Maquilapolis

The film that we watched helped me to better understand what is going on in this factories. Before this film, I had wondered what resistance was going on; the film answered this question. Listening to these women speak about what they are going through, and what they had been through was extremely interesting, but also disconcerting. It's amazing what these women have been through.
Something that stood out to me was when they were talking about the color of smocks that the workers were wearing. Even, or especially, in this setting there are class systems. Seeing and realizing this helped me connect and in a way understand in my own way these women.

Abstract

After watching the documentary on the Ipperwash crisis, I've decided to look further into the subject. I want to find a First Nations woman to compare with a woman in the Zapatista (indigenous) movement. I think it would be very interesting to see what both went through, and the reasons for speaking out. 

Dissident Women

Without Dissident women, like the Zapatistas, the rights of indigenous women would be worse than they are today. Reading about these women who are fighting for their rights gives me hope for the future. Indigenous women have been pushed aside long enough, and I hope that in the future there will be big changes. Already, according to the reading, because of the Zapatista movement, other indigenous groups have started talking; this is what I'm hoping is a domino effect. Every human being deserves the right to live they way they want, in the place they want, with the people that they want. This reading was very eye opening to me because it shows that women are starting to say something, and have been in the past.