HASH- HE LIKED THE MOVIE SHOWS THE STRUGGLE OF A GAY BLACK WOMAN IN SOCIETY AND IS GOING TO BE JUDGED IN ANY WAY, BEING BLACK, GAY, AND A WOMAN IN SOCIETY.

MATT- HONESTLY, I LIKE THE ENDING CUT OFF ALL THE NEG ENERGY, ONLY WAY YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD, BE THE PERSON YOU WANT TO BE, HAD AN AWAKENING MOMENT

• RESONATED AT THE END SHE CUT OF HER MOTHER AND OTHER NEGATIVITY  I CAN RELATE TO THAT BECAUSE, GROWING UP I GREW UP WITH MY BESTFRIEND AND RECENTLY DRIFTED OFF  REALIZED IT WAS NEGATIVE CUT TIES ON SOMEONE YOU ARE CLOSE WITH EVEN THOUGH IT HURTS, BUT YOU HAVE TO BETTER YOURSELF AND I AM HAPPY

-ROB- I LIKED THE IMPACT, IT HAD A MESSAGE. CUTTING OUT THE NEGATIVE AD MOVE FORWARD, SHE COULDN’T LIVE THE THE SHE WANTED. AND THE ENVIRONMENT SHE WAS IN WOULDNT LET HER BLOSSOM. SHE WAS FREE IN THE END.  GETTING THE ON BUS SYMBOLIZED HER BEING FREE, A CLIFFHANGER TRYING TO BETTER

• WE ARE ALL ABLE TO BOND WITH WHAT WAS HAPPENING IN THE MOVIE, SEEING THAT PEOPLE, MAJORITY OF THE CLASSROOM COULD RELATE TO THE CULTURE, OR THE EVENT, THAT WAS HAPPENING. ALL AT ONCE.  NO MATTER IF IT WASN’T ABOUT BEING GAY, YOU COULD RELATE ABOUT THE RACE, OR THE ABUSE FROM A PARENT, OR THE FACT THAT YOU FEEL UNHEARD, OR YOU ARE UNABLE TO EXPRESS HOW YOU FEEL.

-KELLIE- IMAGERY WITH HERSELF AS A WOMAN, DRESSING A GUY, MET THE OTHER GIRL, SHOWED HER WAY SHE WANTED TO BE.  THE MOTHER MADE HER DRESS A DIFFERENT WAY, SHE WAS TRYING TO FIND HERSELF WHILE LIVING IN A LIFE SHE DIDN’T KNOW HOW LIVE, WHICH WAS WORKING FOR HER.

-OKHEEM- IT WAS RELAITIC , DID NOT HAVE THE TYPICAL MOVIE ENDING. DIDN’T HAVE A HAPPY ENDING . PEOPLE GO THROUGH CERTAIN THINGS IN THEIR LIFE, THERE ISN’T ALSO AN ENDING RIGHT OFF THE BAT. DID NOT CHANGE THE ENDING FOR AUDIENCE, KEPT IT REALISTIC.

SHANIA- PLAYING THE SONG, IN THE SONG IN THE BEGINNING IS VERY RAUNCHY AND IT EXPRESSES HOW SHE IS TRYING TO EXPRESS HERSELF IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAT IS NOT ACCEPTED FROM

-TARA- I RELATED TO IT ALOT, FELT  LIKE I WAS RELIVING MY LIFE WITH MY COUSIN WHOM WAS GAY AND  MY GRANDFATHER REACTED TO IT IN A NEGATIVE WAY, SENT HER AWAY, SOMEWHERE IN CHICAGO IRONY IT WAS THE BEST DECISION FOR HER BECAUSE SHE DIDN’T HAVE TO HIDE  ANYMORE WHO SHE WAS,

HAD NOTHING TO SAY JUST LIKE THE MOTHER.

BRIYAHNIE- MANY UNANSWERED QUESTION, I WANTED TO KNOW THE ENDING, BUT I CHANGED MY MIND AFTER OKHEEM MENTIONED THAT NOT WANTING TO KNOW THE END, BECAUSE ITS LIFE, STRANGERS WALK IN AND OUT OF YOUR LIFE, YOU DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THEY LEAVE, EVERYONE IS LIVING IN THE SAME TIME, BUT EVERYONE IS LIVING LIFE DIFFERENTLY. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OUT ROUTE IN THEIR EVERYDAY LIFE. AND SO THE MOVIE SHOWS YOU THAT YOU ARE A STRANGER IN HER LIFE AND YOU ARE ONLY GOING TO SEE WHAT YOU ARE ALLOWED, THE  AUDIENCE ALWAYS CRAVES A HAPPY ENDING, OR WHAT HAPPENS AFTER A BIG EVENT. BUT JUST LIKE LIFE, IT CONTINUES.

-Katarina- IN THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE IT PLAYS A SONG THAT SORT OF FORESHADOWS THE WAY SHE FEEL AS IN HER SEXUALITY. SHE SHOWS HERSELF IN A CLUB WITH ALL WOMEN AND IS ABLE TO EXPRESS HERSELF SHOWING HOW SHE FEEL AND HOW SHE IS NOT ABLE TO EXPRESS HERSELF OUT SIDE OF HER ENVIRONMENT. Alike is a TEENAGER and is girl who hangs out at clubs with her openly lesbian friend Laura. she slowly comes to terms with her own identity as a butch lesbian, she wears comfortable in baggy clothes and male underwear. Her mother Audrey approves of neither her clothes (masculine) nor her friendship with Laura. Her mother has suspicions about Alike’s sexuality. So her mother ends up forcing her to wear feminine clothing and while trying to break up her friendship with laura by making her daughter be friends with Bina.

CHANGE / GROWTH , 11 YEARS  FROM WHEN THE MOVIE WAS MADE, NOTHING CHANGED DRASTICALLY, NOT A HUGE CHANGE , BUT THERE WAS STILL CHANGE FROM 11 YEARS,SOCIETY AS A WHOLE IS HOMOPHOBIC TO A DEGREE CHANGED SLIGHTLY BUT SLOWLY.  IN THE FUTURE, IT LL BE BETTER TO REFERENCE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE STRUGGLE OF A BLACK, GAY WOMAN

• MEMORY OF TEXT, GROW WE LOOK AT IT NOW WATCHING THAT PEOPLE REALLY GO THROUGH THIS, LOOKING BACK POSSIBLE IN THE FUTURE SAYING WOW, LIFE WAS ACTUALLY LIKE THIS

• GAVE ME A VERY EYE OPENING, FUCK IT YOU CANT PLEASE EVERYONE, YOU HAVE TO BE SELFISH IN YOURE LIFE, YOU HAVE ONE LIFE, YOU CANT PLEASE EVERYONE.