You know how your senses can take you back to a place and time? Smells, scents, tastes...they can provoke a flood of memories, good or bad. A Vietnam veteran might flinch when a car backfires, because at that moment he's back in the dark jungle with bullets whizzing past his head. The same can be …
Category: sociology
Reflections & Opinions on Jonestown
Racial Dynamics CW: Mentions of suicide and child death Peoples Temple and Jim Jones touted themselves as racially progressive. They promoted racial equality in the press, and they provided services to some communities in need during their time in the United States. Jones was so proud of his "rainbow family." But I think that he …
Why I Often Think About Henry “Hank” Gafforio
As an avid consumer of the true crime genre, I obviously read about a whole spate of sad things. An occurrence that I find particularly sad, though, is when certain people who have been harmed seem to slip through the cracks, fading into obscurity over time as if they never existed. Society attributes greater or …
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An Essay on Restorative Justice
The Well of College Papers and Essays will not be going dry any time soon, for I have made good use of Google Drive throughout my education. I am researching for a new piece; thought I'd share this in the meantime and jump head-first into the controversial! Feel free to comment your thoughts. Note: If …
An Essay on “Cyntoia’s Story”
For my first real post (real as in about something, other than just talking about myself), I thought it might be fun to share an essay I wrote in 2013 for a Criminology course I was taking. Since the exciting news of Cyntoia Brown's imminent release from prison, this essay might be an interesting lil' …
