Malinowitz

questions for discussion and journaling

2) I feel that is is just as important to have lesbian and gay discourses in the classroom because in today's world gays and lesbian's can be more open about who they are. So it is only fair to have these discourses in the classroom along with heterosexual. It can allow for a better understanding of all discourses and help people to try and keep an open mind at least in the classroom, regardless of ones view or beliefs.

5) Sojourner Truth deconstructed the category of "woman" by proving from her own life as an African American Woman that woman are not weak and do not need catered too. She worked as hard as any man, if not harder as a slave and had 13 children that she bonded with and then lost. She had as much right to vote as anyone. I feel that she not only deconstructed the category of woman but she reconstructed it. She showed that woman can be strong and independent, not fragile as once viewed.

11) To me the term queer means someone who is not heterosexual and is used as a slang term.The definition has not changed for me. However I was surprised to see that it is used quite openly as a term to describe homosexual's rather then as just a slang term.

applying and exploring ideas

2) I have known the most of my friends since grade school. We all grew up in the same small town together. We all sort of speak our own language in a sense with one another. Everyone has a nickname for each other. I feel that I can be myself around them. I guess that maybe when I went into the army, I was around all different kinds of people from different places. I guess may be to an extent my language was silenced then. After awhile though I became part of a new community with a different language.

Meta moment

I feel he would think the most important idea is to at least try and have an open mind. Lesbian's and gays are both types of discourses.Views that we have are influenced a lot by society. So if for just a short time we can put those influences aside, then we may learn something new.