By Kathleen Quaintance “What makes a house a home? Unfortunately: revolution alone.” –Sophie Lewis Everyone of every gender recognizes “home.” Must we continue to conflate domesticity and womanhood? Because we need to redefine domesticity in order to separate it from outdated gendered boundaries, how might we engage in this redefinition? I must first clarify the usage of the terms “domestic(ity). I am not referring to … Continue reading Redefining Home
By Bracy Appeikumoh On an anti-feminist message board, a man proclaims: Girls will say female privilege doesn’t exist and then pay rent with pictures of their butthole. His fellow incels rally around him and cheer to proclaim that he has won the internet for the day. This post is screenshotted and shared, the OP is now based and has owned the feminists with his eloquent … Continue reading Sexual Labouration: Unexamined Sex Positivity is Bullshit
By Kelso Becktol Google: “Cheap things to do near me” Top Suggestion ● “Five Activities to do in San Francisco with Just the Right Amount of Trauma & what they Cost” 1. Feeling lonely? Dissociate! Walk to the store but completely lose track of your body and mind and end up 3 miles on the other side of town! Costs: considerable amounts of confusion, … Continue reading “Google: ‘Cheap things to do near me’” and “Fried Chicken, Jack Daniels, and other Southern Comforts”
By Emaline Reyes Abstract: In this brief excerpt from my paper, “This Woman’s Work: The Labors of Women and Laboring Women in Puerto Rico,” I discuss the history of midwifery, healing, and herbalism in Puerto Rico. I interviewed Puerto Rican birth workers and herbalists in order to uncover the erased history of midwifery and medicine on the island. Traditional medical systems and birth work have … Continue reading The Invisible Labors and Erased History of Puerto Rican Midwives
by Laura Lee I am going to get so ripped. This was my first thought after I finally came to terms with the reality of COVID-19. After the loss of my job, my paycheck and my social circle; after the realization that what was happening was not going to go away, I decided not to waste a second of this unexpected “leisure” time. So, I … Continue reading The Labor of Leisure
By Rachael Nuckles It is no secret that I come from a background in the performing arts. Theater has surrounded my life since I was young, and I carry its lessons with me daily as I navigate the world. I have worked in a variety of roles, from an onstage silent mute to a behind-the-scenes commanding voice. I have designed sets and props, programmed a … Continue reading Leaving the Ghostlight On: Considering Labor, Leisure and Art in a Global Pandemic
By Sarah Weinstock *This op-ed piece was written about my personal experience with anxiety, while fully understanding that no one person experiences anxiety the same. One may think that staying at home would calm an anxious mind in the upcoming online semester. However, many people with high anxiety find comfort in familiar routines. I have “trained” years for in-person classes, and understand what will most … Continue reading An Anxious Student View of Digital Classes
By Laura Lee *Names of people in this post have been changed On a particularly slow Wednesday afternoon I sat with my co-workers waiting for our next patient to arrive. The conversation weaved its way through assorted topics when my co-worker, “Kathy” (whose eyes were glued to her phone the entire time) said “Oh, I have to show you this.” “This” turned out to be … Continue reading Sharenting: Digital Dangers to Transgender Children
By Laura Lee In 2011 Dreamworks Pictures released The Help, a film based on the 2009 novel of the same name. The movie was a commercial and critical success, going on to be nominated for four Academy Awards and gross over 200 million dollars at the box office [1]. Over the past decade, however, the film has begun to be viewed not as a moving … Continue reading Tiny Revolutions
By Rachael Nuckles Earlier this month, the official filmed version of Broadway’s Hamilton premiered on streaming platform Disney Plus. This production fits our blog’s theme of “revolution” in several ways. Not only does the plot retell some key moments of the historical Revolutionary War, but it relies on nonwhite actors to do so. As I wrote in a previous post about Broadway’s Slave Play, theater … Continue reading The Revolution Will Be Dramatized: Pondering the Role of the Performing Arts in History
