John J. Alexander | A Collective Portfolio of Personal Works
I would give the world for 10 minutes with her. Nanny Janice and I had known each other for 11 months before her passing in February 2003. Though we have plenty of photos, the pain felt by myself and my family from her loss will remain unchanged. Growing older, I learned more and more about…
“The end of villainy on RuPaul’s Drag Race can only come when the social justice issues that the queens want to fight for are publicly acknowledged and represented on the platform.” “Whatever you want to be, you be.” These immortal words from the 1990 documentary, Paris Is Burning, perfectly describe the meaning of drag culture….
“A snowfall comforts us, and tells us that it is acceptable to enjoy a warm beverage and soft clothing. It reminds us of a simpler time, when sledding down hills and building a snowman was commonplace.” Today, it started to snow around three o’clock in the afternoon, and the childish side of me couldn’t help…
“Election Day’s past of pompous parties and dangerous acts of nationalism would not be a beneficial way of history repeating itself.” I can distinctly remember January 20th, 2017. I was sitting at one of the tables in the Schreiber High School library with countless other students, each of us patiently awaiting the inauguration of the…
“There was a time before, and there will be a time after.” I think it is imperative that I start to live my life with a new mantra. I’ve decided that that mantra will be, “There was a time before, and there will be a time after.” Maybe this way, I can put some of…
“A distant version of whom he once was, and whom he always wanted to be.” The boy’s hands were empty, yet his life was so full. Each and every day was the same routine for him; his hours felt endless, left him exhausted, and his imagination failed to energize him as it had before. The…
“I remembered that the real world was wide, and that a varied field of hopes and fears, of sensations and excitements, awaited those who had the courage to go forth into its expanse, to seek real knowledge of life amidst its perils.” from Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brönte Hello, reader! Thank you for visiting my website! On…