MUW Letter of Intent There’s no power quite like that of having a community. It’s what gives us a sense of identity, it’s a source of love and support, it makes us feel safe in the world. In caveman days, without our clan we were as good as dead with the elements, sabertooth tigers, and limited resources working against us. In today’s world we have more cushioning to survive physically without a clan, but we still need them just as much psychologically and emotionally. An individual rose has beauty, but a bush of roses has protection and livelihood. Likewise, as individuals we are beautiful, but together we are strong. Before I could even hold a pencil I was dictating stories to my mother for her to write down. From elementary school on,
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Whenever I’m feeling alone or unheard, I have friends I know I can reach out to. Everyone deserves to have a sense of community, to have people who they feel understood by. In Western society, the white straight male is treated as the default, and the further you are from that identity the more marginalized you are, and the less there is for you. To survive in this world it’s important that we band together and fight for space not just for ourselves but for all of our sisters. I know how isolated I have felt as a queer white woman, and can only imagine and listen to the experiences of others with even more marginalized identities than my own. I have spent much of my life feeling lonely; I want people who read my work to feel seen and understood. I attended UC Riverside, the 7th most diverse school in the nation, and majored in Anthropology, so that I could better understand and respect identities beyond my own. In my writing I aim to be as inclusive as possible, so that people of both my own identities and others can connect with my work. There’s enough literature out there about straight white males; my main characters are all queer people of color, and I’m working on becoming knowledgeable enough to include more marginalized identities in a respectful manner. I work very hard to be conscious, so that I can avoid harmful
Whenever I’m feeling alone or unheard, I have friends I know I can reach out to. Everyone deserves to have a sense of community, to have people who they feel understood by. In Western society, the white straight male is treated as the default, and the further you are from that identity the more marginalized you are, and the less there is for you. To survive in this world it’s important that we band together and fight for space not just for ourselves but for all of our sisters. I know how isolated I have felt as a queer white woman, and can only imagine and listen to the experiences of others with even more marginalized identities than my own. I have spent much of my life feeling lonely; I want people who read my work to feel seen and understood. I attended UC Riverside, the 7th most diverse school in the nation, and majored in Anthropology, so that I could better understand and respect identities beyond my own. In my writing I aim to be as inclusive as possible, so that people of both my own identities and others can connect with my work. There’s enough literature out there about straight white males; my main characters are all queer people of color, and I’m working on becoming knowledgeable enough to include more marginalized identities in a respectful manner. I work very hard to be conscious, so that I can avoid harmful