Megan’s Mind

        Society likes to create stereotypes for almost everything, including genders. Girls are suppose to be delicate and like dolls as well as the color pink. While boys play rough, like toy cars, and the color blue. Growing up with these standards, I thought I could only ever like the color pink. Which is why as I grew older and got to the age where I could form my own opinion on things, I despised pink for the longest time. I felt as though if I were to like pink, I would be agreeing with societies stereotypes. But what's funny is that, the color pink didn't always represent femineity and associated closely with just girls. Dating back all the way to the 18th century,  "little boys and girls of the upper classes both wore pink and blue and other colors uniformly,"  according to Valerie Steele at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NY. Not only that though, but it's said that because red was associated with the color of the mother, pink was the c...

         Tell me why, that as kid I thought it was my role to be the smart, friendly, and dependable Asian kid. I think it all stemmed from the fact that any type of Asian representation I would see on TV would be just that. For example, take Glenn from the Walking Dead as an example. He's known for being the brains of the group, nothing else. So no wonder I always thought that I had to fit into this mold of being "Asian". It kind of relates to the piece Disability that we've recently read.  Nancy Mairs talks about her experiences and lack of accurate representation of disabled people have altered her life.  I believe that society tends to sort people into certain categories by just judging their looks. I know this because I can catch myself also doing this to a fault. But what Mairs argues is that there is more to someone than just their disabilites. And I totally agree. Yes, someone may have more physical advantadges than others, but that does not ma...