I recently released two new zines in my online shop! All of the details are listed below. Six Snapshots of the Gendered Other I am non-binary. I am genderfluid. I am queer. These are words, and words are limited. In this zine, I have used photography to capture the complexity of my relationship with myContinue reading “Two New Zines!!”
Category Archives: Non-Fiction
We Do Not Have to Become One With Their Machine
I grew up immersed in technology, and until recently, I quite liked that. Mine was the first generation to grow up on the internet, use social media, and own smartphones. As a child, I played games on the family desktop in the computer room with dial-up internet. I remember watching webpages slowly load on myContinue reading “We Do Not Have to Become One With Their Machine”
On Social Media, You Are the Product. Can That Change?
Lewis (2010) wrote, “If you are not paying for it, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold” (para. 3). This is the case for social media. Major corporations do not altruistically provide us with social media to help us connect. Rather, they do so to make money off of our attention and data.Continue reading “On Social Media, You Are the Product. Can That Change?”
Why Is It So Hard to Keep Making Art When I’m Falling in Love?
Why is it so hard to keep making art when I’m falling in love? I release a zine called How to Keep Making Art at a time when I’ve fallen in love and am struggling to make art. I strain to finish the zine and postpone its release date by over a month as I scrape itContinue reading “Why Is It So Hard to Keep Making Art When I’m Falling in Love?”
Warm November Morning
I was standing still on a dock soaking in the sun. It was November. It was morning. I closed my eyes and felt my face be warmed by the November morning sun. The sky was blue and so bright it almost hurt. A slight wind made small waves on the water that sparkled. I exhaled.Continue reading “Warm November Morning”
Sage Pantony 