Our Own Worlds, Writing Life

Speculative Fiction: Where New Ideas Hide

This article was written for the website Our Own Words. There are so many great articles on that site, you should check it out. On September 19, 2020, after Ruth Bader Ginsberg passed away, singer-songwriter, photographer, Jonathan Byrd made a post on facebook: “When I’m sometimes asked ‘When will there be enough [women on the Supreme Court]?’ and I… Read More Speculative Fiction: Where New Ideas Hide

Our Own Worlds, Perspective Shifts, Research

The Identity of the Jackal: Going beyond Limitations or Dominance

This article was written for the website Our Own Words. There are so many great articles on that site, you should check it out. Around the time I turned 13 my family was back in South Africa to visit family, before a year in Lyon, France. While visiting my grandmother, her former servant Sarkie was to… Read More The Identity of the Jackal: Going beyond Limitations or Dominance

Our Own Worlds, Perspective Shifts, Writing Life

How Black Panther revealed a bias I didn’t know I’d been taught

This is one of the editorials are on the website Our Own Words. There are so many great articles on that site, you should check it out. I didn’t realized how much bias I must have grown up with till I began researching for this article.  I’m not going to say I didn’t know there must… Read More How Black Panther revealed a bias I didn’t know I’d been taught