Published inAppreciative Wellbeing·Apr 30, 2021How Intersectionality Is More Than “Just Navel-Gazing”One of my favorite things about consuming media — books, magazines, music, theater, movies, etc — is when some concept, phrase, or image continues to sit with me after I’ve officially moved forward with my day. …Intersectionality6 min readIntersectionality6 min read
Published inAppreciative Wellbeing·Apr 17, 2021Quotes From Intersectionality Scholarship: Azmitia & Thomas, 2015In addition to Crenshaw and Dhamoon, many other scholars are writing about intersectionality from both applied and theoretical lenses. Azmitia & Thomas published “Intersectionality and the Development of Self and Identity” in 2015. Like my other Quotes posts, the point of this post is to provide you with relevant information…Intersectionality3 min readIntersectionality3 min read
Published inAppreciative Wellbeing·Updated Jan 26, 2022Appreciatively Well: 3 Fictitious Women and Their WellnessI’m a big believer in wellness, and I find all elements of it interesting. …Wellness8 min readWellness8 min read
Published inAppreciative Wellbeing·Dec 19, 2020Living Mosaics“I am a mosaic of everyone I’ve ever loved, even for a heartbeat.” — [Black square with white text: I make my ramen the way a friend taught me in eleventh grade. Every fall, I listen to a playlist made for me by a boy I drove across the border to hook up with. I eat sushi because a girl who won’t talk to…Intersectionality2 min readIntersectionality2 min read
Dec 3, 2020When Baptists Were No Longer Allowed to “Affirm” IntersectionalityWow. The Southern Baptist Seminary has really come out strong to set things straight about their opinions on Critical Race Theory and intersectionalism, and I personally think it was poorly done. Intersectionality is understood to mean many different things. I’ll give you that. It’s pretty nuanced, and like a lot…Intersectionality5 min readIntersectionality5 min read
Published inAppreciative Wellbeing·Dec 1, 2020Environmental Intersectionality: Yes, It ExistsAccording to Leah Thomas of Intersectional Environmentalism, here’s what intersectional environmentalism is: …an inclusive version of environmentalism that advocates for both the protection of people and the planet. It identifies the ways in which injustices happening to marginalized communities and the earth are interconnected. It brings injustices done to the…Environment6 min readEnvironment6 min read
Published inAppreciative Wellbeing·Nov 24, 2020On the Time I Really Felt For All the MenWhen I wrote about three of my own personal intersections (white, female, Christian), “female” and “Christian” were incredibly easy for me to put on the page. The impact, the personal meaning, the burdens inherently attached. In a million small ways, my lived reality has pounded them into me. [Image Description…Feminism4 min readFeminism4 min read
Published inAppreciative Wellbeing·Nov 23, 2020Social Entrepreneurship & the Amplification of Intersectional IdentitiesI haven’t posted here the last few days, as I was working on completing an academic paper on social entrepreneurship and intersectionality. Although I think there’s much more that can be said, this is a starting point that I’ve enjoyed considering. [YouTube Embed. The cover image is a white…Intersectionality4 min readIntersectionality4 min read
Published inAppreciative Wellbeing·Nov 20, 2020Top 5: Intersectionality Round-Up for Nov. 2020When I’m interested in something, I create a Google alert so I can get updates on what’s being published, talked about, and otherwise disseminated across the interwebs. Here’s a look at a few of the resources that have come my way of late. …Intersectionality3 min readIntersectionality3 min read
Published inAppreciative Wellbeing·Nov 19, 2020Quotes From Intersectionality Scholarship: Dhamoon, 2011Another scholar who has been published in the intersectionality field is Dr. Rita Kaur Dhamoon. In her 2011 academic paper, *Considerations in Mainstreaming Intersectionality, she identifies 5 key areas to consider when bringing intersectionality into mainstream usage. [Image Description: A blue river is shown running lengthwise through the middle of…Academia4 min readAcademia4 min read