The adage “time heals all wounds,” is pleasant, but inaccurate. Some wounds leave deep scars that can last a lifetime, or even beyond. For many families, trauma can be passed from generation to generation. The more widespread and universal the experience of trauma is, the longer it can take to unwind through the ages. A …
A New Generation of Storytellers are Tackling the Trauma of their Elders Read More »
*Mild spoilers ahead* “Olga/ dies dreaming of a five-dollar raise…” is a line from Pedro Pietri’s poem, Puerto Rican Obituary, and is the inspiration for Xochitl Gonzalez’s bestseller, Olga Dies Dreaming. The book follows Olga and Prieto, Brooklynites of Puerto-Rican descent as they try to understand who they are, what liberation means, and engage in …
Olga Dies Dreaming is the Liberation Story We Need Read More »
On Sunday night, time stood still for just a moment as Michaela Coel gathered herself to collect her Emmy for limited series writing. The following moments were filled with the most powerful words of the evening (girl just won an Emmy for her writing after all) and a message to her audience outside of the …
What Michaela Coel’s Emmy Speech About Not Being Seen, Teaches Us About Being Heard Read More »
The policing and critique of influential women’s sartorial choices to discredit them has long been a favorite activity of conservative media. The 2021 Met Gala serves as perfect fodder, because democratic socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, better known as AOC, scored an invite. AOC attended the glitzy event in a white, form-fitting sheath dress with the words …
Schrodinger’s AOC — Don’t Get Weighed Down by Questions No One is Asking Read More »
A few years ago, I got my hands on a copy of Tim Ferris’s book The Four-Hour Work Week, where the author described what he dubbed the “new rich,”— a generation of workers and entrepreneurs that leverage the internet to make an income while filling their lives with travel and experiences. This is a generation …
The year was 2019 and life was pretty lit. I had just scored a fairly senior position at a large Canadian university and had more creative opportunities than I could keep up with. On top of making bank at my day job, I was about to perform in the short play I wrote for the …
Tinder Tales: What I Learned from My Side Gig as a Digital Dating Sh*t Disturber Read More »
