Patricia Hill Collins focuses on marginalized groups in her theory of intersectionality. However, even individuals who are not subject to systems of oppression, like Skylar in Good Will Hunting, can be understood using Hill Collins' ideas about image control versus self-definition. Throughout the film, Skylar is seen in a particular way by the other characters, but her own view of herself is more complex and she resists being seen only through the images of control with which she is associated. Skylar's resistance supports Hill Collin's call to use dialogue and focus on concrete lived experience as a means of understanding social actors. Hill Collins' theory is built around the idea of ​​intersectionality. She defines this concept as “systems of race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, nation, and age [that] form mutually constructive features of social organization” (Hill Collins, 2000, p. 299). Society attempts to categorize its members into groups and project “controlling images” onto its members that provide a stereotypical view of a person (Hill Collins, 2000, p. 69). These images are limiting and fail to capture the multiplicity of individuals. Rather than seeking to identify a single characteristic to describe and understand a social actor, Hill Collins calls for an analysis that considers the way in which these different classification systems come together and intersect: intersectionality. When intersectionality between these systems is not present or recognized, people tend to be classified into only a very few categories. These in turn impose images of control on an individual and are used to define them. Hill Collins gives the example of African American women whose dominant images include "moms, matri...... middle of paper...... can also be applied to other groups. It focuses on the experiences of black women reacting to this limitation, but its underlying ideas can also be used to discuss the experiences of other people, particularly in terms of how they define themselves in relation to the images of control that are associated with them. Although Skylar is not part of the demographic explicitly discussed by Hill Collins, she illustrates the interplay between controlling images and self-definitions, including resistance, and using dialogue and concrete experiences to determine whether knowledge claims are accurate. Most people, regardless of their place in society, experience control over images, or "first impressions" of someone else, resulting in limitations placed on their abilities to be who they are. really are. It is therefore important to consider how to confront and challenge this situation..