Books, NonFiction

Childhood Trauma in Alan Cummings’ Not My Father’s Son

A beautifully honest dive into heartbreaking memories that helped create an incredible talent in actor Alan Cummings. He revisits the childhood trauma and violence endured from his father with the grace and raw honesty any survivor can relate to.

11..., Lifestyle

11… Things I Would’ve Done but I’m Working the Election

I had a lot of plans for the last half of October. It was mostly: Get Shit Done. But I decided several months ago to apply to work the election. It went on the schedule. A few days a week turned into half of everyday for all of early voting. Yay! I'm doing my civic duty, but nothing else is going to happen in my life until the election is over.

11..., In The Kitchen, Lifestyle, Sides

11… Foods & Drinks I Love in Fall and Bean Salad Recipe

Fall in the South is less about the changing of seasons and more about the mindset. Nothing puts me in the fall mood more than food and drinks, so here are my favorites and a yummy bean salad recipe.

Books, NonFiction

I’d Like All Advice to Be As Friendly As Amy Poehler’s in Yes Please

Yes Please is a great book to make you laugh during these dark times. It’s real in the way you want memoirs to be; it’s funny in the way you hope a comic’s memoir is; and it’s raw in a way a strong woman who knows her own mind is.

Books, NonFiction

Racial Consciousness in Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong

Asians have been a part of the fabric of the United States for as long as the country has existed, yet they are often over looked, forgotten, and excluded. Cathy Park Hong explores racial consciousness and her own feelings of shame and sadness in her book and theory Minor Feelings.