Being Feminist Enough Part One

Those who know me, know that I am not a huge fan of STEM. Mainly because it makes me, as a person feel inadequate. As an artist and an aspiring future clergy member, I feel that being a feminist and an artist is very "typical" if you will. STEM (Science, Technology,Engineering and Math) encourages women and men to have jobs in those fields, which results in more funding in those areas. But it also results in people looking down on those who go into artistic fields. yes, STEM can save lives, and change the world for the better but what about art? We (the art community including myself) are useful in many ways but when i am told that STEM gets more funding than arts because it is more practical, is annoying. At school, math and science are such big deals, and if you do not succeed in those subjects it seems to matter much more than if you do better in English or in a world language.
Feminism has grown into a giant over the last century. It seems that the more "feminist" jobs are the ones dominated by men Ex. Mathematicians, scientists, doctors, politicians. For me as an artist, it seems like it is viewed as a feminine job and it seems like women seem to not matter if they are involved in those fields.Thus, again, resulting in more funding and scholarships going towards women in STEM and other fields than women in arts.
In general we should look at what we do in schools. We should not just push all of the kids into STEM programs while they are young. It leaves a very bad message, saying that arts kids are not enough or not good enough or not smart enough. I think that arts should get more funding in schools and that school should have more of an equal amount of things so all kids can have these diverse opportunities. Women should not have a stereotypical major in college or in life and we should not be pressured to break that stereotype either.
So yeah, now you know why I really dislike STEM
To all of my friends who are into STEM, sorry...i'm an angry feminist/artist.
<3 Jennie

New Years Resolutions

What I really hate about new years is all of the really cliche Facebook posts. They all somewhat include "My new years resolution is _______ so I am going to stop doing ______ and _____". What makes them so cliche is the fact that all of the posts revolve around losing weight, reading, sleeping, eating and exercising more. There is actually nothing wrong with these resolutions, but what is annoying is when people do not fulfill what they strive to do. As a human being, we all have dealt at some point or another with disappointment. I feel like in order to reduce ourselves disappointing others we should try and reduce making commitments right away. One should think through their resolution or oath before they take on such a daunting task. A very good example is when I tried to participate in NaNoWriMo (for those not familiar with it, it is a month long challenge in November to write a whole novel in a month). Not only did I start late on the challenge but I also majorly procrastinating after I told all of my friends that I was participating in NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo is a very hard challenge but next November, I suggest everyone try it but it is so time consuming and challenging to plan, and write a full length novel in 30 days. So I suggest everyone to really think through their resolutions this year and maybe it is sleeping more or losing weight or cutting out junk food, but really try to actually do it.

Happy New Year everyone :)
<3 Jennie