Trinity's thoughts and opinions

 A paradox is typically something that can't be solved with contradicting features. For the feminist paradox, it never occurred to me how paradoxical feminism really is. This is due to feminism, by definition, being the advocacy for women's rights based on the equality of the sexes. What people also don't realize about feminism is that it gives the right to not support it. From what I understood from the ted talk video by Thisari Randunu is that feminism is more about choice rather than an impending result. If I'm being honest Thisari's ted talk was not something I could quickly bounce back with a response containing my own ideas, thoughts, and opinions on the matter because she didn't really state anything new or different that I think most people know about feminism already. For example, Thisari would discuss the possibility of a woman wanting to stay home instead of going to a normal work day. Thisari explained how this is completely fine because of the woman...

     The next group of our English discussions is group three in which they discuss homelessness and poverty. My original thought process behind the topic wasn't anything that honestly hasn't been stated before. I grew up in Los Angeles so I was able to see horrible situations of homelessness such as the infamous skid row that has accumulated a name for itself due to its extreme homeless climate that is a small society. Due to the constant exposure, I have noticed my desensitization to homeless culture as now not much crosses my brain or exerts the usual emotion it would such as sadness and hopelessness. That does not mean my emotions and thought processes towards homelessness are gone, but rather they have changed. I now see homelessness and am disappointed. Disappointed that after seeing so many people on the streets and hearing about how much people are trying to make a change or should make a change when there has been an indent into the problem as close to none. Most...

 Gender Identity is something that I have always wondered about especially when it's not on the set topic of the typical male and female genders. I've never thought much as to why gender identity is so important up until now when I realized that when being of a certain gender there are certain things and ways people expect you to act. I noticed this perception of gender during the first video linked "Gender Identity: 'How Colonialism killed my culture's gender fluidity'" By BBC World Service in which Geronimo, a native American living in New Mexico, felt more like a woman when doing activities such as weaving, cooking, and cleaning which has always been seen in society as female traits. Due to that information, I realized gender identity defines us very strongly probably more than any other identity trait due to everything else being built off of gender. For example, one can be seen as lazy, but the perspectives of that term shift when applied to either a ...

 For week three, I am a part of group three covering the topic of Prison Abolition and Reinvention. Today in class we watched the film "Lock up: The prisoners of Rikers Island" which is a documentary that covers the different sections of the infamous New York prison, how they are treated, what they go through, and discusses the help that they truly need instead of being imprisoned. The film shows things no one should have to go through such as your space being violated almost hourly, being punished by correctional officers, incarcerated pregnant women, and the way of being born in prison and dying in prison. One inmate under the name of Jimmy Cooks was born in jail and has come to learn that he will also die in jail. Mr. Cooks was diagnosed with AIDS not soon after being arrested and with little to no medical attention, his days have become numbered. Due to this information, he tries to get an early release due to his medical condition, but that soon becomes denied. With the ...

 For this week's videos, we are discussing identity. To have an identity is to combine all of the memories, experiences, relationships, and values that end up being one's sense of self. I think what makes up my identity is how I present myself and what I not only believe in and what I stand for along with things such as my interests. As I write this, I realize how tricky it is to describe identity as it's not just one thing, but what you do in everyday life that makes up an identity from what foods you enjoy in the morning to what time you go to bed at night. Although identity is mainly formed by yourself due to you always being with you, not only are there identity boxes one puts themselves in there are also identity boxes you can be unwillingly put in. I think the boxes I'm put in are the ones people can easily see without any further information such as gender, race, ethnicity, how you dress, and even how one talks and walks can confirm people's stereotypes they ...

 "Evil is a religious concept, it's not a science concept" Forensic Psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis, M.D... The quote stated is one of my many favorites worded by Dorothy Lewis in the documentary Crazy, "Not Insane" which brings a new perspective on how people initially view serial killers. As a psychology major, I have always been interested in the world of what makes people necessarily tick and what triggers people to complete an immoral act, and others not so much. Dr. Lewis even states at the beginning of the documentary that she has had similar thoughts as she has wondered when reaching a point of anger why some people kill and others don't. What is separating the two from feeling the emotion and acting on it? After a while of watching the documentary there begins to be a noticeable pattern of how such distinct serial killers came to be. At first, it was theorized that people were sometimes just crazy until the continuous research into one's family histo...

 In the assigned video of "Why Isn't Learning Enjoyable Anymore - How to revive your curiosity?" by R.C Waldun he discusses learning, schools, and the path of careers and how they've changed throughout the years. Education has grown into a world of reaching certain academic levels and validation instead of what it used to be under the lines of brave and curious individuals. Something in the video that really clicked with me is the saying of needing to "navigate through the obstacles that we have" in order to "regain the curiosity-and passion for learning" under the pretense he is saying that the typical format of school isn't something to ignore entirely, but instead use it to realize what else is missing. I strongly consider myself a curious person as I always have questions under the terms of why and how and would have an itch to not leave those questions unanswered. Even now I'm strongly curious as college every day fills a curiosity I d...