Power

Michel Foucault’s theory of power suggests that power exists within relationships and interactions, rather than as something that can be transferred or owned. Foucault believed that power isn’t a thing—it’s not like a chair you can give to someone else....
When Rhythm Defies All Odds

When Rhythm Defies All Odds

There’s something magical about resilience. About joy that cannot be washed away. Yesterday, I watched Angela—a woman who lives with mental illness—dance through life’s carnival, unbridled and free. Just like the legendary Lord Kitchener sang about in...

Madness & Vagrancy

When I first took my mother in, her mind was slipping—she traded her bed for street pavements and benches, roaming the streets, shouting at ghosts. Her once steady hands, strong from braiding hair and cutting cane, now trembled, lost, as if the world had become too...

Choosing hope over hardship

Being a primary caregiver and a first-year law student means using hope to navigate prejudice, lack of resources, and challenges I never knew existed until I had a duty to care for.But I keep showing up. Consistently choosing hope over hardship.The hallmark of...

Micheleina

From rough path to smooth pavementfrom open air to university classroomshe earns wisdom by degree.
Sunday Market

Sunday Market

Rows of vibrant fruits and vegetables stretch under the canopy, the air thick with the scent of fresh herbs and mountain breeze. Vendors call out greetings, their laughter Pumpkin $5.00 dollar a lb Hands exchange firm bananas for soft, while children dart between...