I remember it was around the fifth week of class that I was thinking about some theory that I can’t remember and I found something that related to it really easily and then I found that it related to another theory as well. I thought, wow that’s a coincidence but then it drew in my mind that maybe it wasn’t a coincidence that I could easily relate something to multiple theories and ideologies but maybe just maybe everything was all connected. Maybe it wasn’t that it was easy to relate a bunch of things to a theory, maybe the theory was everywhere and that’s why it was so easy to find things that related to it Freaky.
It was shortly after that that made me question my previous assumptions and understandings. On discussion we had that gave rise to my reconsideration was the discussion on prom. That was pretty messed up. I also don’t like the Author System anymore. Sure, Academia may be a little more educated than I am but who are they to tell what’s important to study and trust to have cultural capital. That’s a choice I want to make myself. What I’ve ultimately come to understand from this class is that everything, and I mean everything is culturally constructed and thus can be changed and shaped in a true or false image. That’s pretty deep stuff right there and only a little scary.
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