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Sometimes I wonder
For all the times I have let fear win, how many opportunities have I lost? For all the times I’ve betrayed myself, musing that I have an easier time holding myself accountable to others than holding myself accountable to me, how long will it take to build that trust back up? For all the times…
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When things change (and they always do)
TW: discussion of death; severe health issues I’m back. Firstly, thank you to everyone for being gracious about my situation. When I lost my Grandma on Memorial Day, it’s not that it was completely unexpected given her health diagnoses, but rather the suddenness of everything. You can know that someone’s body is slowly shutting down…
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Learn to do it anyway.
When is the last time you were forced by circumstance into a situation you didn’t want to be in? Did you stand up bravely and confront it, or did you let it drag you kicking and screaming? When you got through it, were you forever changed, or did you fall right back into your old…
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Gender Analysis of The Simpsons – ANTH 403
Tonight I decided I would like to share with you some academic writing. When I had my Anthropology of Women and Men class in 2011, I had been watching a lot of old Simpsons episodes with my boyfriend around the time we got an assignment to do a gender analysis of a sitcom. The Simpsons…
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Liminal [Listicle]
It’s weird how one little word can describe so many things in one’s life. I’ve always felt caught between different aspects of identity, of categories, but never quite of either. This has affected every aspect of my life from my origins, my interests, and my circumstances. Let’s start from the beginning. In retrospect, it looks…
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Introductions
I’ll be short and sweet to start off with. As of the starting of this blog, most of you who have even found this are probably folks I know in real life. I have wanted for a long while to share thoughts and stories with the world. For those of you who don’t know me,…