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i) Gender Binaries While learning about normative narrative’s this semester it has given me a deeper understanding of the preconceived perceptions in our communities. These perceptions are inflicted on our everyday environments, that would go otherwise unnoticed unless you do not identify with the blue or pink binary. As outlined in my colleague, Halle Fannon’s story titled “Sparkly Pink Dress” she noticed the separation between genders amongst the clothing sections in the store, a clear boys side and a clear girls side but no unisex section in between. This story supported the fact that gendering has always been very prominent in our society. There are extremely normalized ideas of what clothing,…

Being a millennial, growing up in my generation has put us in the situation where we had an extensive understanding of what a man “should” look like or what a woman “should” look like. We also grew up in a time where it was learnt later on that there are people in our lives that love women, men, or both regardless of our genders. In university, we are now learning more prominently about how gender actually works in our society today and trying to disassociate it with what we had been taught about the subject throughout our childhoods. Some of the narratives we tend to apply to society would be…

Growing up, I was always very close with my dad doing all of the things he loved to do, together. I used to go on motorcycle rides, I was a competitive weight lifter, and was always shown that just because I had a pink fairy room, did not mean I couldn’t get my hands dirty in the garage or do typically male gendered activities.  When I was in highschool, I decided I wanted to play a sport in ninth grade. I had watched from afar how intense the football team practiced, how much they ran at the end of a long day and how hard they worked. I wanted to…

Third grade, the bell chimes letting everyone know that it is time for recess. My name gets called close to last to leave so I get up from my seat and run to my locker to swap out my indoor shoes for my outdoor ones. I head out of  the classroom door and see children absolutely crowded around a teacher holding a platter. When I finally got through the crowd of children I quickly realized I was one of few children in my class to not receive one of the breakfast muffins or small pancakes that were being doled out. I was an angry 8 year old. I felt left…

Sitting in my first grade classroom when the bell rings so loudly to alert all children that it is finally the best time of the day, it is recess.  I stand up so fast while kicking the heels off my indoor shoes to make getting into my outside shoes faster. I whip to my cubby where my bag is and grab the package of Scooby-Doo gummies that my mom had packed specifically for me. I head out to the yard and see the swings, I see the sandbox and the play structure. The air is blowing, but it is warm. It feels so refreshing to take a deep breath of…

“Everybody needs to head to their lockers, change into their outdoor shoes and line up at the door.” Sitting in my desk anticipating this moment, my class was bubbling with excitement as we all got prepared to head outside. We got to skip the math period for the afternoon. It was a crisp September day. We could hear the wind hitting the glass window during silent reading, so I knew it was going to be a little chilly but the sun was shining down.  I was hopeful it sounded worse than it was. I decided to put on my grey wind jacket along with my red and black laced runners.…