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.
After 34 years of monogamy I entered the dating app world and began writing the first weekend I was single. This is story of my experience.
"She needs to be an artist to be an artist-teacher in adult community learning. She needs to do both to become the best she can be."
However, this autoethnographic piece helped me recognize the importance of levity even when the intellectual content is heavy.
This is a piece I wrote in desperation after being confronted with the failures of the foster system in the United States today.
The process of seeking pregnancy alone (by necessity, not choice) showed me how limited reproductive rights in the U.S. truly are—even before the recent loss of Roe vs. Wade, that policy that had so shaped my generation’s belief in our bodily autonomy.
One Man’s Perspective on Grieving and Death is a narrative representation of death as a universal humanistic theme.
This autoethnography about same-sex love poses spiritual debate on the processes of grieving and interment.
"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."
This work is part of a larger ethnography of scars, one that addresses the intersection medicine, religion, and body politics in (among other places) Nebraska.
"When a favorite perfume ceases to exist, it is another kind of death. Having been created, it leaves a special sort of emptiness," from Eulogy for a Perfume.
I share real world examples of why I believe the trans community uses empathy as a powerful tool to combat transphobia and promote self-love.
