Blast in Mind

In 2012 today, I would describe “revolution” as necessary steps to improvement as it always was. When the power of society or politics overwhelms the will of people, revolution is a very important tool to rebuild the bridge between reality and ideal life.

Compared to nowadays, revolution was more difficult in a few decades ago. In “A Black Feminist Statement,” issues of conflict in race and gender are clearly described. In the era where there was no Barack Obama or Aung San Suu Kyi, any aspects other than the tradition were generally not accepted, so the black and women had no way to express their will in a way that the dominant would listen to—unless revolutions, as strong and powerful as imagined in “Born in Flames,” happen. Even though the film was more like a fantasy, it fully describes the message of feminist and finely expresses the blasting power of this message, bringing the audience to reconsider why black and white, men and women, are not treated fairly.

As we are enjoying the freedom resulted from the revolution in the last century, we have to remember the revolution has not ended yet. Many people misunderstand that revolution is equal to violence. No, it is not. I would say violence is one of the byproducts of some revolutions as revolution can also happen peacefully—through literatures, elections, or thinking in our mind.