“Anxiety” wasn’t a buzzword when I was growing up the way it is today. Maybe we just didn’t have a word for what was going on or maybe it wasn’t as common of an affliction. Everything’s so much faster-paced now and there’s so much instant gratification that it’s possible anxiety just wasn’t as wide-reaching back…
Web Series Amplifies the Voices of Women
Do you ever wish you could go back and give your less experienced self a bit of advice? That’s ultimately the point of the web series From Here to There. If you can enlighten me and the audience, you might save a life, spare hardship, or bridge a gap. How do I get from where…
The White Family’s Game of Now You See Race, Now You Don’t
I am a white woman born to second generation Americans, whose families were not here during the time of slavery, but who undoubtedly benefited from white privilege nonetheless. Stay with me. (Mentioning white privilege when talking about working class immigrants does not negate the discrimination they dealt with regularly.) I could argue that we didn’t…
Why Disney is Therapy for Freaks Like Me
In the crazy times we find ourselves, many of us are seeking escapism in one form or another. And from my end of the smartphone, it’s often Disney that’s bringing joy to the masses. But it isn’t only now that people are stressing out and oddly finding that all they want to do is to…