Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Junior Theme X-treme
As we venture into the world of junior theme topics and ideas, I'm starting to learn about what I'm really fascinated by in life. I'm beginning to learn what I want to change about the world. And as this project parallels the growth of my college search, I think junior theme, like college, will help me learn about myself. At first, when I decided to focus on feminism and/or sexism for my theme, I was afraid of what people would think. Lately I have been hearing all over the place that high-schoolers "hate" feminists. They think of these so-called "feminists" as overly-aggressive, over-dramatic, and sometimes (ignorantly), lesbians. Well I've also decided that I don't care. I'm going to research this because I am truly passionate about the American issue of inequality between genders. I think it's a problem that we still haven't had a female president in office, and I honestly don't care if people think of me negatively for feeling this way. Those people will grow up in ignorance of women and the power they can yield if we allow them to.
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Good for you, Hayley. I think having someone of your age reclaim the mantle of "feminist" is an important step in re-visioning that word and what it means to Americans.
ReplyDeleteGreat point Hayley. I agree with Mr. Bolos.
ReplyDeleteI find it worth analyzing that standing up for a cause for rights is judged so much in society. Nice job!