I explore the intersection of queer identity and popular culture through the lens of my adolescent crush on rock legend Tina Turner.
There’s also a larger goal underscoring my work. I aim to create a philosophy of the arts and a philosophy of love.
My weird depression showed up this summer like “hey sis!” And I was like “fuck my life”! I wasn’t ready. This time, it caught me off guard.
"Because I was so immersed in both history, bound in good-smelling leather, no less, and in beautiful and evocative little bottles around me as playthings, I guess it needed no further prompting. It was within my blood before I could think about what I wanted to do with my life!"
Our editor Ulla-Maija Matikainen is questioning the call of otherness and narrates her discovery about the sameness that she has seen.
This lighthearted essay illustrates an experience I had in Singapore while doing research for a book I was writing about spirituality.
Laurel Richardson and U. Melissa Anyiwo·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysCelebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024Reflections on Method
··14 min readLaurel Richardson and U. Melissa Anyiwo writes the introduction to this special issue celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy’s work.
Just like Puerto Rican immigrants, animals might land in a complex political landscape where some might welcome them, but some might not.
This essay and video introduce an autoethnographic study of my life as a deaf child in Finland learning sign language.
There are multiple approaches to find one's poetic voice depending on the lens one chooses as a part of the author’s creative process.
Story-worlds were magical—they transported me to different places where I’d meet new people, and learn about their lives in visceral ways.
Terry Graff·
All ContentAutoethnographic Art & MultimediaAutoethnographic EssaysAutoethnographic WritingClimate Change Special Issue, 2022
··15 min read"As the world’s bird populations decline precipitously, will the many winged creatures we knew as children live only in the mists of memory?"