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Author: Lauren Ward

Finding Light in Dark Places

September 22, 2015September 25, 2015 Lauren Ward

About two weeks ago it happened, again: I found myself crumpled on the floor sobbing with everything in me. A bottle of Z-Quil sat on my desk, standing tall and mocking me in every way. I knew in my heart of hearts that it wouldn’t do any good, knew that it wasn’t what I really […]

That’s What She Said: The Story of Marcia Melissa Bassett-Goodwin

March 24, 2015March 22, 2015 Lauren Ward

I’m in a class right called Restoration History, and before the semester began it was the course I was looking forward to the least. An entire semester of learning about old, dead white men who were racist, sexist, and worst of all: privileged and unaware? No thank you. Needless to say it was an experience […]

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