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Not only am I an Artist, but I am also an activist and writer. With everything going on in the world and in my life, sometimes writing helps me to make sense of the things that don't make sense to me. This blog is a space for me to describe and communicate my stance on social, political and environmental issues in America.
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is environmentalism elitist?
A hero doesn't call themselves a hero; Likewise, an environmentalist doesn't call themselves an environmentalist. When it comes down to...
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Trouble With Wilderness
To a lot of people, the wilderness is their sanctuary, a remedy of some sort, or an escape from reality. The wilderness is believed to be...
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Historical Nonsense
The older I get, the more I realize that our History books have lied to us (“misled” would be an understatement). The truth is that...
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Colonialism Confusion
Richard White claims that “the attitudes of most Americans toward work indicate fundamental problems with how we conceive of the natural...
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Hey, The Climate is Changing!
Climate change. It is no longer a discussion at this point. This is what's happening. Trusted researchers have evidence to back up this...
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"The Bad Seed"
How does our culture view plants that refuse to conform, specifically weeds? Society's perception of weeds is that they are...
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Change
Looking at History, who are the people who have changed things? Well, it has never been the government, the government is only forced to...
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Space
Space is endless. Space is eternal. But, “space is not empty.” Space has many occupants both visible and invisible. I am just one of...
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Consumption
When American productivity goes up, so does marketing and consumption. Let's say you work in a bakery, and you get more done in 8 hours...
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Breath
I like the idea that a newborns’ first breath is their first movement/action they take on this earth. “It is exactly at this moment they...
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Altering Nature
A fault of human beings is that we refuse to acknowledge that we can drastically alter seemingly huge and unchangeable parts of nature....
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Empathy, not Inequality
Inequality is toxic for everybody, even those on top. For example, if we’re talking about gender status, men are on the top and women are...
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“joyous unmappability”
To me it seems like “joyous unmappability” is about just being you you are, instead of trying to figure out who you are. This can be...
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Double Consciousness
Hip-Hop is derived from oppressed African-American communities. As a white woman in the culture, where do I fit in? As a white woman in...
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(hu)man-kind
I always wondered about the term “man-kind.” Why? Why not “woman-kind,” or “human-kind?” History has been written and/or told through a...
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What is (the) Time?
Time is as important as feeling as though you have it. The American work week is strategic. Not a bad thing to keep the masses...
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Say No to Single Use Plastics
Plastic production has been on the rise since the 1950’s. However, single use plastics have led to the biggest recycling crisis globally...
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The Socialized Artist
You know —- art itself could be defined as an expression of how one has been socialized in this world. Personally, all of the art that I...
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He / She / They
Gender roles are not natural; They aren't acknowledged (by most people) as a social construct, but they are. Traditionally, when someone...
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What is embarrassment?
What is embarrassment? Is it a figment of my imagination? No. It’s a feeling — that’s real, I know it. Or is it? Embarrassment. Is a word...
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