I’m not surprised about the Kyle Rittenhouse verdict. After all, why should I be? White men are rarely held to the standards that morality (or the law, for that matter) dictate. Think Brock Turner. Think the stark contrast between Chrystul Kizer and Rittenhouse (Kizer’s case is relevant because she actually was sentenced for killing the… Continue reading Absolute fucking bullshit.
First off, dinosaurs have always been and will always be cool, no matter how old you (read: I) get. Second, the Jurassic Park franchise has at least been relatively consistent in pulling off bringing dinosaurs to life in a way that has captured the imagination of almost every movie lover that I know, and had… Continue reading The Indominus rex is just a metaphor for White supremacy and you can’t change my mind about it.
The current state of the GOP is not “the party of law and order.” It’s the party of a specific *kind* of order at whatever cost to democracy.
As if 2020 couldn’t get any worse. The passing of Chadwick Boseman isn’t just a blow to fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Given everything that’s happened over the past few months (even in the past week) regarding the Black Lives Matter movement, the disparities between communities of color and White communities, and the political… Continue reading Wakanda Forever.
I’ve waited too long to comment on this. In my last post, I mentioned how I’ve had my own shit to be dealing with over the past few months, and I didn’t have as much energy to devote to things outside of myself. Some of you may know that I was in the Twin Cities… Continue reading Shit’s crazy: Part II – Black Lives (still) Matter.
This post is coming far too late. We’re living through a pandemic, fighting for systemic change for countless reasons (especially civil rights through Black Lives Matter), and on the verge of an election that no one seems remotely excited about. I’ve remained far too silent on these topics, even after I told myself months ago… Continue reading Shit’s crazy: Part I – pandemic thoughts.
I logged back into my WordPress account in hopes of starting to blog again after two long years of graduate school. To my surprise, I found a draft of a final blog post about my time in Ghana, literally ending midsentence a few paragraphs in. Although it has now been over a year and a… Continue reading Western influence in Ghana (nineteen months later).
It’s been almost a month since I’ve come back from Ghana, and I still find it a challenge to describe what it was actually like. For the most part I’ve figured out how to summarize things and I am usually prepared to answer whatever questions people have, but there is one topic I struggle to… Continue reading “You have a right to your own humanity.”
During the entirety of my time in Ghana, I thought about how I was going to talk about my experience. I’m still not sure if describing what I was thinking and feeling for my ten days there would be adequate even if I was able to use the exact right words. But I feel like… Continue reading “Don’t pass through Ghana, let Ghana pass through you.”
It’s been… a week. A hard week to watch unfold around me. Working with an organization completely dedicated to the education system in this country made the Betsy DeVos hearing videos that much harder to watch. I’ve barely brought myself to look at any articles about Trump’s inaugural address; the only thing I paid attention… Continue reading Love Trumps Hate.
Life, man. 