Be Daring and Wear What You Want

This is my introduction to "Who Are You Wearing". This was not only a very challenging assignment as my first paper but it was also a great topic of discussion about identity. To me the definition of identity is based on a person’s character, their perceptions, choices, beliefs then throw in a little of their own experiences as well as their upbringing.

A perfect example is the movie “The Mean Girls”. This movie challenged my thoughts about being an “outcast vs an outsider”. I believe once you have rejected yourself, then you’re alienated as an “outcast”, but being an “outsider” means that you don’t yet belong to any societal group. High school is known for this all too well. High school and now-a-days junior highs “tends to be a microcosm of our society as a whole with hormones raging to up the intensity!”

I did not have to look deep to see how yesteryear's are the same as today’s in which we are still judged or judge others. We need to be more cautious these days because of lawsuits do to slander, sexual harassment as well as ethnic profiling. This piece intrigued me because everyone is always going to form an identity and one will always be judged unless we all are cloned to look, act, feel, talk and dress the same. It’s never ending.