This past weekend has been not only inspiring but has instilled hope in me for my country, something that I never thought possible. Participating in the Women’s March in Madison, Wisconsin was something that I was very unsure about at first. I had never participated in a demonstration before. What if I went and it turned awry? What if it got violent? What if there had been an anti-protest in response to this one? I didn’t want to get caught in the middle of the violence, if it were to turn that way, because that’s not who I am.

However, it’s time for me to stop being afraid and to allow my passion for justice and equality to be shown. I may be one voice, but this was too important not to participate.

Continue reading “Using privilege to end privilege”

It’s been a hot minute since I’ve posted last. I’ll be honest with you, my first semester of graduate school was extremely difficult for me. I felt I was constantly a hot mess, and the worst part, everyone, including my professors and my advisers, could tell. It was kind of embarrassing sometimes. However, I’m going to chalk it up to being normal for a first semester graduate student, especially one who took two years off school in between undergrad and grad.  Graduate school is a whole new ball game, which is why I took time off writing to fully focus on that. However, writing is a passion of mine, and I slowly started to feel the ache of not being able to have the time, the energy, or the focus to write blog posts. So, alas, after three weeks of basically doing nothing but relaxing and hanging out with friends and family, I finally feel recuperated and ready to put something new out there.

Continue reading “2016 can suck it.”