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Day 29

Gender performance was something that cleared a lot of confusion in my mind and tried to reasearch more on the subject but was really hard to understands Butler´s way of writing.

But this video really helped me understand it better.

the surveillance that people are put under forces them to act, dress, accessorize in a certain way according to their gender.

I know understand the reason i had a constant feeling of being watched my whole life. Growing up as a cis-gender boy knowing that i liked boys and was interested in "feminine" lead me to nitpick my behavior so that people would not tease or think of me as "less of a man" or just ostracize me. Even when i came to terms with my attraction for boys, which is kind of a step out of gender norm, i still found myself trying to not act as feminine because i always heard comments like " you can like boys but acting like a f*g is taking it too far".

People around me taught me that girl behavior is bad that it was basically an insult. But that never stopped me from liking Mermaids and shakira growing up, from paying close attention to my neighbour sewing. Even though i enjoyed it i would hide most of it.

When i graduated from the catholic schooli was in, i finally had time to explore my gender and stop caring about the survaillance i am constantly under. it still scares me when people stare at me in public, i am afraid that they might hurt me for not fitting in the norms or them finding out that i am not cis and hate criming me. But i have learnt that i do not owe them anything and under no circumstance i should be afraid of not fitting in with people that at the end day do not know what kind of person i am.

the pokemon franchise may not be the most inclusive one but having characters like the one above (James) was someone who ,despite being the villian, i really looked up to because regardless of him not exactly fitting in the norms it did not matter because he was valued by his friends by what he could do and his potential.

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Day 28

Gender inequality is something i have never have to face since most of my life i have been presenting and identifying as a men. But, it is something that i have seen my whole life. Since i have never been fond of "manly" activities or things, i have always been friends with girls and i have seen the frustations and set backs that come from being a woman thanks to our society´s gender norms.

I grew up studying in a catholic private school so the girls usually did not have the same opportunities as the boys. For example, the boys were given more appreciation for competing in sports contests and could play any sport, while the girl´s merits were usually not recognized and were only allowed to play Basquetball and Volleyball. Most of my friends were really frustrated by these restrictions and never felt comfortable in the place they spent most of their time: school.

I can speak for my friends but if i were them i would not have the motivation to even go to school.

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Day 27

it was clear to me that an accent certainly holds a very importat part of who you are. The standarazation of an accent truly is because of an hegemonic conception of how things should be. Even such an important part of ourselves must be left apart to fit in the profile of a worthy emploeer. Once again we must give up our essence to fit in this society.

Moreover, people with more adequate for a job will simply be discarted for not sounding british or american. Are the jobs only for these people? why? they do not even live here! i found it ridiculous to pretend to be someone who could not care less if we live or die.

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Day 26

We were intoduced to the fact that accents help with discrimination. I have known this for a really loong time. You see i have been playing videogames for a really long time, speacially teamwork centered ones, these types of games require you to talk cnstantly to be able to coordinate with your team and archieve a certain goal. However, some teams were not the nicet and would just make fun of my for my accent and would call me racial slurs and ultimately would not let me play the game. It didn not matter if i was the most valueable player on the team, they would still harass me throughtout private messages after the game was over. Instead of protasting against it i just decided thati was going to eliminate my accent and at some point those comments dissapeared.

But now i wonder why i had to separate myself from my accent that represents what has surronded me since i was born, my culture and my heritage. They clearly understood and i should not have tried to please them.

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Day 25

Judith Butler has seriously cleared the dirt that i thought was my gener. You see, i thought that my existence was seriously connected to my gender and in todays society it kind of is.

Over the past 2 years or so, i have been having these conflict inside my brain regarding my gender. Basically, i didn´t want it, more specifically i didn´t want the ties hat came with it. i hated it. They have been a burden my whole life that made me think that i wasn´t normal, that i didn´t fit in or that i must be something else, almost outside of human.

Gender made me perform, made me act the script i was giving at birth and at some poin i was facinated by the expression of others and wanted the same for me. To escape performance and join expression.

i think i am finally reaching that state

All that refleixion is what i gather from gender performativity from Judith Butler.

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Day 24

We talked about about some theory and authors on Post-structuralism BUT

LA MUERTE DEL AUTOR???

That i found so interesting and i had heard of it but never really looked in to it. The notion of crating something, pulling it out of you to then be used and interpreted somuch that is n longer yours. Thinking that a piece of you can turn into something much more beutiful inside someones brain is pretty cool. When the author gives his art to me. Said art will now have my life; my thoughts, my dreams and interpretations, if all of that is not the pinnacle of existence than i do not know what is. Moreover, every person who acquires art is doing the same thing, we as humans are collectively pouring ourselves into the creation of others.

All my life i have loved to create, whether it is paintings, drawings, crafts and just recently ifound out that i really love writing.

Having la muerte del autor in the back of my mind just makes everything i create that much meaningful.

love creation so much

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Day 23

sooooooooooooooooooo, the second part of the class appeareddd. WHAAAAAAATTT??? give it up for: POST-STRUCTURALISM.

WUUUUUU

okey, i vibe with post-structuralism soo hard like, the notion that nothing is absolute? me fr. i truly go through life without the certainty of nothing. For me nothing is fixated and is sucseptible to change, and it is true. I do not understand why people insist on thinking that everything stays the same. But the change comes from our surroundings. Actually there is a song form adventure time that explains it.

Let's go in the garden You'll find something waiting Right there where you left it lying upside down When you finally find it, you'll see how it's faded The underside is lighter when you turn it around

Everything stays right where you left it Everything stays But it still changes Ever so slightly, daily and nightly In little ways, when everything stays

the thing in the garden clearly is still a thing, the thing that it has always been. but it has changed thanks to what it has lived. even if it is just a little. nothing it´s ver going to be the same.But the cool part is that everyone gets to have all the versions that have been you. everybody can keep, perceive and aprecciate a different you at all times. it is AMzing

marceline´s mom from adventure time definietly is a post-estructuralist.

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Day 21

Okey, the topic of my oral presentation mostly talked about DOMINATION and i viewed it as a way of obtaining power through the differences that every being has. What peaked my interest the most is that domination is not always as explicit as a tyrant king mercilessly rules over a kingdom. Domination can also restrain people without them noticing, which leads to them also taking part in dominating others. I now know that manipation is the core of domination, manipulation so evil that it tricks others to participate in something that they despise.

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Day 20

spomething that really stuck with me was that everyone has something to teach that we always ignore but we alwasy learn. That is crazy and so cute and so human it makes me want to believe in humanity again. Your are telling me that every person on this planet can leave a little piece of them, of their knowledge of their culture in me'? i never saw it that way. Moreover, it happens whether yo want it or not, because we are interacting all th time. In on way or another you will learn something that is foreign to you.

status: inspired.

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Day 17

Continuing with my previous rant, in class we viewed these moral dilemas that come from questioning yourself and your views and then i realized that that was exactly what i was doing in the last entry. Although, what we covered in class is a little different i believe because it is more about being aware of the biases you have without forgetting were we come from. Basically meaning that we should have as many options available without extremely siding on one of them. It is about using whichever suits the teacher's and the student's needs without excluding the any way of learning. This way the knowledge can actually reach the most people thanks to it adjusting to the brains that are as as different as chalk and cheese.

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We also touched on separating the art from the artist and it holds the same logic as tolerating and respecting opinions. You can respect a work of art; all the hours it took, the perseverence of getting it done. But, you cannot tolerate all the awful things the author has done. You can still listen and enjoy all the art you love, while aproaching it in a critical way. With moments where you stop and think wether the message conveyed by this awful person is worth your time. You can and should separte the artist from the art. However, actually doing so makes me think if i really want to do that. Taylor swift is someone i have grown to like but she is now a billionaire and that is something i cannot support knowing that there has been exploited people under her. Despite loving her art i cannot support the artist, therefore linking the art and the artist. At the end of the day separating the art from the artist is a choice that yields in the hands of the poepl who enjoy the art.

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Day 16

Alright, today i acquired a very useful insight. I have been up against people who say "it's just my opinion" my whole life and i never knew how to respond to that. But now i know that i can respect it but not tolerate it. I have met people who have the most degrading opinions that shield themselves with their "is just my opinion". That phrase implies that their opinion is valid and unpunishable but these premises are taken into such extremes, which leads to validating hateful behaviors and harming the people that have said "opinions" laid on them.