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¡Aguacate! Bringing Up Bebe Bilingüe: Part 1, Whiteness and Word Gaps

Stephanie Abraham·
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·March 17, 2022·14 min read
"The words we use and how we say them are much more than sounds, they tell a story that gives us away, revealing a history about and behind us, a place and a people that we have come from."
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‘Surprise! Surprise!’ A Potty Training Mystery and a Misadventure

Cornelius Fortune·
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·June 25, 2023·9 min read
What this essay tries to capture is both the wonder and the inherent horror in potty training.
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“Manslation”: How Important Is Sexual Literacy?

Timothy Laurence Marsh·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 1 (2023)
·February 21, 2023·24 min read
“Manslation” explores several episodes from the author’s childhood and early adulthood that show the development of his sexual literacy.
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“This is no good”: Am I Cursed?

JOHN KACHUBA·
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·April 23, 2023·9 min read
This lighthearted essay illustrates an experience I had in Singapore while doing research for a book I was writing about spirituality.
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#blackwomanatwork: How to Make Yourself Mobbing-proof

Camille Goodison·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionAutoethnographic WritingVolume 4, Issue 4 (2024)
·October 13, 2024·12 min read
“blackwomanatwork” came out of my experiences working in academia as a first-generation immigrant black woman from the Caribbean.
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A Collision of Several Cultures: My Old Kentucky Homo

Joshua Adair·
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·May 13, 2023·15 min read
"My Old Kentucky Homo," highlights my failure to assimilate into the community in which I still live, fourteen years later.
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A Private Life in Rural Idaho

Jill Boyles·
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·March 24, 2024·4 min read
A Private Life in Rural Idaho Challenges Living in Rural Areas Living a private life can be enticing. One way...
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A Quest for Social Justice: Notes on an Encounter

Guillermo Rebollo Gil·
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·November 6, 2022·18 min read
“A Quest for Social Justice: Notes on an Encounter” continues my accounting of having been falsely accused of sexual assault online.
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A Startling Note: “Looking for Gay Friends” in the Triangle Place

Hongwei Bao·
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·July 9, 2023·6 min read
A Startling Note: "Looking for Gay Friends" in the Triangle Place narrates a gay man’s experience of sexual awakening on a university campus.
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After the Hate Speech Comes the Free Dessert

Emily Hall·
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·September 28, 2023·11 min read
This piece recounts a trip I took to the Czech Republic and it is proof that language barriers similarly embolden people to speak cruelly.
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An Autoethnography on Autoimmunity: The Truth About Life with Chronic Illness

Kerry Leccese·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 4, Issue 1 (2024)
·January 25, 2024·26 min read
This work addresses the issue of young women being underserved as health care patients, specifically through the lens of medical gaslighting.
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Answering the Call of Conscience in Call Out Culture

Guillermo Rebollo Gil·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionFrom the EditorsMoreVolume 3, Issue 4 (2023)
·October 1, 2023·13 min read
“Answering the Call of Conscience in the Call Out Culture” continues my accounting of, and critical reflection on, the ethical and political dimensions of having been falsely accused of sexual assault online.
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