by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Teens
I have a vision in my head of antisemitism. What I thought it was: Barbed wire fences and crazed soldiers, yellow stars blinking against the dark hue of a winter coat, the looming choice of a baptism or execution. Swastikas, stabbings, shootings, news headlines...
by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Identity, Teens
When you learn something new in school, have you ever asked yourself, “When are we ever going to use this in real life?” I know I have. Many times (especially in calculus). This past year I took AP European History. Don’t get me wrong, I love learning about history,...
by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Teens
Artist’s Statement: Oftentimes we feel stranded. Alone. Helpless. Lost. Longing for something new, different. My piece “Stranded” combines all these feelings. Taken in a field devastated by years of California drought, a somewhat “ugly” location, yet the main...
by Tani Prell | May 23, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Identity, Teens
The man The man who roams the earth Breaking hearts and breaking bones The man who is entitled To his white privilege and the mistreatment of females The man who believes That he is deserving of more love than he gives to others The man who doesn’t see people He only...
by Tani Prell | May 21, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Identity
Originally published on FairSquare Comics. INTERTWINED: THE SPIRIT OF WUXING SAGA will be a special hardcover premium edition of our Kung Fu Noir immigrant led series, binding the entire story (and much more) into a single 316-pages volume. Hi. I’m...
by Tani Prell | Apr 17, 2024 | Arts & Culture, Holidays, Identity, Jewish Ritual
Join Workitu as she prepares for Passover as a child living in Ethiopia. Despite wanting to hold onto her favorite cup, we learn with Workitu her Jewish village’s tradition of smashing their old plates and cups for Passover to rid them of chametz, or any wheat,...
