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’m Pinkie, the brash I don’t give a fuck alter ego of Renata Ferdinand. I am emerging from the shadows, and blissfully, with my own column."
This autoethnographic narrative describes the growth and development I experienced once I found mentors who, despite my lack of “natural musical abilities” or “talent,” believed I could learn.
Poems As a Form of Powerful Activism and Barrier-breakers is a compilation of three poems which mean a lot for me.
The dynamic taking place in these poems was autoethnography, a hybrid of my investigation of the 1960's coupled with my personal experience.
This autoethnographic account explores the complex relationship between language and identity.
In this 2nd of my Processing Parental Grief series, Calliandra receives a letter from her mother weeks after her death.
The essay tells the story of the author's attempt to bridge the gap in political beliefs between himself and his uncle.
I explore the intersection of queer identity and popular culture through the lens of my adolescent crush on rock legend Tina Turner.
This work shows that the benefits of reading multiple texts, each from a different perspective provides opportunities for students.
This is a piece I wrote in desperation after being confronted with the failures of the foster system in the United States today.
I documented my two-month diet in a food journal and it began as a personal effort to lose weight following a "Barthes diet".