fashion

After class I couldn't stop thinking about the "new fashion" that vogue is suggesting. I think it is wrong to decide if a body part is in style or not. There are some parts of your body that you just can't help the size of. It's not fair to limit what girls can wear because the size of their chest. I personally really like the high neckline look and have tons of shirts that are like that but I don't like it because it completely covers my boobs or because thats what vogue says I should like. Its just a personal style preference. On the other hand, I also have a lot of shirts and dresses that probably show a little too much boob and I am not going to let a fashion magazine body shame me into not wanting to wear those clothes. If you feel good you look good and thats what matters! You should be happy with yourself no matter what neckline you're wearing!

I can't even

After finishing this movie, Sicko, and pretending to not want to cry for these people, I can say that I literally want to leave america right now and go anywhere else! Even CUBA! Like, I think that if the executives had to deal with some of the problems that those who have health problems and have to suffer, we would have a lot of change in this country. Im just happy that I am fortunate enough to never have to deal with this. And when planning on leaving America, I start to feel guilty about leaving, because if I just leave, nothing is going to happen to those people. Im not saying I can change the whole insurance problem, but just by me leaving, I am just the same as the insurance companies because I am abandoning them. So I don't know what to do. Hopefully the next president can help change this and fix america.

so annoying

After watching that movie on Thursday I just felt as if I need to move countries. Health care here is so expensive and even without it it is just as pricey. And I can't believe people are denied if they have preexisting conditions. It should not be like that at all, so if someone is dying we should just let them die instead of helping them. I am someone who is not insured so we just pay the fee, but it is stressful thinking that if something serious were to happen how we pay for that. I have minor reasons that I visit the doctor and it is always so expensive, because of the visit plus medications and any exams that need to be done. And if those exams come out bad I have to go for more and its just super pricey. There has been times that I have refused to go get checked one I dislike the doctors office and two because of the amount I would be paying. I do think the way the other countries are running is a good way because they are helping everyone in their country and they do not have to worry about anything, if they need assistance.

I VOTED

So this isn't super big news, but after standing in line for over an hour and a half in the stupid early time of day, I did it! This was my second election to vote. The atmosphere seemed different this time around (it's really difficult not ending sentences with prepositions. Why is that a grammar law? Don't like). People seemed more interested as demonstrated by large increase of people at my polling place over 4 years ago. One thing about this election that was increasingly more confusing was figuring out where/how to vote. I wish I could vote for president anywhere. I understand the logic, but even though my license says Houston, I know more about what's happening in San Marcos than I do back in H-town. I should've been more informed about Houston policy, but I really wasn't. I hadn't been thinking about anything other than president that I hadn't thought to research candidates running for offices in Houston. I didn't want to make a blind vote, so I ended up just voting for president. I felt bad, but I'd rather not vote for positions that I am completely ignorant about. I'll take this one as a learning opportunity for next time hopefully.

Sicko

After watching the movie in Sicko in class, I have been extremely upset this week. Hearing the stories from some of the individuals made it all the more real that as a nation we have a problem that is just swept under the rug. It was not just about the treatment by the companies to some of their customers but the other things i had never thought about. Such as our time off policies or I guess I should say lack of policies. Hearing other countries have mandated how many hours are to be given to working individuals at first was just a strange concept. However the more I thought about it the more I realized that those countries were not just thinking about making money or spending money. They were thinking about the mental health of their citizens. But what made this so upsetting is I don't, in the wonderful U.S., feel like my country cares about their citizens.

Texas Swing State???

http://thedailybanter.com/2016/10/texas-swing-state/

I came across this article last week and it really grabbed my attention.  Since Texas hasn't voted Democrat since 1980, this could be the first time us millenials see our very own Lone Star State turn blue!  I do not consider myself a republican or a democrat, but I believe it would be HUGE to see Texas vote Democrat this election.

"...while it is supposedly easier for everyone eligible to actually vote now, unless they actually go out and cast their ballot none of this means anything."

This line from the aforementioned article also really grabbed me.  I am registered to vote and plan to vote early this week.  While I admit I am constantly torn between arguments similar to the one in this article and the fact that the electoral college's votes are the only ones that really matter, voting can't hurt right?  And it was something K. Stone mentioned in class one day that I have tended to draw on when conflicted about this issue--she referred to a past presidential election, I believe when it was between Bush & Gore, when even though the popular vote was disregarded we were able to look at those votes to see what the popular vote actually was.  I'm not exactly sure why, but I feel like it's important to have those votes to look back on.

SO GET OUT THERE AND VOTE PEOPLE!!!

America putting a price on our bodies...

Anyone else leave class last week pissed off at America and ready to pack their things and leave?  Two things made me sick to my stomach.  One, that people are being denied medical care who desperately need it and two, how blind I have been to all of this.  I am one of those people who have been fortunate enough to be under my mother's insurance. I do not pay for my birth control, my co-pay for a doctor visit is never more than 20 bucks, and any prescription needed is never outrageous.  However, after watching the film I felt angry at myself.  Strange, I know, but goodness the guilt has been eating at me.  This system is just outrageous and statistics clearly showing IT IS NOT BENEFITING AMERICANS HEALTH.  (insert steam blowing out of nose emoji)