Writing
This is a short collection of my longform writing, mostly composed of essays I've written for fun (or for school, so still fun for me lol)Click on any link below to read!
Man! I Feel Like a Woman!: The Negative Effects of Postfeminism in Sex and the City
I wrote this essay in spring of 2025 for a gen-ed writing class final! The prompt was to research and make a claim about something we could connect to our personal lives in some way (along with other guidelines of course). So obviously I decided to write about one of my favorite shows ever, Sex and the City, and its portrayal of postfeminism + gender politics with added blurbs of my experience as a gay transgender man. I'm still really proud of how this essay turned out! I think I could've written 50 more pages on the topic if allowed, but I was already almost double over the page limit (I asked my prof if it was ok and she said it was alright as long as it was good writing! I guess she liked it since I got a 99 on the essay LOL). My prof also told me I could've written an entire thesis on this topic which I would truly LOVE to do. This was truly such a treat to write; I developed such a deeper reading and appreciation for SatC through writing this.Video Killed the Politics Star: Harms of Portraying Politics as Pop Culture
This essay is from the same gen-ed writing class, and the prompt was to research and make a claim about something related to communication and technology. I thought it'd be interesting to write about how the Charli xcx album Brat was used in the Harris 2024 presidential campaign. I haven't reread this essay in some time, but I talk a bit about communication online and in American politics and how those have melded over the last few years. Very fun essay to write. My prof liked this essay a lot too!