“The lords of Westeros are sheep. Are you a sheep? No. You’re a dragon. BE a dragon.” — Olenna Tyrell to Daenerys Targaryen.
This quote will stick with me because, not only do I love and respect the hell out of Olenna, but I also identify with Dany’s strength and grit, like a dragon…
My ex is a privileged white man from Napa Valley that never wanted for anything, I’m a woman of color from a single-parent home in Hutchinson, KS that was very poor and destitute
Part of why I stayed after my boyfriend cheated was because I was in graduate school and was living with him rent-free, so it was partly a means to an end because commuting wasn’t an option. But I also loved him and believed we could make it work. We stayed together for an additional…
My sister is an artist and I had her paint this for me when I graduated with my Master of Arts this spring: the text is from an Angelou poem with purple hibiscuses (inspired by the novel form Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie). I chose this to show that I rose above 2 years of losses, heartbreak,…
“How to Die in Oregon” absolutely changed me — I bawled to the point of a migraine before an honors program function I had that evening in college. It was (in short and with no spoilers), about dying with dignity as it followed several people around and their decision to commit physician-assisted…
I’m a grad student fellow, GTA, president of my graduate student association, and in five academic sororities. While on vacation with my boyfriend and his family / family friends, a woman we’ll call JN asked me point blank in front of everyone when I said I was half black: “Is that…
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