The documentary movie “Pay it No mind: The Life and Times of Marsha P. Johnson” talked about Marsha Johnson’s life who was African American drag queen, a gay liberation activist, and a transgender activist in New York from 1966 to 1992. From Marsha’ friends…
About a year ago, in a crowded auditorium at the University of Southern California, Angela Davis spoke about university diversity and its growing implications for the success of students of color. In a response to a question about her views about this, she said, “Diversity is not a synonym for…
Positive and Negative Reinforcement
What is memory without forgetfulness?
Long before man ever became civil under the rules of what we call today “society”, he was at his purest form of human that ever existed. With no laws, no formal structure, no binary concepts of what is wrong and right, and no forms of structural pathways that obliged them to follow as a means of hope…
We live in a society that treats men and women very differently. According to a chart made by aauw.org, it show that in 2014 women only make 79% the wage of what men make, while working the same job. While the the chart have definitely improve since 1974 when women only make 59% the wage compare to men…
Watching others suffer brings joy and cheerfulness? As stated by Nietzsche in, “Genealogy of Morals,” he believes that making others suffer brings both of these feelings. Well I think that it certainly depends, because there is a disparity between someone that deserves to suffer from those…
Why does revenge feel so good?
Read Genealogy of Morals by Friedrich Nietzsche and you will surely get that people feel good when metaphorically speaking they see another person pay their debt. For instance, maybe a boyfriend cheated and now you want to go out and…
YouTube as A Public Space for Activism.
Someone who is living in a docile body is probably someone who is always ready to accept control or instructions; submissive. This person possesses machine like characteristics, has a strict schedule, and is isolated in order to be controlled. On the other hand we have an activist…
Struggle among genders is dated back to the time in which recognized philosophers like…
Antigone’s claim as written by Judith Butler, speaks of a divine law. It is set by Creon which can be compared to the…
Why can’t women have the opportunity to build a strong relationship with each other without using intersectionality? Women are still fighting for intersectionality, one of the biggest terms in support of feminism movement. Intersectionality…
The Power of Pain
Our society has been developed around the concept of pain. The power the government has amongst its citizens is the fear of pain. Our…
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth”. Being born Catholic, I was thought that a creator have made us…
When I think of the word freedom, I think of the United States of America, I think of the freedom of speech, I think about the…
Have you ever walked down the street of a neighborhood that isn’t yours and had someone from a different ethnicity stare at you like if you just came out of a cow’s ass? Stare at you with disgust? Or simply have someone follow you around as soon as you walk inside a retail store because of all…
Private Equals Public
Have you ever thought of a world where everyone can make their own rules? This place would be chaotic and therefore there would be no…
Activism is played out in many ways in order to express freedom of speech and justice. There are petitions, boycotts, litigation, grassroots activism, and direct action if it leads to that. Beyonce Knowles although didn’t perform boycotts, and petitions she did however…
Have you ever been bullied in your life, or been made fun of repeatedly to the point where it breaks you down from the inside? Many people in this world have experienced this type of abuse from narrow-minded people who wont let certain people live their lives their own way…
