If I had to dedicate this blog to anyone it would so be Professors Chris Bobel and Molly Geidel, both who ended up teaching my Gendered Bodies class at UMass Boston this semester. The former fiercely advocated a hard examination of gender stereotypes that shape this effed up society we call home while the latter challenged us not to end our activism with the last day of class but to start it outside the classroom. (They are why I so love Women's Studies as a major).
So yeah, this blog is all about calling out body fascism wherever it rules (which, in this culture, is just about everywhere). It's about questioning the "norms" of body and gender we were weaned on, taught and even unconsciously contribute to in everyday Life. It's about waking up from the hegemonic nightmare and re-defining the reality of our own bodies. Because yeah, we're sexy and strong and cute and fierce no matter how we look, and in spite of how we're told to look.
(Why ""F*ck my bodyism"? It comes from a journal entry of mine in which I was confronted by my own bodyism while following a friend up into some trees one day this past Fall. While I'm still debating posting that particular story, its message burned deep into my brain. May I never forget it no matter what tree I find myself in.)
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