https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8 Texts to help us explore the questions: Should people be able to tell us who we are allowed to love? AND Should we have to fear telling the world who we love? en-us 2018-04-11 14:11:46 UTC 2025-11-23 22:28:19 UTC hello@padlet.com wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250730539 Taylor sings about having people tell her how to feel and who to love. You can hear her emotion through the song, and can tell it's incredibly difficult for her. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250730539 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250732007 This song is a duet between two people who society says cannot love each other. They are trying to figure out a way to "rewrite the stars" so that they can be together in this life. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:26:04 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250732007 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250734236 This novel is set in a dystopian world where Blacks are first class citizens, Crosses, and Whites are second class citizens, Naughts. It's the story of forbidden love, injustice and fight for change. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:29:31 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250734236 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250734754 This novel follows Simon, a boy who is in love with someone he's never met. He tries to navigate being gay, coming out to his friends and family, and figuring out how to love. With truth and humor, Albertalli reveals the struggle it is to love someone you "aren't supposed to".]]> 2018-04-11 14:30:20 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250734754 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250734929 Romiette, who is African American, and Julio, who is Hispanic, are soulmates. Not everyone around them approves, though. The situation becomes deadly when a local gang takes violent measures to show their disapproval of the interracial relationship. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:30:36 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250734929 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250737350 In this poem, the poet has finally found a way to admit his love, only to have his hopes of it being returned ruined. It really speaks to the idea that to voice love is a RISK, but it's the only way that love has a chance to be returned. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:34:29 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250737350 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250738852 This piece is a double-edged sword for sure. On the one hand, it could be seen as one person who's heart and brain (society) are telling them different things. But it can also be seen as two silhouettes being pulled apart by things like what their hearts and brains are telling them. Such a cool piece. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:36:33 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250738852 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250739171 This takes a feeling and physically represents it. I think it's cool because those blocks that separate them could be representative of anything keeping them apart. It allows for many different responses and emotions by the viewer. ]]> 2018-04-11 14:37:01 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250739171 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250742979 (Minute 1:00-2:20 is THE MOST IMPORTANT) Zendaya talks about how society today thinks that they can tell people who they are allowed to love, and how this is not a new trend. It has been going on for years, and it needs to change. We should let our hearts lead us. (REALLY THIS WHOLE FILM.)]]> 2018-04-11 14:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250742979 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250746274 This explores the side of the disabled being told what they can feel and if they are allowed to love. It explores their "rights" to love in a really intriguing study.
(Article link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09687599.2015.1136148)]]> 2018-04-11 14:48:16 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250746274 wrightcb https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250762283 The classic play by William Shakespeare that makes its audience question who should be able to tell us who we love...and the ultimate risk and tragedy that may come with the admittance of such a strong emotion. The play follows Romeo and Juliet, who come from rivaling families, as they fall in love and have to figure out how to make it work in a world out to get them. ]]> 2018-04-11 15:14:54 UTC https://padlet.com/wrightcb/ruo7iyly6kj8/wish/250762283