Introduction Fatima Khan

 Hey y'all! My name is Fatima, I'm a media arts major and this is my last year.

 I'm 24 years old and I was born and raised in Jersey. 

I have a broad variety of interests ranging from movies to music and knitting during my free time. My authenticity comes from my activism and my love for showing up for others. 

A short term goal I have is to be able to create a photo book with archived photos of my family from the later 1980s-early 2000s.

1. “When my brother responded with rage at being denied a toy, he was taught as a boy in a patriarchal household that his ability to express rage was good but that he had to learn the best setting to unleash his hostility. It was not good for him to use his rage to oppose the wishes of his parents, but later, when he grew up, he was taught that rage was permitted and that allowing rage to provoke him to violence would help him protect home and nation.”- bell hooks, The Will to Change

Growing up, many girls are faced with boys who don't understand their rage and express it in ways that are harmful to the people around them. In households where the parent doesn't know how to handle these emotions, boys tend to figure it out on their own and would later grow up to express their rage towards anyone that will take it. This isn't a common problem but it happens.

      2. “Both our parents believed in patriarchy; they had been taught patriarchal thinking through                                     religion.”- bell hooks, The Will to Change

As someone who grew up in a strictly religious household, I've heard plenty of patriarchal ideas that came about through religion/culture.