#aplang15unmarked

[benlocklang15]

Unmarked

The easiest way to be marked seems to be clothing. Everyone wants to be unique and clothing is a very easy thing to change about a person. For me, the labels people give me because of my clothing doesn't bother me, I love the fact that at a school of 1000+ kids in the only one with a "Cheers" shirt. But it is easy to see where people could start labeling and inferring things about people just based on their clothes

[sivakoduvayur-blog]

Unmarked

Being unmarked is something that is the result of being stripped down to the bare minimum. To show no sign of individuality whatsoever makes you unmarked. Normally, everyone is marked in some way. Girls seem to have it much rougher than guys; as guys have the ability to be unmarked. A t-shirt, hat, shoes, or anything representing something marks you. The marks that you have give reason for people to make judgments upon you. Being marked means that you are pointed out for your individuality and personal characteristics. 

[briana-white-blog-blog]

Marked For Life

I, personally, have never felt marked. Simply because of the fact that my personality, body language, and sometimes even clothes, change depending on who I'm with.  For example, if I am hanging out with life long friends, I'm relaxed. Chilled. I look lazy, wearing an over large sweater and comfortable clothing.  If I am hanging out with some girlfriends, I'm wearing something that makes me look good. Maybe even some make up. I'm more smiley(is that a verb?), and I laugh more.  If I'm just at home, I wear pajamas. I don't even talk unless I need to. There is no make up involved. I hate make up.  When going to school, I try to be comfortable, but still look nice. So jeans and a tee shirt, with a sweater, is usually what I wear. If I wake up early, I wear make up.  I suppose people mark me depending on who I'm with, but I have never felt like I've been judged or marked.

[mollytoger-blog]

Unmarked

Being marked means that I can't exist without being judged for some aspect of my appearance. The decisions I make about the way I dress or the style of my hair and whether or not I put on makeup, all dictate the way I'm perceived in society. 

[kreinbring65]

So are these people "unmarked"?

[alissasmith5]

Unmarked

To be marked means to be judged by others; whether it be directly to your face or behind your back. To be unmarked means that you are not judged and do not have any labels or are formatted a certain way.

[cheyennewestover]

Marked? Unmarked?

Being marked means you have a label put on you from the first second someone sees you. Me being a girl I am marked automatically by the way I present myself. If I put on a lot of makeup i'm a stripper. If i put on no make up i'm a lazy bum. 

Being unmarked means that no one puts a label on you, you're the same as everyone else. Men for example, they generally all dress the same. Of course there's those few guys who are insanely stylish, or those few guys who cant match themselves. If all men dress the same it's impossible to put a label on them. Thus being unmarked.

[isiah-ells-blog]

Being marked and unmarked.

Without me reading any further into the essay I already comprehended that being marked is you basically labeling yourself as something. Giving something that doesn't have any meaning at all, meaning. Being unmarked is you being yourself without proving to anyone what or who you are. It is almost impossible to necessarily be unmarked because everything on you is a symbol or label that has already marked you without you even knowing it.