True Florida Stories
As researchers from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium watch attentively through the camera’s point of view, a large, gray being swims inches below the water, her back skimming the salty air … Continue readingThe Atlantic sojourner
This film set is different from most — not because the whole crew is under the age of 23, and not because the budget is visibly tight but because it has about three times as many women as men, a number that reflects the wider mission of the club … Continue readingThe future is F.E.M.
I remember asking my mom once, “Why didn’t you put the eñe in my paperwork?”
There was an invisible little squiggle over the n in my last name. It signified that the Peña was pronounced pen-ya, not pen-a. While most of my classmates grew up knowing and never questioning their names, I didn’t fully understand mine until I was ten … Continue readingValió la peña
A grizzled man smoking a cigarette in his Confederate flag adorned pickup truck was the first time I saw a Florida stereotype in the flesh … Continue readingWarming up