Thinking about it, one of the things I really enjoyed about folding these notes was the precision with which you have to follow the directions and the limited space to craft the perfect little message. Continue reading
Author Archives: Jennifer
Thinking about Gender
Why does that trope get so much play? Do we really think every person born female is just waiting to bust out of her shell and be a beautiful fully done up woman? Do we think those of us who have decided not to do that are missing out? What about those of us who transitioned? Or refuse to pick a gender with which to define ourselves? Continue reading
Thinking about Blame with Brené Brown
Watching the news and scrolling through social media lately, it has essentially been a blame game. People are blaming other people for violence, for not understanding violence, for looting, for not understanding the root causes of looting, for not being peaceful in their protests, for expecting more peaceful protests when they’ve already beed tried and … Continue reading
Thinking about how we define ourselves
I’ve been thinking a lot about how we define ourselves. Sometimes we use gender, sometimes race, ethnicity, religion, language, age, size, hobbies, where we live, how we live, carnivore vs herbivore vs omnivore, electric toothbrush vs manual toothbrush…the list is endless. Continue reading
Thinking about Art
Art is so subjective, isn’t it? Trust me when I tell you I’m not 100% sure what ‘art’ even means…and I have a degree in it! I’ve been doing creative things to try to keep busy during the last 4,112 days of being told to stay home but I’m not sure what is a craft … Continue reading
Time to stop and think?
So if we’re going to stop and think about COVID-19, maybe we should stop and think about why people are acting the way they do. Continue reading
Thinking about summer…
Why do we stop playing? Why do we fill our days with things that leave us feeling vaguely dissatisfied and slightly bored? Continue reading
Thinking through some writing…
Sometimes I wake up and I’m thinking of a story. I love to write. I love to think through plots. I love to create stories that make me love a character. Lately, I’ve been thinking about some of the stories of Irish culture and history that first caught my attention when I was younger and … Continue reading
That cute writing Insta-people can do
Sometimes you just want to know something or be able to do something just so you know you can. Nothing grand or world changing in the outcome, just doing something that matters to you for some reason simply because you can. Continue reading
Thinking about identity and how we become the adult we were meant to be…
Originally published on momentum.city as part of a series of posts focused on social and emotional learning There is a lot of stress around the time of the year when students are testing. Every year the internet reshares the now viral letter from a school to its families and students clarifying that you are more … Continue reading
