Bodies in relation to the other bodies around us. “Boy.”It was a striking lesson in my college curriculum, learning to see myself as a physical body detached from my interiority. The social systems here wash us over with messaging that we’re not much more than bodies to be objectified and commodified. When White heterosexuality governs beauty standards, minorities are left to consider whether their bodies even belong in the social hierarchy. But so long as our bodies stand in for our social worth, I’ll be left doing as I’ve been trained to do.

Source: Daily Sun December 03, 2021 04:34 UTC