Most recent public comments by Cassidy Paradise https://nowcomment.com/users/87693 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222331?scroll_to=2025767 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222331?scroll_to=2025767 Hi Jessica, I agree with your response in that as we grow in experiences our identity will shape and change. It is important to acknowledge that while we undergo life changes, we are in power of how we want to define our identity. Personally, I think identity is not a fixed concept rather a continuous developing one. Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:39:57 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222331?scroll_to=2025749 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222331?scroll_to=2025749 I agree with your statement. Acknowledging and interacting with our own and others complex identities allows us to be more accepting of differences. Our identities are both visible and invisible, adding to their complex nature. These individual identities interact in differing ways making our identities not only unique but highly complex. Wed, 09 Sep 2020 14:34:47 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222331?scroll_to=2025709 https://nowcomment.com/documents/222331?scroll_to=2025709 As I review my writing, I notice I responded similar to many of Tatum's students. Expressing parts of my identity as being a women or being jewish. As a whole, I believe we tend to describe who we are based on the norm. We highlight attributes of self that seem less common or less accepted when in reality there are so many things that comprise us of who we are. We are influenced by numerous factors in our enviorment, but we decide the extent to which those factors play on our identity. We have the power to write our own story and to some extent control the course of it. Idenity is truly complex even in its simplest forms. As I have grown up and gained life experiences, I have seen my identity shape and grow. However, as I continue to ponder my identity I wonder if I would have responded differently if this question were asked by someone else. Do we describe our idenity in terms of the audience for the response. Thu, 10 Sep 2020 00:02:48 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/219329?scroll_to=2005582 https://nowcomment.com/documents/219329?scroll_to=2005582 Jessica, I completely agree with your response. Story telling highlights an indiviudals unique voice. They connect our life experiences relating to past, present, and future. Stories drive human connection. Aside from learning about you, stories allow individuals to grow from the narrative they are reading. There is so much positivity derived from stories. They make us who we are as they are special to us. Tue, 01 Sep 2020 18:25:21 -0400 https://nowcomment.com/documents/219329?scroll_to=2005579 https://nowcomment.com/documents/219329?scroll_to=2005579 While narrative stories are entertainment, they are so much beyond that. We tell our stories to generate meaning to share with others. Stories manifest interest and personal growth. Stories are genuine as we are capable of fully using our own voice. Stories comprise our thoughts in a meaningful way, they are not simply a biography. In my eyes that is the power of a story. We as the writers are in control of how we want our story to be told and not how we think people want to hear it. Adichies video really resonated with me emphasizing the destruction a single story can cause. The power to decide the extent to which we engage in stories lies in our hands. I follow the idea that I should not be the one to carry on the single story but be the one to add depth to preexisting stories. Sun, 06 Sep 2020 11:18:32 -0400