals for a reason --- we need other people to feel our feelings.

Through out the history, people get together to talk about their lives and others' lives so that people can echoing with them. Empathy can bring people confidence and calmness. 

Identity influenced access, and viseversa

By sasha
September 14, 2014 - 19:45
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Growing up my parents always made it clear that education was #1 priority, because of this I can't tell if me going to school and prioritizing education is natural or socially constructed. As I sit here re-reading the prompt, I realize that it is hard for me to tell whether it was my identity influenced my access, or the other way around. I always knew I had to go to school because my parents always told me so, but it wasn't until I got to high school that I realized that going to school wouldn't be enough if you are not receiving adequate education -- which was the case for me in high school. This is when my passion for equal access to adequate education began.

Language of Identities

By rb.richx
September 14, 2014 - 18:12
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This is semi related to class and Serendip discussions that I wanted to ask everyone about as well as see if people had questions. I am assuming, given the intent and people's involvement in the 360 so far, that everyone wants to use inclusive and less harmful language, but also I at the very least would like some consistency surrounding the language we use.

I'm going to specifically talk about trans identities in this post as a starting point, but I figured, if I made a webby post, we could all comment or ask questions about any terminology surrounding any identity.

SOAR; dancing and depicting disability

By rb.richx
September 14, 2014 - 17:18
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I didn't upload the duet because it is longer than a minute, but you are welcome to watch it (linked here). The description of the video reads, "Kiera Brinkley, a quadruple amputee, and her sister Uriah Boyd perform SOAR, choreographed by Melissa St. Clair. Clips from the duet appear in a documentary of the same name that follows these two beautiful young women as their paths pull them in opposite directions." The documentary site includes even more information if anyone would like to follow up on that (linked here)

Battling Perfection

By abradycole
September 14, 2014 - 17:04
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I came across this article last December. Someone must have posted it on Facebook. It's about a Swiss charity that created mannequins based on seven people with disabilities. The goal was to raise awareness that there's no such thing as a perfect body. 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2518194/Pro-Infirmis-advert-creates-mannequins-based-bodies-disabled-people.html

In addition to the series of photographs of the mannequins the charity created, there's a video of the process and several reactions to the mannequins being placed in the windows of storefronts.