Undoing Identity

A round-up of HDFS 031.

The Danger of a Single Story

Via BeyondCanada

We learned the importance of hearing multiple perspectives.

And I'm not Jenny

Via Santabanta.com

We learned that there is no perfect person, we can only measure ourselves for who we are.

Performing America

Via laurenafernandez

We learned that the "ideal" national identity is a sham; it's limiting and isolating.

Mediated Identity

Via togetherwecanstopit.org

We learned that cultural criticism can be transformative and the representation is power.

Language and Power

Via jaltranslation

We learned that there are powers at play, even in areas that we look to for enlightenment.

Race as a Social Construct

Via dailystormer.com

We learned that race is a social construct and that we all are more alike than we are different.

Unpacking White Privilege

Via buzzfeed

We learned to examine our privileges and how they play out in our daily lives.

Othering

Via rollermarketingresearch

We learned that our constructed identities can be damaging to someone else.

Undiagnosing Gender

Via genderspectrum.weebly.com

We learned that gender is a spectrum and that there is privilege in identifying as the gender that society assigned to you.

Queer Injustice

Via the examiner

We learned that the prison system does more harm than good, especially for people with marginalized identities.

Gender, Sexuality, Class, Race...Intersectionality

Via haggardandhalloo.com

We learned that the intersections within our identities are complex and worth examining.

Social Development and Racial Identity

Via readingwritingliving

We learned about the ways that we develop as people, especially how we come to understand ourselves as having a race.

Ability

Via CNN

We learned how to examine our interactions with people of different abilities and to examine "motivational porn"

We now understand that

Via wordsonimages

It's been a pleasure learning from all of you.