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HANNAH HOWE HBO Max Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is an example of this face of oppression because she was exploited for having to do more nude scenes than her other co-stars including Zendaya. The claim was that famous actresses like Zendaya didn’t have to be nude. Sweeney said while much of men’s nudity work is applauded, her’s goes discredited because while her labor is harder and much more vulnerable, she is one of the actresses who has a smaller pay compared to her males co-stars. 

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HANNAH HOWE HBO Max Euphoria actress Sydney Sweeney is an example of this face of oppression because she was exploited for having to do more nude scenes than her other co-stars including Zendaya. The claim was that famous actresses like Zendaya didn’t have to be nude. Sweeney said while much of men’s nudity work is applauded, her’s goes discredited because while her labor is harder and much more vulnerable, she is one of the actresses who has a smaller pay compared to her males co-stars. 

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HANNAH HOWE My old high school was right next to a juvenile detention center because of the area it was in. We had officers in every corner and constantly walking around when we had breaks and lunches whether they were ready to stop a fight, take down someone with drugs, or protect us from a school shooter and sadly this was all very common at my school almost daily.

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HANNAH HOWE My old high school was right next to a juvenile detention center because of the area it was in. We had officers in every corner and constantly walking around when we had breaks and lunches whether they were ready to stop a fight, take down someone with drugs, or protect us from a school shooter and sadly this was all very common at my school almost daily.

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HANNAH HOWE Leen the Engineer on TikTok is a great example of powerlessness. She expresses her oppression through her videos by sharing her stories of how she handles sexism in the workplace because she’s a woman doing a “man’s job”.

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HANNAH HOWE Leen the Engineer on TikTok is a great example of powerlessness. She expresses her oppression through her videos by sharing her stories of how she handles sexism in the workplace because she’s a woman doing a “man’s job”.

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HANNAH HOWE Living in Huntington Beach, CA I witnessed white supremacy groups on the balconies of their lavish beach houses on PCH while others were peacefully protesting for the Black Lives Matter movement. They screamed racist slurs, waved signs around, and threatened to cause harm on innocent bystanders. 

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HANNAH HOWE Living in Huntington Beach, CA I witnessed white supremacy groups on the balconies of their lavish beach houses on PCH while others were peacefully protesting for the Black Lives Matter movement. They screamed racist slurs, waved signs around, and threatened to cause harm on innocent bystanders. 

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HANNAH HOWE In 2020, ABC News posted an article and video of man attack 3 transgender women in Los Angeles. They first saw the man in the store and he offered to buy them stuff but then refused to pay. He said if they were trans he would kill them and struck one of them with a glass bottle. 

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HANNAH HOWE In 2020, ABC News posted an article and video of man attack 3 transgender women in Los Angeles. They first saw the man in the store and he offered to buy them stuff but then refused to pay. He said if they were trans he would kill them and struck one of them with a glass bottle. 

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HANNAH HOWE My example of a bar in my birdcage is a book. This represents the many pages of my life; some may read the entire book while others skim through, maybe hoping to only look at pictures or illustrations. The point is that some judge because they never know the whole story, they're only looking for the entertaining bits and pieces to spread around.

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HANNAH HOWE My example of a bar in my birdcage is a book. This represents the many pages of my life; some may read the entire book while others skim through, maybe hoping to only look at pictures or illustrations. The point is that some judge because they never know the whole story, they're only looking for the entertaining bits and pieces to spread around.

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In Game of Thrones, Emilia Clarke felt as though she was pressured and exploited to perform nude scenes. Later in the series, she decided she had enough and a body double was utilized.

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During my time as a high school athlete, I witnessed a few families become marginalized because they did not have "adequate funds" for their children to play on the team. The coaches did not select their kids to be on the team because they "weren't good enough". that is a load of BS and I think we all know why they were not selected.

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many ex-convicts feel powerless because they have been stripped of their right to vote. I think we need to reform some of the crimes that are considered to be felonious, so we can maintain voting rights for those who made mistakes, but are back on the right path.

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I know we discussed this example in class, but it really made me think. The presence of McDonalds almost everywhere in the world is astounding. It spreads the same processes and ideals no matter where it is in the world.

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As a former EMT provider, I have been on thousands of 911 calls. Many times, I have seen the aftermath of spousal abuse. Although the majority of victims are women, I have seen both parties be victimized. Violence is rarely the answer. Using violence as an oppressive tool is flat out wrong.

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In the environment of prostitution, women put the work in and although many don't do this job because of choice but because they need to. Are exploited past the amount they pay them at the end of their shift. It has been explained far to many times in movies were these type of scenes are inserted in.

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Linette Vartanian - One example of exploitation that I instantly thought of has to do with actress Megan Fox and the Transformers films that she starred in. There was lots of controversy surrounding her character because of how young she was and how the director, Michael Bay, sexualized her. In an interview, Fox stated that these that Bay exploited her early in her career as a 15 year old, as she was forced to do things such as wash his car while he filmed her and model revealing outfits in order to “earn” her role in the film.

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Linette Vartanian - Marginalized communities were hit the hardest by COVID-19. Low-income communities are more vulnerable to the pandemic due to lack of resources. For instance, some people may be able to miss work to keep themselves and their family healthy, but poorer families can’t afford to miss work. Other communities that have been affected by the pandemic are black communities, latinx communities, and those in the criminal justice system.

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From my understandings an example of marginalization occurs with elders quite a bit. They try and not consider them once they reach a certain age and believe they can't do what others are doing at a young age. From experience I seen some elders that still have their strength quite well. yet that is the tendency the government does towards them.

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Linette Vartanian - From a young age, the fear of femininity has been ingrained into me. Being feminine was and still is associated with being weak and powerless. I follow many creators on TikTok who are feminists and discuss the devaluation of femininity and how many women might turn away from hobbies and careers that are considered “feminine”  so that they can appeal to patriarchal standards and so that they don’t feel powerless.

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Jay Alarcon- One of the examples of exploitation I’ve seen is when primary public schools exploit their minor aged students through the school fundraisers of selling overpriced candy/cookie dough/gift wrap or other cataloged items from seemingly the same few companies. Somehow it seems like almost every school does this by equipping their students labor for money giving them toys or other winnable prizes dependent on their profit margins.

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Jay Alarcon - In Feburary 2021, the state of Texas was hit with 3 severe cold weather storms that caused an insane power crisis. This was one of the worst infrastructure failures they had going on during this time and in their history. They had long ago separated their state power grid from the rest of the federal system and this trickled down to how the state was able to overcome this crisis. The way this translated into some of the recovery action steps was sectioning areas to shut on and off the power for some amounts of time and marginalized communities faced thee worst conditions from this. The least affected were wealthier communities where they were better equipped to gather provisions. Some companies even profited millions from the disaster meanwhile people actually had died from this.

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Jay Alarcon- If you’ve ever been bored and stuck around to watch whatever was on TLC, you’ve probably seen those shows depicting toddler pageants. Often there are a lot of little kids going through it seemingly enjoying it but there are also many who are doing it to involuntarily appease their parents invested in the hobby. There are some who, if they have to do it, at least want some creative autonomy but are ultimately powerless in most cases to the whims of their parents' thoughts about how things “should be” so they ultimately win.

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Jay Alarcon - In the world of hair, cosmetology schools (at least across the country that I’ve seen) only teach one way of treating hair, straight. If you have wavy, curly, or coily textured hair you are out of luck for your professional to be certain to have already gotten the basic training without their extra efforts to manage your hair. This cultural norm to completely exclude a movement of natural hair embracing their textures to better treat the health of their hair teaches a lot of what is seen as other, which usually includes the bipoc community. This view of what’s seen as how people look can have many damaging consequences and perpetuates a demand from others who have varied textures of hair to conform instead of them to progress for inclusion.

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Jay Alarcon- In my opinion I feel as though all women appearing people have the lived experience of unwarranted male harassment. Between 🤬 culture and the #Metoo movement it’s a systematic violence many are felt like we must all find ways to take extra self care. Changing what one would wear depending on location, company, time of day, going to the bathroom in a buddy system, holding pepper sprays or self defense tools/weapons on walks, usually being more aware of their surroundings in any given room than their male counterpart would consider are all ways where we show the violence continues.

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Jay Alarcon- Neurodivergence itself and its associated stigma form part of my bird cage. Living it can sometimes feel like its own path riddled with boobie traps waiting for your demise and then when you try to reach out for the map to miss those (or in the real world professional help/support networks you've built/inward protective strength) you are still met with systemic pitfalls. It's a hard system to navigate cognitively in perfect shape but add in any other negatively impacting factors and it can almost feel impossible or be out of reach.

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An example of exploitation that I have read is about companies that are exploiting child labor which ultimately is beneficial for their business. They employ manual workers who are overworked and underpaid. They work about 10-16 hours per day and the conditions that they are working in are disgraceful. Companies look towards employers with younger people because they are faster workers and willing to accept lower pay.

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An example of powerlessness is back in the 70s when women didn't have the right to decide or be allowed to abort their baby. Women had to fight for the right to be allowed to abort. Even then it was not a easy process at all; since it had to go through supreme court and be voted upon. And if not known, this topic was quite controversial then because of religion and personal opinions persuading back then the supreme court members.

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What came to mind when reading about exploitation is the companies of fast fashion. They employ people who are desperate for work and take advantage of them. Most of the time they are also working in bad conditions. They are also extremely underpaid and worked for many hours.

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Marginalization can be seen within our communities and schools. Different part of counties and cities are divided up into different incomes. This can affect the eduction system. People in lower income communities won't receive as good of an education as those in higher income communities. The lack of funding has an affect on the education and students.

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An example of powerlessness is when gay marriage was being decided by the courts. People in the LGBTQ+ community needed to fight for the basic right to marry. Yet it truly wasn't in their hands. It was left up to the courts to decide. Even then it wasn't until 2015 that it was legalized. A feeling of powerlessness is there when you can't do anything about it. Even after legalization I still feel a sense of powerlessness because it gives off the impression that people in the LGBTQ+ community aren't granted the same rights that "everyone' is given.

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The first thing that comes to my mind on cultural imperialism is Halloween. When people dress up as whatever they want. Some people dress up as stereotypes. Others people wear clothing that is specific to others cultures. It not only is incredible rude, it is rendering them as invisible.

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People within the LGBTQ+ community have to be careful when showing affection because of violence. There's a story that I remember from a couple years ago. Two women who were a couple were holding hands on a subway. A group of men saw them and harassed them. They then beat them. There are hundreds of stories like this and it is scary.

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When I think of exploitation I think of when someone does all the work just for someone else to profit off of it. For example, I think of Amazon and how badly and unfairly they treat their employees.