Notes

  • Monday Views: …in Winter

    Monday Views: …in Winter

    Writing can feel hard. Or is “difficult” the better word here? Is there a difference? Is it challenging? Arduous? Complicated?  As much as I love the idea of writing, especially helping others get through it, writing is a very toilsome (?) practice some days. The idea of writing is my favorite. I have loads of…

  • Crossroads to a story

    Crossroads to a story

    In 1989, legal scholar and civil rights activist Kimberlé Crenshaw coined the term intersectionality to solve a problem within the legal system. Namely, that women of color were not able to seek justice in discrimination lawsuits because attention was paid to race or gender, but never both and at the same time. This framework illuminated…

  • Story-telling and Story-Hearing

    In my office there are a few shelves dedicated to trinkets and special objects that hold special meaning. Toy figurines of Paul Atreides, Loki, and Shuri, a celestial sphere, my mother’s china jewelry box in the shape of a grand piano, and my childhood stuffed bear line the white shelves. When I glance in their…


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