Friedman's words are so groundbreaking. I really appreciate how he was able to take over Massi's work and complete it because of his own personal goal that people would soon "know all about this." The work he put in and countless months of editing shows exactly the kind of dedication that was needed to raise awareness on AIDS and how it affected the lives of gay men.

Reading this paragraph was extremely visually and emotionally stimulating. The reader is given various instances of how AIDS inhibits the quality of life for individuals, even for the most mundane tasks.

It's really interesting to learn how the US military has shamed and weaponized people identifying as homosexuals. Specifically, how their main strategy wasn't through conventional means of warfare or "bombing," rather through the weaponization of homosexuals by subjugating their innate moral psyches.

Media and film exacerbate the hyper-sexualization of women by maintaining the audience's perspective through the male gaze. "The spectator identifies with the main male protagonist." - Absolutely insane. I didn't even think of this type of one sided perception that presents women as object of lust and takes away their power and voice.

Interesting to see how a child's first time realizing their self image can play a large role in the way they perceive themselves around others, and how they perceive the rest of the world in relation to their own sense of self-image.

"unwilling victim" i think it's extremely important to emphasize this point to acknowledge the fact that scopophilia is derived from the lack of consent amongst all parties involved. The fact that it is so obscure and inappropriate is what drives this lustful thought process.

Wasn't sure what this meant so I looked it up: Purdue university defines scopophilia as "Literally, the love of looking. The term refers to the predominantly male gaze of Hollywood cinema, which enjoys objectifying women into mere objects to be looked at (rather than subjects with their own voice and subjectivity)."

An interesting take on Wittig's ideology of heteronormative society. Women only have value in relation to men. Mulvey defines an example of a woman's added value through her ability to bear children. But specifically refers to women as "bearer of the bleeding wound" not as people.