Week Five Post

The reading and video about Kareem Khubchandani really captured my attention because of the mention of “auntie.” It was said that an auntie is someone who is the repository of culture and who tells us whether we are doing it right or wrong. However, through this, the space for inclusiveness towards queerness can be open. I think that even though in cultures that are not openly accepting towards queerness, the concept of an auntie can, in a way, tolerant, if not accepting, towards it. In my own experience of the Vietnamese culture, women often get together in large groups in order to spread awareness and does charity events to help other women who suffer from domestic abuse or poverty. A lot of them doesn’t even know the definition of feminism and what it stands for, and yet, what they’re doing can be consider as feminism. Another point that was brought up was that an auntie doesn’t have to be a cis woman. I think that this is very important because not all feminists are women.

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