The Little Things: Notes on Writing a Web Series
Halfway through my run here at Applied Sentience, I figured it was about time that instead of talking about other people’s art, I opened up a little about my own. […]
The Worst Chore on the List
By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As I have become the modern version of “Hints from Heloise” (from Good Housekeeping) on this blog, I figured I would continue the trend […]
Who Are You Fighting For: Navigating Cross-Cultural Feminism
By Naduah Wheeler Humanist Service Corps Volunteer Feminism is essentially the belief in the social, political, and economic equality of the sexes as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie famously said and Beyoncé quoted. While […]
A Place on Earth: Ritual, Grief, & Mourning as an Atheist, Part 5
Part V: A Place Apart “Tomorrow’s our last day,” Kristi said as she sat smoking on the balcony the night after our foray to Typhoon Lagoon. I wrapped my hair in […]
Songtaba: Empowering Girls to Insist on Their Own Education
By Wendy Webber The Humanist Service Corps is partnered with Songtaba, a local organization committed to the realization of the aspirations and rights of women and children in the northern […]
Your Drapes Must Be Hemmed and Your Drains Must be White
By Rebecca Czekalski Humanist Service Corps Volunteer As a daughter of an Independent Baptist household that subscribed to Quiverfull ideology, I am well-schooled in the womanly arts, as we call them. […]
Audio Hawk – Finding Ghana and Myself
By Christian Hayden Humanist Service Corps Volunteer If the homes I have known sung hymns to me that unraveled with time, engendering me with reasons to be, how might I further use […]
Putting Stories in Context: Conversation with a Culture Critic, Part II
“I’ve never been to San Francisco, but I have an image in my mind from media,” says culture critic Caroline Siede (of The A.V. Club, among others), explaining the impact […]
Lifeguard Lollygagging Pt 1: The Brain as Mind
I’ve been working as a lifeguard every summer for the last five summers. It gives me a lot of idle time to think about things. It also gives the sun […]
Television to the Rescue: Secularism, Islam, and TV in Modern Bangladesh
By Tarikul Islam (New York University) I love watching movies – I know, a shocker, right? Recently, I found out that a Bangladeshi film closed at the prestigious Busan International […]
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