However, this autoethnographic piece helped me recognize the importance of levity even when the intellectual content is heavy.
This piece is a creative reflection which emerged out of the auto-ethnographic reflections from my PhD around research extraction.
"For the first time since my adolescence, I am recognizing that I don’t have to believe what everyone believes, nor do I have to base my morals on faceless strangers who don’t know who I am, or what my experiences are."
My essay tells my life story in relation to a specific moment in the history of American women’s access to abortion and reproductive justice.
"The Christening Gown' is an autoethnographic exploration of the significance of a family heirloom for an Irish Catholic family in the USA."
In this piece, a queer university student from China reflects on his understandings of sexual and ethnic/national identities as he moves from China to the UK to study.
This is a piece I wrote in desperation after being confronted with the failures of the foster system in the United States today.
"I had no idea what the repercussions would be should I disclose my identity to my students. Would I be fired? Would I be questioned? Would I be told not to talk of such things? This reticence is a sad reflection on my internalized homophobia, my being still uncomfortable enough with my identity such that I had to worry about keeping it secret."
Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: I Just Want to Go Home – Moving, Loss and Unacknowledged Grief
"Moving away from a beloved home at a tender age was traumatizing, in part, because that home was the only place in which I felt safe."
A Startling Note: "Looking for Gay Friends" in the Triangle Place narrates a gay man’s experience of sexual awakening on a university campus.
This is from the experience of losing someone who you thought would be a part of your family, only to realize their journey was different.
I’ll take you back through my journey and then reveal how I overcame my mental health challenges and reconnected with my true self.
