Sezin Devi Koehler's Blog, page 14
July 25, 2016
A Woman of Color Author’s 12 Favorite Novels by Other Women of Color Writers
"As an avid consumer of books and especially fiction, over the years I’ve developed a special shelf of particularly beautiful and inspiring works by women of color that help me not only walk around in another woman’s experiences, but also situate my own culturally and ethnically fluid self within a canon of women writers. Being a half American and half Sri Lankan Third Culture Kid — and a woman of color author myself — who has lived in 13 countries and 18 cities around the world in her 30-something years, I’m drawn to stories that negotiate race and culture in distinct and sensitive ways, and each of these books brings something unique to the cultural table." For Wear Your Voice Magazine, July 2016.
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July 7, 2016
The Discreet Anti-authoritarianism of Leche Libre’s Edgy Breastfeeding Wear
"Frustrated by the lack of alternative options for stylish breastfeeding mothers after the birth of her own children, Chicago-based former art restorer Andrea Newberry took to the Internet, taught herself to sew, and started her own line of edgy wear for the punk rock mom. Leche Libre is a Mad Max version of post-maternity wear, and cool enough that even non-breastfeeding women are drawn to her unique designs. I had a chance to chat with Newberry over email about her journey from post-partum to fashion designer, and then some."
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Healing From The Ground Up And Inside Out: Dr. Maya Shetreat-Klein’s The Dirt Cure
"While The Dirt Cure is geared towards parents healing their children, the plethora of advice and information is applicable to everyone living in modern American society, making The Dirt Cure a must-read for anyone who cares about what goes into their, and their children's, bodies."
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July 5, 2016
Internal And External Displacement: Immigration, Mental Illness, and Netflix’s River
"Immigration doesn't only externally displace a person from familiar surroundings, language, and culture, it also internally displaces us into a cultural and linguistic limbo that at times can be a horror to navigate. Lives become split into befores and afters, and even if you inhabit a closely-knit immigrant community, immigration forces us into liminal existences often on the social and cultural margins that create perceived differences between us and them, and even causes ruptures between us and the homeland that grow more and more apparent the longer one lives outside." My 35th article for HuffPost, published in July 2016.
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June 27, 2016
Shame Withers in Sunlight: An Open Letter to the Stanford Rape Survivor
The powerful victim impact statement released by the Stanford rape survivor inspired me to write my own. My first piece for Wear Your Voice Magazine, published in June 2016.
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June 20, 2016
Towards A Sociology Of Turkish Food: Zeynep Kilic’s Tables of Istanbul
"While food is one of the two fundamental pillars of human survival -- water being the other -- how often do we stop to think about food in a socio-cultural sense? For Zeynep Kilic, sociology professor, Fulbright Scholar, and Turkish transplant in Alaska, Turkish food has been the link between her new world in the US and her upbringing in Turkey..." My 34th article for HuffPost, and my first feature for HuffPost Taste.
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May 1, 2016
Music That Heals: A Love Letter to Pearl Jam on Their 25th Anniversary Tour
""State of Love and Trust" and "Breath" were the first songs of yours I ever heard, off the soundtrack to Cameron Crowe's film Singles when I was 13." My 33rd article for Huffington Post, published in the Entertainment column, May 2016.
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April 27, 2016
Happiness is Purple: A Requiem for Prince
"Bowie gave me permission to be weird. Prince gave me permission to be happy." My 32nd article for Huffington Post published in April 2016.
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April 18, 2016
The Difference Between Romantic Love and True Love
"True love is not something you fall into, or passively happens to you beyond your control. True love is an active choice, that each day you must wake up and make." My 31st article for Huffington Post, published in April 2016.
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April 15, 2016
Enough With the “I Am” Memes Already
"If you don't have anything globally inclusive to say after an incident, don't say anything at all. Please, and thank you." My 30th article for Huffington Post, published in April 2016.
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