Ignorance is Bliss: Covid-19

You’ve seen death all around you for over a year now. How could you not try to pretend that what’s happening…

Witness Journal 1 of 5

I remember thinking we were going to get a week off of school. I even remember…

Witness Journal Sympathy

Covid-19 has been one of the most difficult times I have seen in my life…

Covid-19: A Crappy Sense of Irony

Several times now we’ve touched on the importance of being able to look at this pandemic from…

Irony & Covid

“Isn’t Covid just amazing? I love it,” my brother would say to me. Then I would respond back with “Yes, there’s nothing better.” My…

Witness Journal: Character

The story of Pale Horse, Pale Rider by Katherine Anne Porter takes place…

The Things I Wasn’t Ready for: Covid-19

It’s a Friday night shift and I’m preparing for my first round of deliveries. I’ll be…

The Irony of Masks

Covid in many different ways has been ironic. One ironic phrase that I have heard throughout this pandemic is, “I feel naked…

Troubling the Metaphors of Illness

In Illness as Metaphor, Susan Sontag argues that the stigmatizing power of myths and metaphors…