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Camping and Building Powerful Connections at Bull Trout Lake

Heidi Naylor·
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·October 1, 2023·15 min read
is an essay about the way technology can intrude and obscure what may be our most important human experiences
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After the Hate Speech Comes the Free Dessert

Emily Hall·
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·September 28, 2023·11 min read
This piece recounts a trip I took to the Czech Republic and it is proof that language barriers similarly embolden people to speak cruelly.
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Empowering The Rainbow: How to Fight The Normalization Of Toxic Masculinity

Nicole Shim·
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·September 17, 2023·10 min read
I use autoethnography to provide first-hand observations in the predominantly conservative English classroom as a way to analyze and understand a rise in toxic masculinity and its detrimental impacts.
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Poems As a Form of Powerful Activism and Barrier-breakers

Sophia Falco·
All ContentAutoethnographic PoetryVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·September 15, 2023·6 min read
Poems As a Form of Powerful Activism and Barrier-breakers is a compilation of three poems which mean a lot for me.
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Jesus and Fentanyl: A Mortician’s Perspective

Hollace Sheppard·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·September 12, 2023·13 min read
Jesus and Fentanyl: A Mortician's Perspective is actually thoughts from a funeral director and also an ode to an overdose victim.
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A Conversation with Patricia Leavy about Writing Fiction During the Pandemic and Her New Novel, The Location Shoot

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·September 10, 2023·9 min read
This is a conversation with Patricia Leavy about writing fiction during the pandemic and her new novel, The Location Shoot.
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On Hegemonic Queerness: A Powerful Examination of the Queer Identity

Robert Vetter·
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·September 10, 2023·11 min read
In this essay, the current reality of queerness is juxtaposed against milestones in my own life as a queer man in America.
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Negative Depictions of the Catholic Religion: Be Not Afraid, Never

Kristen Lanerie·
All ContentAutoethnographic PoetryVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·September 10, 2023·6 min read
In my poetry, I highlight negative depictions of Catholic religion and discuss how they differ from my own experiences as a Catholic.
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Four Essays on Being Trans in the Anthropocene: Milk

Aislin Neufeldt·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·August 31, 2023·17 min read
What is my responsibility as a trans feminine person when the human-induced strain on the planet is the driver of the climate crisis?
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An Experimental Film About Television & the Quick Prize of Midnight Plasticity

Devin Welch·
All ContentAutoethnographic Art & MultimediaVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·August 30, 2023·3 min read
The poem driving this experimental film about television considers the insomniacs who wake at the same time each night in rhythm.
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Racial Discrimination in and out of the Classroom

Brittany Whitneybell·
All ContentAutoethnographic Literary NonfictionVolume 3, Issue 3 (2023)
·August 27, 2023·63 min read
This work shows that the benefits of reading multiple texts, each from a different perspective provides opportunities for students.
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Contraction: “A stranger held my hand and still, I think I love her”

Jessie Carson·
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·August 23, 2023·7 min read
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.
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