I pay homage to Nina Simone’s already iconic and thorough exploration of stereotypes by setting the project to the song “Four Women.”
Through all of the things that separate us, there is one universal experience that transcends all barriers: love.
"This autoethnographic poetry is born of my personal experience, witness, as well as currently chronicled and ancestral lore."
This piece explores the ways in which identity and esteem are interwoven into the topic of Black hair.
"I write at length about my experiences surviving rape and abuse as a Western woman in Japan. I was lucky to get out alive."
"My oil on canvas series, "Journey of Self Love," depicts a variation of obstacles I've personally had to endure throughout my life as a woman."
How do creatives find joy in artistic performance as a form of black feminist autoethnography? Podcast & video.
"In this autoethnodrama, a woman terminates a pregnancy without telling her husband."
Gratitude is a recurring theme I hear from readers of Patricia Leavy’s social fiction. This is an essay about Patricia Leavy novels.
"I wrote Asha’s story to give voice to all the women in rural Bangladesh who cannot speak out against their abusers or society."
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.
Diane Riggins·
All ContentAutoethnographic EssaysAutoethnographic WritingReflections on MethodVolume 1, Issue 2 (2021)
··5 min read"My thesis began to unfold after doing some research on my final topic idea about Tolkien’s world, female characters, female gamers, and the stereotype that females are the love interests or damsels in distress. I chose autoethnography because it allowed me to add that personal angle to the paper because I am a female writer, reader, and gamer."