One of the first friends I came out to was a woman a lot like me. We’d both been raised Catholic and were white women of a certain class and liberal sensibility. Balancing mothering and working. Critical of and still participating in the patriarchy.
I find myself reassessing life each year. My ups and downs, my milestones, and my goals. I tend to think of my life in seasons. Not months or years or even weeks or days.
It’s not easy to realize you’re an alcoholic before you’ve even reached the legal drinking age. But getting clean becomes a whole lot easier when you’re f*cked up enough to cope using humor. I mean, imagine recovering from substance abuse and not even being able to make jokes at your own expense.
Ariana Contreras reviews how artist Bad Bunny has revived reggaeton music and redefined masculine themes found within the reggaeton genre.
Rebecca Craig does a deep dive into how we can reimagine, repair, and revitalize public education in the United States, specifically focusing on the NYS Excelsior Program - a tuition-free scholarship for SUNY and CUNY that has rolled out with glaring racial inequities.
