Intersections

Why Wearing a Mask Makes Me Feel Powerful

I’ve actually been masking long before the Covid pandemic.

Jul 28, 2022
Three Asian Adoptee Poets Reflect on Craft, Adoption, and Anti-Asian Violence

Tiana Nobile, Ansley Moon, and Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello chat about poetry, their experiences of being Asian American adoptees, and more

How a Haircut Helped Me Untangle My Identity as a Queer Indian Woman

They defined beauty. They defined womanhood. And they felt so, so far away from the woman I felt myself becoming.

Jun 25, 2020
I’m a Disabled Woman Who Wants to See More Literary Characters Like Me

Searching the cultural landscape for references and role models, it’s not easy to find many women simply living their lives while disabled.

Jan 31, 2018
A Million Tiny Resurrections: On Microaggressions and Survival

“I’ll always be viewed as a hyper-political symbol before I get to be a human.”

Apr 03, 2017
Privacy is for Everyone, Not Just the Rich

“We need to try and secure our personal information now.”

Nov 30, 2016
Milwaukee’s Black Middle Class

“I was going to blend in, and maybe live there forever.”

Sep 21, 2016
The Forgotten History of Banana Republic

“Why do the stores still have that insulting name?”

Aug 03, 2016
Feminism’s Class Divide

“Feminist discourse became the visible strain of cultural feminism.”

Jun 14, 2016
Behind the Accent

“Madisonians have an almost mythical belief in their accentlessness.”

May 03, 2016
The Undead Hipster

“If you can’t have money, cool will do.”

Feb 24, 2016