April 22 - Clothing is often tied to identity and culture. Describe an outfit or style you like that may not fit what others expect from you. How have people responded, and what does this reveal about stereotypes in society?

I feel like this prompt was made just for me!!

Response: Most people have already noticed/are aware, but recently I’ve been going through a lot of changes regarding my personal identity. A big change that I've made is the everyday outfits that I wear to school are now a lot more feminine than before. Personally, my favorite outfit is my "jeans " with the bleach-white stars on it (The jeans are actually fake! They're just sweatpants from TikTok shop that I thought would be jeans), my vans my girlfriend got me for Christmas, and a cute, red long sleeve top, cut at shoulder length that I got back in November, always too scared to wear it to school. Also a padded bra underneath it all. For almost the entire winter, I would wear band t-shirts over these long sleeve tops, hoping that one day I'd have the confidence to wear it to school. After going to prom in my red dress however, knowing most of my classmates are aware of this side of me gives me confidence to change up my looks at school. Recently, I finally went to school in the exact outfit described earlier. I was so nervous about what the people around me would think or say to me, but I was only met with genuine compliments! It didn't feel like they were saying I looked nice out of pity, it really felt like they meant it. Nobody in the hallways was giving me weird looks, all my friends in my classes either said they liked it or didn't acknowledge it like they saw it coming, and overall I was just so grateful that I could express myself without any judgment. I think after receiving so much support for all the changes I've made to my personal identity, I can come to the conclusion that in modern society, negative stereotypical responses I always expect to receive just don't exist anymore. When I mean everyone has been supportive of me, I mean everybody in my life. Of course I will eventually encounter people who aren't approving of who I am, but what's 1 person to 1000 people? 

Summary: Today, we watched a short film called "Stereo".

Reflection: After going over so many stereotypes in this class, I kept wondering how it would ever get better if the film industry and other companies are constantly influencing these stereotypes. However, I think the world somehow healed itself as time went on, which I find beautiful. 

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