teacher • writer • artist
“Often informative, sometimes moving, and ambitious in its frank talk about what is oddly taboo: an inevitable experience for half of humanity.”
—Publisher's Weekly
“This multidisciplinary collection of essays examines textual and graphic representations of illness, disability, and pain, describing how the narratives in question use the aesthetics of their medium to embrace contention and community. The authors reclaim ground previously ceded to traditional paradigms and in the process liberate the mind, the body, and the text.”
—MK Czerwiec, author of Taking Turns: Stories from HIV/AIDS Care Unit 371
At times heartbreaking and at others hopeful and humorous, these comics express the anger, anxiety, fear, and bewilderment we feel in the era of COVID-19. Above all, they highlight the power of art and community to help us make sense of a world in crisis, reminding us that we are truly all in this together.
The Queen of Snails is an autobiographical and transgenerational retracing of memory, trauma, and feminist resilience. It is a graphic novel, and also my dissertation in progress at the University of California, Davis, Cultural Studies PhD Program.
I am the author of Feminist Fables for the Twenty-First Century (McFarland 2015), with a foreword by Trina Robbins. This compendium of fables in visual form features women negotiating different types of gender-based violence and inequity in various cultures worldwide. Five graphic narratives expose such issues as femicide, child molestati
I am the author of Feminist Fables for the Twenty-First Century (McFarland 2015), with a foreword by Trina Robbins. This compendium of fables in visual form features women negotiating different types of gender-based violence and inequity in various cultures worldwide. Five graphic narratives expose such issues as femicide, child molestation and female genital mutilation without defining the affected women and girls by their unfortunate circumstances.
Published graphic narratives and writing about comics, trauma, memory, and belonging.
An overview of autobiographical and activist projects.
I hope you enjoy my comics here, inspired by contemplation while running, hiking, and backpacking.
I am happy to provide current CV, biography, list of publications and other information upon request.
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