Hi everyone! My name is Siraphob, but you can call me Habeeb. Before I was even two years old my parents changed my name three times, but somehow gave me this wonderfully, long name. I am a psychology major and am currently in my third year of college. One of my ambitions/hobbies is thrifting. I recently found this new love for thrifting last year, but have been obsessed with it ever since. There's something magical about the muggy smell of old clothes, critters, and fighting with elderly people to get a used pair of jeans. Thrifting quite literally gives me an adrenaline rush that playing basketball would give me. I hope to one day open up a clothing store with artistic and bizarre pieces that people of all ages would love to wear.
I began to actively partake in social justice when I became a founder of a non-profit organization called HuntersWorld. The non-profit organization focuses on teen mental health and the importance of why emotions plays a big role in our everyday lives. In HuntersWorld, we also tackle on issues like racism, sexism, and stereotypes. We hold events and activities to help provide social justice to our communities. We make food for the homeless, do neighborhood cleanups, and create art pieces to give to the neighborhood first responders.
"Understanding Patriarchy"
1. "As their daughter I was taught that it was my role to serve, to be weak, to be free from the burden of thinking, to caretake and nurture others. My brother was taught that it was his role to be served; to provide; to be strong; to think..."
- Patriarchy is built into our system, which also includes family households. I would say that home is the first place a child is likely to experience patriarchy. Bell Hooks explains it perfectly in how parents can be a direct influence on creating labels for their children at a young age. Much like how daughters are given toy dolls to nurture and kitchen sets to provide food, sons are often given toy cars and guns to be the protector of the household. These small details that are built into our system are some of many ways patriarchy seeps into family ideologies.
2. "Until we can collectively acknowledge the damage patriarchy causes and the suffering it creates, we cannot address male pain. We cannot demand for men the right to be whole, to be givers and sustainers of life."
- This quote can be interpreted in a handful of ways. I see this quote as more of statement that both parties, men and women, suffer from patriarchy. There are expectations that gender roles create that can be a heavy burden for both genders. Men are expected to do the heavy work and never to cry. Women are expected to nurture children and be emotionally available. These labels can create a negative environment where people only see the labels and not what's under it. We see people for what we perceive and in turn we also have to put up a mask to fit the label better.
"What Memes Owe to Art History"
1. "Memes resist today's norm-culture in the same way the performative turn of the 1960s disrupted Modernism. Like performance art of the '60s, memes are hardwired with an unpredictability and a hackable interface or template that can be easily appropriated and overwritten- anyone can make a meme."
- Memes are quite interesting in the sense that it can literally be about anything. It can be about politics, different types of rocks, why eating out is better than cooking at home, the list goes on... What's great about memes is with the increase in use of social media platforms, memes are built into our everyday lives. When you're on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram you're bound to run into some sort of meme. And what's amazing is how easy it is to make your own meme... and in turn creating your own voice.
2. "Memes are not just jokes, but rather have the potential to be more sinister than what meets the eye."
- As I said before, memes can quite literally be about anything. That can be great in its own right, but it can also be bad in other ways. When giving billions of people an avenue to openly communicate their mind on any matter, you're bound to get some negativity. A popular YouTuber posted that their cat had died, but instead of getting support from her fanbase, they used meme templates to make fun of the situation. Since many people found it funny, it created a fuel of negativity that led to even more memes being made about it. She later posted about how the memes had poorly impacted her mental health and how she would need to take a break from Youtube. This is one of many instances where memes can not be so great for the community
"Meme's are Our Generation's Protest Art"
1. "But today, a new medium of protest art is reigning; memes. Simple to make and simpler to distribute, they can communicate a stance or message at a glance and express the same feelings experts say are behind conventional protest art."
- Social media platforms is a great way to communicate with other people. It is where you can find like minded people, but also those who don't agree with your stances. What's great about social media is that it contains many memes and those memes can hold a strong amount of importance. Like how Lazzaro stated, memes can be used as a form of protest art. Since memes are easy to use and circulate online, it can catch on pretty quick. Before you know it you can have millions of likes and comments on a meme you used to voice your opinion.
2. "Under Donald Trump specifically, Burroughs says, memes have grown in popularity as a way to express political opinions, similar to how George W. Bush's presidency gave rise to liberal blogs."
- What's so crazy about Donald Trump's presidency is how many memes came from it. I'm not quite sure if its a generational thing, but I feel like there was a rise in political opinions in memes during Trumps presidency. It could potentially be from how he acts in front of the camera's, but it is very interesting to see.
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