Author: outrageousfortune

Trigger Warning: Discussion of depression and suicide   If you’re anything like me, you’re in love with Andrew Garfield’s song “30/90” from the Netflix film tick tick… BOOM! It may even get stuck in your head on a regular...

I have to admit, I have been thinking about this blog post for weeks. It started when Dr. Kernodle was at Mary Baldwin as a guest speaker. Now, her topic isn’t at all connected with this blog post, but one of the stories she...

As we come to the end of Black History Month, I felt that it was important to highlight the importance of the month and why it’s so important for the Black community. Black history month was started in 1926 by Carter G. Woodson...

The History of Mary Prince was written to explain the life of slaves from a slave’s perspective. The last few lines of the narrative say “This is slavery. I tell it to let English people know the truth; and I hope...

What is Russian Cuisine? Well, I don’t exactly have a straightforward answer for you. This question, and more surrounding that of gastronomy, has been of great interest to me lately, as I am thinking ahead to my future in...