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CAST and Real Things That Have Been Written to Me

May 12, 2025

Phoebe McChesney

Franny Choi’s spoken word performance, “Whiteness Walks into a Bar,” is so very resonant with me. I first watched it in a Comparative American Studies (CAST) class and it later became a centerpiece for a BIPOC dialogue I co-facilitated later that year.

Phoebe McChesney.

Cathy Park Hong and Real Life

March 29, 2025

Phoebe McChesney

There’s a lot to unpack in Hong’s narrative. What stands out to me, other than her being an Oberlin alum, is that she defines an experience that for me has been previously unspeakable.

Phoebe McChesney.

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