I think that to disidentify with something is to lack a connection with it or to be unable to see yourself in it. One quote from the text that I really liked was when they talked about “good” and “bad” subjects. “A “Good Subject” chooses the path of identification with discursive and ideological forms. “Bad Subjects” resist and attempt to reject the images and identificatory sites offered by dominant ideology and proceed to rebel, to “counteridentify” and turn against this symbolic system.” Unlike these aforementioned subjects, disidentification is a more passive way of not identifying with something.

The way that I can relate with this personally is how I felt coming to Brooklyn College. I transferred from an art school, and I felt very at home there because people had gone through the same things as me and were passionate about the same things. Here, it’s been very hard for me to find any friends or feel like I’m a part of the school/community, even though I obviously am.