July is a month full of hot holidays and summer festivities, but it is also the month dedicated to spreading awareness and celebrating Disability Pride Month, so today I pulled together some of my favorite novels and memoirs alike that celebrate stories of understanding, overcoming, and living with disabilities. Disability Pride Month was first proposed…Continue Reading Pages of Empowerment: Books to Read for Disability Pride
Did you know that there is an entire day dedicated to video games? Every year, the nation celebrates National Video Game Day on July 8, and recently, I read a book that would be perfect to talk about on such an occasion. One of the most popular books of 2023 was “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and…Continue Reading Book Review: Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin
The Fourth of July, a day prided by the red, white, and blue-blooded American, a day of scorching family barbeques and flashy fireworks that spark fear into our little furry friends. But believe or not, not everyone in the world celebrates the birth of the United States, being only one of 65 countries to be…Continue Reading Fireworks for the First of July
Summer is officially here but lately I’ve found myself listening to Lana Del Ray’s “Summertime Sadness” on repeat. Part of the college experience is the lengthy breaks that remind me just how much I miss having a schedule to keep me busy, don’t get me wrong, I love taking time to relax and take in…Continue Reading Summertime Sadness: A College Student Guide to Surviving Summer
Almost everyone knows that June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, but few know it also represents Caribbean American Heritage as well. The United States has always had a tight-knit relationship with Caribbean Islanders, from important names like Alexander Hamilton, Celia Cruz, and Bob Marley, engraining Caribbean Culture into American society. Yet only recently was Caribbean American Heritage…Continue Reading Chapters and Caribbean Cultures
Bring your pets and your books this weekend because every June 21 is bring your dog to work day and every June 22 is bring your cat to work day! Throughout the semesters, we typically have something called Dog Days, where we bring in some therapy pups to help destress the students around campus, but…Continue Reading Bring Your Pets and Your Books
Juneteenth is a holiday that not many Americans know much about, yet it celebrates a major step towards equality taken by African Americans across the United States. Juneteenth only became a Federally recognized holiday in 2021, yet it has a much deeper and richer history than that. Sometimes referred to as Freedom Day or Emancipation…Continue Reading Celebrating Freedom, Sharing Black Stories, and Understanding the Importance of Juneteenth
I’ve always loved vexillology (the study of flags) and have a large collection of all 50 state flags and the flags of all the countries I have visited. Many people don’t know that every June 14 the United States honors the day the Continental Congress adopted the 13 Stripes and Stars of the original 13…Continue Reading Flags to Pages
One of my favorite books I read this past schoolyear was one I read in my Intermediate Non-Fiction course with Professor Glen Retief; that book is Carmen Maria Machado’s “In the Dream House,” a devastating yet splendid memoir from the perspective of an abused woman in her same-sex relationship. About the Book: Carmen Maria Machado…Continue Reading Book Review: In The Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado
Summer is coming in HOT this year as we enter into June, which also welcomes important international holidays to bring awareness to our one and only Earth. Specifically, there are two holidays proposed and celebrated by the United Nations to raise awareness for environmental issues. The U.N. first celebrated World Environment Day in Stockholm, Sweden,…Continue Reading Narratives of Nature
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