...Zachary Maguire This article offers an autoethnographic account of the ways in which users of local Facebook groups in a U.S. suburb use the spaces to form community and personal identities. Through a reflection on my experiences of using local suburban Facebook groups, the article makes...

... they diverge while also detailing a personal journey from frustration to integration, identity reformation, and resilience. email: [email protected] © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 autoethnography sight privilege vision loss identity resilience I sit...

...Josh Bird Navigating complicated relationships with his religious upbringing and his faith-zealous father, the author of this critical autoethnography explores experiences of identity loss and reformation, sexual abuse, and shame. Raised as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day...

...Wesley D. Cohoon Stigma is a powerful social construct that fluctuates, yet it can stay with a person for their entire life. When someone moves from a stigmatized to a socially acceptable position, it creates tension between their social and personal identity. This article examines how stigma...

...Mounia Mnouer This article is a reflection on my journey as an Indigenous Amazigh woman. I employ autoethnographic stories to make meaning of my narrative. The stories I tell of my ethnic identity will hopefully contribute to a discussion about decolonization and Indigeneity, whereby I mean...

... and often intense identity struggle and can foreshadow some of the challenges trailing spouses face upon arrival in their new country. The author critically calls her identity, privilege, and gender roles into question as she navigates what it means to be a new mother, wife, academic, and expat in the role...

... children. The author connects various theories in her contemplation of how dominant universalisms codify and label our identities, resulting in an estrangement of the self , from the self , and from those we are in closest relation with. This essay thus reflects on how our relational identities are held...

...Anhua Yeh The author is a counseling psychologist. When she was forty-five years old, she lost her beloved husband to cancer. The reflective account in this report examines the cultural underpinnings of the challenges that she encountered as she was seeking to redefine her social identity after...

... of a persistent diagnosis. As an unstable diagnosis, unexplained infertility presents a complicated site from which to consider family planning and gender work. Narrative vignettes occurring over a period of years explore identity. These experiences highlight moments of conflict and upheaval where the abstract...

...E. Tristan Booth; Leland G. Spencer Transgender individuals often face a barrage of questions from family, friends, medical professionals, and others, asking them to account for and explain their identities. Ultimately, these questions all come down to one fundamental concern: “Why do you feel...

... in autoethnographic work can be used to document relationships, moments of revelation, and self-empowerment. They then preview four articles that map experiences of becoming linked to racialized identity, disability, and family. Audre Lorde once asserted, “The master’s tools will never dismantle the master’s...