Author: Erin Shealy

I think for me, the main difference is that generations are not so cut and dry like the media portrays a lot. Generations seem more fluid in terms of when you begin a generation and when you end one. I… Continue Reading →

The question I want to answer is how have attitudes about and surrounding the LGBTQ+ Community changed throughout generations and what caused those changes. What efforts have been made to close the gap between societal norms and coming out? What… Continue Reading →

The Joy Luck Club follows four Chinese immigrants and their daughters. Each mother endured grueling horrors in China, being a child bride, getting disowned by her parents, having to leave behind children, and the death of an infant. The mothers… Continue Reading →

When I was about 12 or 13 back when i used to go to church, I told my friend that I was bisexual, and her response was to tell our youth pastor. He pulled me into his office and told… Continue Reading →

This is a short chapter, where Dag talks about his life between leaving the Basement People and is life next to Claire and Andy. This is a chapter that probably a lot of people can relate to. Dag felt this… Continue Reading →

One night during that period of time between winter and spring when it’s not cold, but not warm either, my mother and sister went to Walmart to do some grocery shopping. My father and I were off doing another errand… Continue Reading →

Often, women and people with a uterus are told they cannot ”kill an innocent child” when given the choice of an abortion or carrying a child to full-term. This idea of patriarchal decisions over women isn’t anything new, but within… Continue Reading →

In 2013, founders Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, and Colin Kroll released an app called Vine. The premise was to be able to post 6 sec short, looping videos. By December of 2015, there were already over 200 million users but over… Continue Reading →

Recently, I saw a Tiktok response video to a man who tried to tell a woman that she was just using body positivity to be fat and to be lazy. This man claimed that when he was young, women didn’t… Continue Reading →

During the Pandemic, I don’t think I really understood what I lost because I was afraid of losing what I had. My mother was going through chemo at the time and my family’s main concern was not letting her get… Continue Reading →