Category: culture

  • Standing at Intersections

    Here’s a definition: Intersectionality is an analytic framework which attempts to identify how interlocking systems of power impact those who are most marginalized in society.[1] Intersectionality considers that various forms of social stratification, such as class, race, sexual orientation, age, disability and gender, do not exist separately from each other but are interwoven together. While…

  • BMNR

    I figured it was time to write this article when a casual comment on religious people rendered me unable to speak for two hours. While I recovered, I took the time to think about a few things that have caused me major friction in the communities I navigate as a black, religious man. BLACK I…

  • Cancel Culture & Failure-Prone Faves

    I have always been of two minds regarding “cancel culture” wherein the moment someone makes a transgression, they are automatically made example of in rather dramatic fashion. On the one hand, we are human. We learn that the fire is hot by touching it ourselves more often than not and there is something to be…

  • Welcoming Window

    We were dancing on Wednesday as we always do when my partner chuckles and points two a nearby window. We had an audience of three; this woman and two children were watching our casino class. It was a warm day, so we were dancing with the windows open. However, I couldn’t help noticing that this…

  • Wings

    Yesterday, driving home from salsa and a weary day at work, I spent a fair amount of time thinking about my current job position and the arc of my career. What’s interesting in those thoughts is their texture. Not too long ago, I thought much about all of the possibilities and how I could do…