AWordFromWillow

Hello! This is yet again another assignment that I did for an English class. It’s one of my proudest works and I hope you enjoy it!    Abstract The main topic of this paper is misogynoir, and how it effects Black women and feminine presenting people. We’ll be looking at a series of personal experiences, studies, and definitions to explore this topic. There will be sections that focus on misogynoir in school, workplaces, protesting, and childbirth. I felt that these were some of the most important and/or interesting presentations of misogynoir. There will also be some ways you can help combat misogynoir and be of support to the Black feminine community. Keywords : misogynoir, racism, intersectionality, misogyny, feminism, Black women, obstetric racism, feminine presenting         What is Misogynoir?                First and foremost; what is misogynoir? I would define misogynoir ...

 Hello! This is an original work that I wrote for an English class (I think) about 2 years ago. This references a lot of my own personal experiences with autism and includes research I've done on teens and young adults with autism. It’s certainly not my best research, but I still hope you enjoy it!  Stuck in the Tesseract: Teenagers and Young Adults with Autism        Being a teenager with autism is the weirdest thing I’ve ever had to deal with. I got diagnosed pretty late. Most people get diagnosed in early childhood while I was diagnosed in late 9 th grade, I’m in 11 th grade now. To make this easier to understand, I’ll give you my own personal definition and experience with autism. If you’d like a more professional definition, most of the papers I’ll be citing have a good description. For me, autism is having an extreme disconnect or misunderstanding with everyone around you. Sometimes it’s even like that with other autistic people. Missing...