Week 6: Theories of the Body







 As a woman it was really empowering to listen to this weeks facilitation and have a discussion on our bodies. Society wants to associate us as just a body meant for the pleasure of men and it's disgusting how nothing has really changed over the last century. The rape and murder rate of women has only increased, and with the overturn of Roe v Wade we have less rights than our mothers and grandmothers. It's times like this that as women we need to stick together and empower one another. All women and all bodies are beautiful. The youtube clip we watched of the play, broke my heart and was so powerful because it reminded me that what women of color face is ten times harder than a white woman. I want to see a future for my little sisters where they don't have to worry about what they look like or their reproductive rights. Where they can feel safe walking outside by themselves. It may seem bleak now, but I want to believe that this future is not too far off.

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