Some Writing
a collection of rage-written pieces, rejected articles, and class essays
Spiro/graphical
Acrylic and oil on canvas, 2024, 16×20″ “Next time you cross a bridge over a fast-flowing river, look down at the water as it streams past one of the bridge’s feet. You might see the current split into a liquid ravine, water streaming either side, sending out eddies one way and the other. There’s a…
Tools of Resistance: Preserving the Tapestry
The following was a project for SOCJ5016: Globalizing Families and Reproductive Rights at Lakehead University during the summer of 2023 An image that has stuck in my mind throughout recent feminist readings was Marilyn Frye’s conception of oppression as a birdcage (43). If we take a narrow focus and look at one wire of the…
Distorted Democracy: Wealth, Power, and Privilege in the 2019 Varsity Blues Scandal
This scandal holds the potential to be a devastating blow to educational institutions, however, the media is framing it as a celebrity story without sustained investigation and discussion. Changes in visibility and new media have led to a preferred storyline that is already reaching its denouement during the investigation.
Public Health and Personal Autonomy: The Global Community in the Age of Pandemics
***Updated December 31, 2021 – now with better writing, and discussion of the racial disparities in diabetes diagnoses. Many thanks to Mandy for correcting my broad-stroked (and sometimes incorrect) medical claims***
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