Her tuition so damn high she can wear whatever tf she wants
Spite goals
Her name is Letitia Chai, she is Korean, and her presentation was “Acting in Public: Performance in Everyday Life”.
Her demonstration drew two dozen supporters. She was wearing a modest shirt and some cut-off shorts (which we can’t see in the images here because they’re mostly hidden by her laptop, exacerbating the need for retort against her professor’s disagreement with them). When her professor also asked what Chai’s mother would think of her attire, she informed him that she’s a gender and sexuality professor.
You kiddos have no idea how groundbreaking this was. Like there’s a reason THE lesbian website for a billion years was called After Ellen. She changed everything.
This moment is so fucking powerful. I love her
I will always admire how courageous Ellen was to do this. At a time where coming out wasn’t something that was easily accepted, she went on national TV and did it anyway.
This moment set the stage for so many more coming out stories. She faced a lot of hate for doing this, so I can’t help but send her a little love every time I’m reminded of her strength.
Look at her face in that last GIF. You can see how afraid she was. But her desire to live as herself was stronger than her fear. That is courage.