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The Crisis of the Alaskan Salmon Run

by | Oct 12, 2021

Let’s talk about salmon! While, at first glance, I know that this may not seem like the most interesting topic, it is an important one, nonetheless. There are several types of salmon. Luckily for us, there is an easy pneumonic device I learned in Alaska to learn...

Setting Intentions for Blogging This Semester

by | Aug 29, 2021

Hi everyone, and welcome back to another semester of PLA! Since I have joined PLA, I have tried to blog every semester with a theme. So far, I have used this space to vent frustrations with my interpersonal interactions with social infrastructure, further explore the...

India and Pakistan’s Hijra Community

by | Apr 7, 2021

Hijras occupy a powerful yet precarious position in modern Pakistani and Indian society. The term “hijra,” literally meaning “eunuch” in Urdu (though self-castration is not as common of a practice today), is often replaced with the word...

Queercoding Villians and the Hays Code

by | Mar 3, 2021

Like many other millennials and older members of gen-z, I grew up watching a lot of cartoons and Disney movies. I think that one of my favorite shows was “The Powerpuff Girls,” and my favorite character from that show was HIM. If you have never seen HIM...

Learning Peace Through Sourdough Bread

by | Feb 7, 2021

I don’t think I am alone saying that this year already seems as bad as 2020 was. Not to say that I thought that the problems of 2020 would go away once a new calendar year rolled around or that there are not positive things happening in our world (like getting a...

Looking Forward to the Future

by | Nov 1, 2020

I think that a lot of people would agree with me when I say that 2020 has been a destabilizing year for a lot of people (myself included). So, where I came into college with a plan to directly go to get my PhD in Alaska in volcanology now, I am not sure I have a set...

“The Death of American Democracy” Bingo

by | Oct 25, 2020

I watched all of the presidential debates over the last several weeks, and, if I have come to any conclusion, it is that we are all doomed. 🙂 Personally, I do not have faith in either of the Presidential candidate or the vice-presidential candidates to pull this...

What would the world look like without money?

by | Oct 11, 2020

In general, I have been pretty frustrated with the current state of the world. Plus, in the last few days, I think I caught COVID, so I have been isolating. At that time alone, I have had the opportunity to think about the small part of the world I live in. So, if I...