There are multiple meanings for the word agency, and the word is bouncing around in my mind for all its definitions. An agency is an institution, organized to carry out a specific purpose. The first time I read 1984, I thought “Ministry” was a term George Orwell made up. I…Continue Reading
Author: cynthiajeub
Birthday Post 8: Turning 30
I always try to write a post on my birthday. It’s been ten years since I started. I’ve only missed two of those years, so this is the eighth one. With each passing year, I comprehend better how small I am. Just five days ago, we got to see the…Continue Reading
“Independence”
“We didn’t cross the border, the border crossed us.” –Melanie Cervantes “Flexing where you from when that shit stolen landPull up to the Capitol with murder plansSigned the constitution with some bloody handsFuck yo business planThis our peoples land.” –Xiuhtezcatl Martinez, Take It All Back “Weapons, not food, not homes,…Continue Reading
School Update
I turn 30 this month. I thought I graduated high school when I was almost 19, over a decade ago. It would take nearly all of those years to realize that my homeschooling experience was not merely insufficient, it was indoctrinating. My parents often laughed as they sang the Pink…Continue Reading
Radical Thoughts About the Anti-Work Movement
Over the past several months, an online community has come together in the name of “Anti-Work.” There are several tenets that can be gathered from the unrest and frustration expressed in the thousands of posts across various social media platforms like Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter. On reddit, the tagline is…Continue Reading
The Right to Not Reproduce
It is possible to be shocked but not surprised. As you likely know already, the Supreme Court of the United States declared this morning that abortion is no longer a constitutional right. This decision overturns Roe vs. Wade, the 1973 decision preserving the right to abortion. For nearly fifty years,…Continue Reading
Limitations and Lessons
I am spending a great deal of time trying to make ends meet instead of putting that energy toward the heart of my efforts. In the years since I took an interest in writing about creating a more equal future, inequality has grown exponentially. The poor are getting poorer and…Continue Reading
Different Approaches to Homeschooling
I was homeschooled from the ages of 4 to 18. I was isolated and treated like an extra parent and teacher for my younger siblings. My work for the family business and around the house was underpaid or unpaid altogether. I learned more about Christian conservative politics than about core…Continue Reading
Homeschooled to Prevent Education
“Totally unprepared am I, to face a world of menTimid and shy and scared am I, of things beyond my kenI need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do…” -The Sound of Music I was homeschooled from preschool to grade 12. My parents were my only teachers. They…Continue Reading
April Update
I have been trying to blog all month. I know I need to publish more content on the blog and launch my new one under the name Art Stardust. There are many things I need to do. The number of them is the least of my problems, though. The main…Continue Reading