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.
Autoethnographic Writing
Whether short-form or long-form, personal memoir or speculative fiction, The AutoEthnographer seeks to publish your evocative expressions of the cultural made personal.
“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.
This piece recounts a trip I took to the Czech Republic and it is proof that language barriers similarly embolden people to speak cruelly.
Jesus and Fentanyl: A Mortician's Perspective is actually thoughts from a funeral director and also an ode to an overdose victim.
In this essay, the current reality of queerness is juxtaposed against milestones in my own life as a queer man in America.
What is my responsibility as a trans feminine person when the human-induced strain on the planet is the driver of the climate crisis?
This work shows that the benefits of reading multiple texts, each from a different perspective provides opportunities for students.
In this story I shifted my attention to the young woman –a nurse or a volunteer– who sat beside me and held my hand throughout abortion.
One Man’s Perspective on Grieving and Death is a narrative representation of death as a universal humanistic theme.
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.
I documented my two-month diet in a food journal and it began as a personal effort to lose weight following a "Barthes diet".
This is a piece I wrote in desperation after being confronted with the failures of the foster system in the United States today.
