Identity

This week, a reoccurring topic in multiple classes has been identity. Identity is not black-and-white, it is subjective, it is unique. A wonderful thing about our time is Society is becoming more excepting of different identities. I never gave much thought as to how I identify. Identity is not just gender, sexual preference, etc., it is who you are as an individual. Being a college student, I think I am still figuring out who I am as a person.  And another thing about identity is that it changes with you. Your identity now is different than it was five years ago and what it will be 10 years from now. All of this talk at school about identity has led me to self reflection and really thinking deeper about who I am and who I want to be. It has also opened my eyes to the discrimination against others just for being who they are and wanting to identify as such. Identity is you, and you should be able to express that, no matter how different it is from “standards”.

I really liked our reading for Friday “No Name Woman ” and the very important points that she made in this writing. Why do we have to be representative of anything and anyone but ourselves? We should not reflect an entire group of people when each of them have their own individual identity different from the other. individuality is a beautiful thing, and I am glad that our society is wanting to become more accepting and embrace the differences that we have.