AOW Impression - 2.20.15

     This weeks AOW Gallery walk was quite interesting. There was a variety of Topics but mostly revolving around ISIS. Explicitly, ISIS beheading 21 Christians in Egypt and getting bombed. However, there was also topics such as feminism, Russia and gay people, droughts, and more. It shocked me how much is going on in the world right now that I had no idea was going on.


     One topic in specific was ISIS and the killing of the 21 christians.  Around 5 people had and article surrounding that topic. That or the bombing of ISIS. The main problem however was that ISIS is spreading. That was the take away message. It's getting larger and bigger. Some of the measures that countries are taking is bombing ISIS like how they did in Lybia. The ISIS articles probably left the biggest impression on me because one, again, the were multiple articles on it but also because of the fact that ISIS is starting to affect Italy, One of our biggest and strongest allies. I feel like ISIS is starting to feel more real. If you understand what I mean. Like, they are making themselves more present and intimidating and it's kind of making me worry even though there is a whole sea in between me and them.

     The other topic that probably left the second largest impression on me was how some Russians deal with gay family members. On specific incident was when a son told his father that he was gay. The fathers reaction? He tried putting his son through an exorcism. He tried taking out a "demon" that was "making" his son gay. When that didn't change anything, he forced his son into rehab. What shocked me most was that it is now 2015 and yet people see being gay as such a horrible thing that affects them. It really doesn't. They are doing nothing to you. Let them love who and what they want.