About July 14, 2008

The basic facts: I’m a twenty-whatever woman of colour who is also bi and working-class. I immigrated from the Caribbean when I was very young and my feelings of not belonging are rampant in my life. I tend to focus on those things when I think about anti-oppression, but I’m trying to expand my mind so I don’t end up redoing the same thing. I am working towards an undergraduate degree in Women & Gender Studies and another major which is just as interesting and social-justice-y but is such a small department, I’m afraid it would give me away. My degree is the best thing to happen to me so far.

There are certain things I want to learn about and will use my blog to reflect on them. I want to be able to move past my academic learning and put it to better use. I’d rather not pontificate in a stuffy room. Instead, I can preach on the Internet!

I read a lot of blogs, but I rarely comment out of fear of saying the wrong thing. I’m trying to change that.

I am a huge television fan. It’s eaten a large chunk of my life. I am not a passive television viewer. I don’t like letting things slide because ‘it’s just television.’ I am very concerned about media representation of identities, and you will often find me critiquing shows I watch because that generic black dude just keeps dying and demons seem to prefer killing women.*

Also, I tend to use sarcasm a lot. I’m not sure that translates well onto the Internet, especially since I tend to use sarcasm when I talk. I am very long-winded and sometimes I seem like I don’t have a point. I have many points. I’m a very pointy individual.

 

* There’s less of this than I anticipated because life has taken away my television-watching time. Trust me, it hurts me more than it hurts you.