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Jay & June, Part II: Under His Eye

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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Flash Nonfiction: The Decision to Medicate

Gianina Ainsley Romito·

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

·July 10, 2021·3 min read

"We were constantly in fear of her hitting or pushing a friend, destroying a friend's toy, or throwing a block at someone’s head. We started to isolate ourselves because we were embarrassed of how our child acted around others."

“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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Interview with Crystal Sands, Author and Founder of Farmerish.net

Marlen Harrison and Crystal Sands·

All Content Interviews Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·August 21, 2021·8 min read

"This journal is the culmination of my life’s work as a writing teacher, writer, and farmer. In the pages of this journal, you will find coverage for everything from raising chickens to jam recipes to poetry about farming and Nature."

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Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Closet in the Classroom

Marlen Harrison·

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

·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 Essay: The Minority in American Literature

Olivia M. Ojeda·

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

·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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New Issue! The AutoEthnographer Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2021

Marlen Harrison·

All Content Issues Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

·October 15, 2021·2 min read

New Issue! Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2021

A Quest for Social Justice: Notes on an Encounter

Guillermo Rebollo Gil·

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

·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.

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

Jen Leire·

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

·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?"

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Losing a Hatch of Baby Chicks, or Mourning (Unfinished)

Crystal Sands·

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

·November 6, 2022·11 min read

""Mourning (Unfinished)" is an essay about the way my experiences with farm animals helped me come to terms with a miscarriage."

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Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

Jacob Meadows·

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

William Doan·

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

·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."

New Palace Bakery and Other Fuzzy Memories of Detroit

The Birth of an Idea: Why I Started The AutoEthnographer

Cruella de Vil, from ”101 Dalmatians,” in Real Life

Autoethnographic Art and Essay: Ode to Bygone Birds of Childhood, Part 1 – Drawings

Four Essays on Being Trans in the Anthropocene: Milk

On Hegemonic Queerness: A Powerful Examination of the Queer Identity

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

“Double Consciousness as a Black American”: New Video from The Twerking Academic

Autoethnographic Art and Essay: Ode to Bygone Birds of Childhood, Part 1 – Drawings

An Experimental Film About Television & the Quick Prize of Midnight Plasticity

Emotional Research: Performing Autoethnography at My Late Father’s Village

New Podcast: How Can Collage Be Utilized in Autoethnography?

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

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

Ten Powerful Poems by Albanian Poets and Their Translations

What Is Autoethnography? How Can I Learn More?

Life in Okinawa Under the American Military

Recipes of Life: How Kitchens Preserve Intergenerational Narratives

Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)

Jay & June, Part II: Under His Eye

Flash Nonfiction: The Decision to Medicate

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

Interview with Crystal Sands, Author and Founder of Farmerish.net

Autoethnographic Literary Nonfiction: The Closet in the Classroom

Autoethnographic Essay: The Minority in American Literature

New Issue! The AutoEthnographer Volume 1, Issue 1, Summer 2021

A Quest for Social Justice: Notes on an Encounter

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

Losing a Hatch of Baby Chicks, or Mourning (Unfinished)

Autoethnographic Poetry: “Tired”

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

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