This piece situates me in a set of sour in-laws relationships that also involved the legal system and it is in the form of autoethnography.
Humor acts as a defense mechanism, a pressure release valve, a teaching tool. As a heart surgeon, I have used laughter for all these reasons.
However, this autoethnographic piece helped me recognize the importance of levity even when the intellectual content is heavy.
This piece recounts a trip I took to the Czech Republic and it is proof that language barriers similarly embolden people to speak cruelly.
This artwork is based on a startling and memorable encounter at the local vet while attempting to get Anaïs spayed.
"This is my childhood memory of realizing the power of laughter when everything interior and exterior makes me scared."
"Give Me a Strawberry Cockroach" is the first article in our 2023 special issue on laughter and tells a story of Japanese language learning and performance.
The AutoEthnographer is excited to announce its new Call for Submissions, 2023 Special Issue: “Laughter”
