Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

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Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

All Content Autoethnographic Poetry Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·July 6, 2021·7 min read

“Tired,” the titular poem and the collection at large, is an autoethnography looking at the cause of so much pain, so much fatigue. Anthropomorphizing the feeling of being tired gave me creative license to dramatize and explore the real experiences of needing a break...

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The Birth of an Idea: Why I Started The AutoEthnographer

Marlen Harrison·

All Content From the Editors Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·July 3, 2021·2 min read

"What if autoethnography were treated not as an academic subject but as an artistic one?"

Autoethnographic Essay: The Minority in American Literature

Olivia M. Ojeda·

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·September 16, 2021·5 min read

"I have personally been that teenager, marking down “white” on a school application, hesitating to answer when an Anglo-American asked me “what are you?”, and leaving those experiences with a deeper sense of displacement."

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: Political Correctness – The Dilemma of The Young

Tala Toubassi·

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·August 27, 2021·7 min read

"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."

Black Feminist Grit: “A Seat at the Table” with The Twerking Academic

Shanita Mitchell·

All Content Autoethnographic Art & Multimedia Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·November 7, 2021·3 min read

“A Seat at the Table” is the autoethnographic manifestation of my vulnerability, anger, and anguish, of my black feminist grit."

“If You Build It…”: A Glimpse into Founding a Magazine

Marlen Harrison·

All Content From the Editors Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·August 13, 2021·9 min read

"First and foremost, one has to have the belief that if he builds the field, the major players are going to show up for the game. What has most surprised and moved me, however, has been the showing up. Indeed, folks have been showing up each week since the project's inception in late May."

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Closet in the Classroom

Marlen Harrison·

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·May 26, 2022·13 min read

"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: The Reluctant Feminist – My Personal Relationship with Two Women Named Emily

Jen Leire·

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·September 2, 2021·15 min read

"For me, being a feminist simply means I am a strong, independent woman who has ideas and thoughts of her own; but it also means something else, which is an idea that confuses even me. I mean, how could I be a feminist when I am also a conservative woman?"

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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Jay & June, Part II: Under His Eye

Jacob Meadows·

All Content Autoethnographic Writing Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·September 14, 2021·4 min read

"If abortion can be banned, largely due to Christian beliefs, what is to stop an overturning of the legalization of gay marriage or the disestablishment of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell?” If The Handmaid’s Tale taught me anything, it is to never believe that I am truly safe, untouchable."

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Multimedia Autoethnography: “Drifting,” an Exploration of Sibling Loss

William Doan·

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·August 5, 2021·7 min read

"I'm not exactly sure when I decided to make a performance piece about my sister's traumatic brain injury and death. In fact, I'm not sure there ever was a single moment of decision. Her story had become public in many ways, from online care sites to prayer chains to social media posts from family and friends. Her story was being performed out in the world before I started telling it."

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“My Voice”: Autoethnographic Poems for a New Beginning

Milton Carp·

All Content Autoethnographic Poetry Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·September 21, 2021·13 min read

"My poems are not entirely mine. They belong to the people and events of my passage through life. For once the dam is breached its contents flow unabridged. - Milton Carp, poet at 91"

The AutoEthnographer’s Shanita Mitchell Wins 2022 IAANI Award

Pitch (Not) Perfect: My Quixotic Journey in the World of Music

The Epidemic No One Talked About: A Love Letter

Love Songs to Pig-Cupid: A Collection of Poems on Bodily Autonomy

Operating on the Funny Bone: Poems from a Heart Surgeon

Expressions of Care: How to Provide Grief Support

Life in Okinawa Under the American Military

Autoethnographic Essay: The Unbearable Triteness of Being (Middle Class)

New Podcast: In What Ways Do Autoethnography & Painting Go Together?

Armored Corps: The Spirit of Combativeness and Human Resilience – Graphic Narratives (2022-23)

The Twerking Academic: Bodily Autonomy & “My Stuff”, a Multimedia Performance

Exciting Opportunity To Participate in National Poetry Month

A Conversation with Patricia Leavy about Writing Fiction During the Pandemic and Her New Novel, The Location Shoot

Book Review: My Life with Things: The Consumer Diaries

Four Essays on Being Trans in the Anthropocene: Milk

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Storytelling as Academic Writing: How to Embrace Creative Nonfiction

Genuine Confessions from the Fearless Sommelier: Mixing Wine And Water?

Hair and Social Standards: Is Beauty Really in the Eye of the Beholder?

Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

The Birth of an Idea: Why I Started The AutoEthnographer

Autoethnographic Essay: The Minority in American Literature

Black Feminist Grit: “A Seat at the Table” with The Twerking Academic

“If You Build It…”: A Glimpse into Founding a Magazine

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Closet in the Classroom

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Reluctant Feminist – My Personal Relationship with Two Women Named Emily

A Quest for Social Justice: Notes on an Encounter

Jay & June, Part II: Under His Eye

Multimedia Autoethnography: “Drifting,” an Exploration of Sibling Loss

“My Voice”: Autoethnographic Poems for a New Beginning

Four Essays on Being Trans in the Anthropocene: Milk

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