I wrote “The Crevasse: A Love Letter” to help me grapple with confusing changes to the terrain of my life.
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- Bodily Autonomy Special Issue, 2022-23
- Celebrating Dr. Patricia Leavy's Social Fiction 2024
- Climate Change Special Issue, 2022
- Laughter Special Issue, 2023
- Queer Special Issue, 2023-24
- Volume 1, Issue 1 (2021)
- Volume 1, Issue 2 (2021)
- Volume 2, Issue 1 (2022)
- Volume 2, Issue 2 (2022)
- Volume 2, Issue 3 (2022)
- Volume 2, Issue 4 (2022)
- Volume 3, Issue 1 (2023)
- Volume 3, Issue 2 (2023)
- Volume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
- Volume 3, Issue 4 (2023)
- Volume 4, Issue 1 (2024)
- Volume 4, Issue 2 (2024)
This is a love letter to my people, my family and a version of me trying to overcome the trauma of almost seeing their mother die.
Gratitude is a recurring theme I hear from readers of Patricia Leavy’s social fiction. This is an essay about Patricia Leavy novels.
"From dancing at New York’s Metropolitan Opera to the Cow Palace in San Francisco, every venue taught me valuable lessons."
David Heineman·
All ContentAutoethnographic Art & MultimediaClimate Change Special Issue, 2022Volume 2, Issue 3 (2022)
··2 min read"The Pandemic Nature Project is a 35-minute short autoethnographic film that traces a series of personal experiences, emotional reactions, and critical responses to COVID across a series of short vignettes."
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.
The Resistant Analysand: A Memoir Author’s Memo My memoir is about my growing up as the daughter of a Freudian...
This piece explores the ways in which identity and esteem are interwoven into the topic of Black hair.
"At what age does a Black woman learn that it is her job to be strong?"
I pay homage to Nina Simone’s already iconic and thorough exploration of stereotypes by setting the project to the song “Four Women.”
"Then comes that special brand of rage and dejection that the patriarchy inspires by attempting to steal away with my bodily autonomy."
What happens when a witch is black? This piece is a salute to the transformational beauty of cosplay & all the laughter it inspires.