-By Amy Taylor, Social Work/Music Major Humans are wired for belonging. We crave connection, shared purpose, and safety within groups. But not every group that promises community delivers it....
December 11, 2025
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The week the pandemic shut down all the schools, I went to the gynecologist. Over the past six months, I had been plagued by non-stop yeast infections, and I had tried every home remedy under the...
December 18, 2024
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Part One: A Strange and Friendless Road, For a Tomorrow Without Tears or, being a woman (mostly), queer, and autistic. Self-diagnosing, and the fear of an official medical stamp....
December 13, 2024
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To quote myself from the start of my first semester here at UMBC, “I have somewhat of a unique position in that I often find myself standing in the middle of the line–I am biracial, bisexual,...
May 16, 2024
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By Tanzila Malik Growing up as a second-generation Pakistani-American, I never had a strong connection to my culture. My dad’s family immigrated to Nebraska from Pakistan in the early 1970s...
January 16, 2024
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Image description: Rachael smiling while standing in front of a UMBC building. She is wearing a brown, long-sleeved top. Positionality statement: This post is written by Rachael Joslow, a...
May 18, 2023
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Content Note: This post is written by Rachael Joslow, a third-year student at UMBC. I am a transracial adoptee adopted from Vietnam who grew up in Georgia for most of my childhood and adolescent...
December 12, 2022
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Image description: [Photo shows Rachael dressed in black attire, one of the Women’s Center interns, smiling in front of one of the UMBC buildings.] Content Note: This post is written by...
December 12, 2022
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The following post was written by Ojuswani Phogat, a third-year student at UMBC. Positionality Statement: The letter below is a message from me to my immigrant parents. It is reflective of...
December 9, 2022
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Positionality Statement: This post is written by Marybeth Mareski, a Returning Women’s Scholar and social work intern at the Women’s Center in her final year at UMBC. I am a gender nonconforming...
May 10, 2022
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