Brainstorm #4 Week 3 - Abby Hecko

Much of what I read in week one of this course, was about how everyone, especially women, need to find strength in themselves and in their communitites to make a political and social change. In Chela Sandovals Dissident Globalizations, Emancipatory Methods, Social-Erotics, it  states, “we are the queer groups, the people who don’t belong anywhere,” (Sandoval 24). Sandoval is not talking only about white queer groups, she is talking about multicultural and queer groups of color. These groups are  thoose who experience the most intersections of discrimmination in their political lives. As we read last week, womxn of color have always experiencied backlash in politics. Now, with queer groups, there is an additional intersectionality of discrimmination. Womxn have found groups and spaces to be included and inspired to make social and political differences. Historically being clubs, meetings, and presses, these groups today have transformed into communities such as the Womxn Who Rock celebration. In the video, Women Who Rock Oral History Project Preview, Cristien Storm says, “I could feel a sense of community. And a sense of political engagment and activism in the music,” (4:02). Music gives womxn, especially womxn of color, a space to express themselves with no judgement. To form a space of “affinities within defference,” (Sandoval 26), spaces like this must be created. We need to create a political environment where all views and differences mesh to form a positive place.