I feel like a lot has changed in a month. I try not to be cheeky when writing those words— like duh, yeah, a lot has changed with my education, experiences, and points of view. …
Laura Grulke
The Sore Thumb
As privileged as this may sound, it is really strange to feel like an outsider. I’ve spent my entire life as a white, cis gendered American who grew up in a rural area in Wisconsin— …
Point and Shoot Man. Point. And. Shoot
Food: the great end-all be-all. The button to your coat. The hinge to your door. The joint to your…. knee? For those who know me, you know I’m closing my left eye, curling the left …
Mapping the Unmapped Map
Thirteen hour flights are inhumane. I cooped myself up in a 50-seat plane from Milwaukee to Toronto, then rode in a huge slingshot across the Arctic Circle to Beijing. You’d think that time and half …
Leaving the Bed 6,157 Miles Behind
My dad keeps texting me the number of days I have until I leave for China. He sends them intermittently throughout the week, and they pop up on my phone like strange numbers left by …