Do you ever notice how when you watch movies that you saw for the first time as a kid, you’ll have similar emotional reactions as you did then? For example, I still for the life of me cannot watch the scene where Sassy the cat gets swept down the river…

A Statement on Academic Legitimacy — Most of the inner workings of academia merit scrutiny, and the theory that we stand on to further our political and intellectual agendas is no exception. In her 1988 piece The Race for Theory, Barbara Christian analyzes and critiques the ways that theory is defined and ascribed value in academia…

The untimely transition of The Color Purple’s most audacious character — Sofia Butler** from Alice Walker’s The Color Purple caused me to see an aspect of anti-black racism that I will never be able to shake from my memory. Her story illustrated one of the most unsettling realities of racial and gender violence that I have learned about to date. Though…

It’s not just for marriage anymore — 1) You deserve to If you’re considering a move as big as a name change, it’s for a reason. And outside of nefarious motives, I think that you deserve to. The following is a short list of reasons why I believe you deserve to change your name: 1) You deserve to pursue peace 2)…

A tale of adoptee lore — There was a point in my life when I spent more time watching adoptee reunion footage than I care to admit. I mean, I was hooked. I was equally as fascinated by the adoptee’s response to seeing their biological family for the first time as I was by the biological…