Learning about sexuality and disability it was interesting to learn about how many myths there are about people with disabilities. People should be able to express themselves One of the sources we examined in class the website “sexuality and disability” was enlightening to learn of how its a website to help young woman with disabilities learn about and ask questions about or involving in their sexuallity. Learning that people with disabilities were never taught about sex education I am really happy that something like this exists. Exploring the platform learning about this is extremely important to stop myths from forming and happening constantly in society. Not only is it harmful for people but completely ignorant. As we progress more as people and as a society I hope we all are more educated in the topic and continue to myths from forming.

The first time I learned about Autism was when I first watched tik toks about it. It first came up on my for you page of educatinal facts about what autism is. As I learned more about it I thought of how odd it was that I didn’t know more about this before. Soon after “Love on the Spectrum” came out and watching the show I thought it was interesting of how the show was. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a show before it was nice to see a positive change (yet now hearing others opinions of the show I think I want to education myself more about representation in media). I feel like representations and sharing voices of those in the community is extremely important and learning about this in our class discussion fully proves that.

Learning about critical weight studies it made me think if how I precived my body and my realtionship with it. Growing up in middle school I always felt out of place. My realationship with food was not the best but overtime became to be better. Often times it is trained in society to idolize a certain kind of shape to fit in. In reality every type of body is beautiful and should be valued. Our way of being is different and will always be no matter how we look.

In class when we were talking about Phenomenology I truly, from the bottom of my heart, had no idea what was going on. I understood it to an extent or I believed I did but as we continued to speak it became more and more confusing. As we continued and related phenomonlogy to racial identity I felt like it clicked. As we talked about the question when someone asks “Where are you really from” it resonated with me. As a Black Biracial person, in my own experience, I usually deal with the questions of “What are you.” This categorizing is uncomfortable first of by how it is said. Saying “What are you” to me feels like I’m not a person but instead something that needs to be put to name. My body feels anxious becoming alert and tense. I start to notice my voice, the way my body moves, and how I look. Is this convincing enough? How do I look? Do I have to answer this question?

After that big question the next ineviable one is. “So…who is it? Which parent?” Ah, this question. The question that is suppousibly proving if I am this race or that race enough. These types of reactions have been less overtime as I learned about my cultures and became rooted in my identity to not let others put labels on me or control how I feel about myself but every now and then this phenomena of feelings rush in and make my body feel hyper aware and thoughts running faster than my feelings can make sense of how my body feels.

Phenomenology is the meaning in the experience that we are having in our bodies. How our bodies store this kind of feeling in the moment during and after it has happened. Knowing this, the body is truly a temple that can hold a lot more than we let on. These moments for me are examples of the body phenomenology when others ask what I am thinking it makes them feel comfortable knowing where to place me. Questions like these should be mindfully asked or respectfully given. Through out his career we will travel to introduce him to others