I see connections everywhere; all things are implicitly and explicitly connected in some capacity. I identify as a radical feminist in that I am constantly examining life, interactions, and institutions through an understanding of structural patriarchy. It is through this radical feminist lens that I explore issues of trauma, mental illness, and violence, especially sexual violence. Using photography, printmaking, bookmaking, installation, and painting, I am trying to explore and understand the relationships between the images and objects and interpretations of the roles and values of women and our bodies. I collect a variety of materials including books, clothing, linens, household objects as the foundation for many of these works, turning utilitarian, functional objects into works of art, no longer functional nor utilitarian. I use self-portraiture and found images including didactic photography to reveal contradictions and, often unrealistic, expectations of the boxes we have been forced into. Through all of these different modalities, I aim to create an understanding and urgency regarding the feminist and personal issues that I examine within my work.