Not As Planned
January 31, 2019. 193 days, 4632 hours since July 23, 2018. One 20th birthday, one Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s in Brazil, 10 days in the world’s driest desert, a visit to one of the seven Wonders of the World, …
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Stronger Together? Exploring Intersectionality in Feminism
There’s a (relatively) new documentary on Netflix called Feminists: What Were They Thinking? that is based on a collection of photographs by Cynthia MacAdams from the 1970’s. Many of the subjects of MacAdam’s work were shown their portraits and reacted …
Mixtapes and Ladders: the research tools of the 21st century
When I began to prepare myself to conduct an independent research project on the role of art in the South American feminist movement, I imagined that my language background in Spanish would be the most valuable tool I packed. I …
An American Abroad Part 2: Redefining “Presidential”
This series is best broken up as so because it was just too much to tackle in one blog post. There are two separate ideas that I’m trying to grasp: the first was more concerned with the way “peculiar” questions …
An American Abroad: Answering Peculiar Questions
Studying abroad, at its surface level, is of course about immersion. A successful semester in another country can take many forms, but often it includes trying new foods, respecting the customs, learning, bettering, or expanding a language, and seeing new …