Storytelling is a social catalyst and powerful force for change. The Embracing Identities Project is a series of narrative interviews about coming out as LGBTQ and atheist in a variety of communities. […]
Its Monday, and I have just found a seat on Caltrain for the morning commute. It is common for trains to be delayed. But my heart sinks every time passengers are informed to expect a delay of […]
Storytelling is a social catalyst and powerful force for change. The Embracing Identities Project is a series of narrative interviews about coming out as LGBTQ and atheist in a variety of communities. […]
It’s time we talked about breasts. In Malawi, breasts enjoy a life on display. Plump and perky young breasts, wrinkly old sack breasts, breasts the size of cantaloupes, empty bag […]
By Alex Abbott American University My life is not a stained glass portrait of precise, crystalline ecstasy. It is a collage of murky grays, spectrums of sepia, tones of icy […]
My relative lack of appetite has become something of a joke in our tiny little Malawian village. When I first arrived, my host-mom Jureka seemed determined to feed me all […]
Morning finds me strolling along the dusty roadside, small fires grilling maize into crispy gold, dough bubbling in hot vats of oil…the village coming to life. I reach the little […]
Prelude One February night, my father and I were waiting at a commuter train station in the suburb where he lived. We were waiting to pick up a friend coming […]
At a recent workshop on ‘Trauma in Everyday Life,’ a psychologist spoke about big ‘T’ and little ‘t’ trauma. Big ‘T’ trauma is what we commonly refer to when speaking […]
Storytelling is a powerful tool for social change and building community. The Embracing Identities Project is searching for personal stories of coming out as LGBTQ and atheist in a variety of […]
Applied Sentience 