https://www.marymaxfield.com/home daily 1.0 2024-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/1600112421105-XRJ4NCYQAZB1CF2FT3YM/Maxfield-photo.jpg Home Mary is interested in social justice as it relates to LGBTQ+ experiences, space and place, and digital technology. Their current research examines LGBTQIA+ organizations in St. Louis that use media and arts to form community. In all her work, Mary strives to bridge academic research, creative arts, and practical social change. https://www.marymaxfield.com/aboutme daily 0.75 2023-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/1600727499612-JYJUHGTT3CPBQIZITAS6/Maxfield-photo.jpg About Mary https://www.marymaxfield.com/dissertation daily 0.75 2021-03-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/1600725980087-FWR7DKVH13YM678SYMWB/charis+backstage.jpg Dissertation Mary (fifth from left) and fellow members of CHARIS, the St. Louis Women’s Chorus, 2019. Photo credit: Khat Kaye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/1600724930171-00DS7RIRKG20KIVUVT2L/charis+photo.jpg Dissertation Photo Credit: Leo Weisman, 2019. https://www.marymaxfield.com/lesbian-queer-st-louis daily 0.75 2021-03-21 https://www.marymaxfield.com/research daily 0.75 2022-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/1600725980087-FWR7DKVH13YM678SYMWB/charis+backstage.jpg Research Mary (fifth from left) and fellow members of CHARIS, the St. Louis Women’s Chorus, 2019. Photo credit: Khat Kaye. https://www.marymaxfield.com/writing daily 0.75 2024-07-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/6ad4649e-a5c1-4173-824e-fbf7b48a7722/Screen+Shot+2022-09-22+at+8.10.25+AM.png https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/1616286828136-DOFHWP4MCC90VLVS6QBP/self-care%2Band%2Bsocial%2Bdistance%2B%25282%2529.jpg Writing - Self-Care and Social Distance Over the past ten years, I have written personal essays and advice columns for Scarleteen, an LGBTQIA+-focused sexual health and support resource for teens and twentysomethings. My essay, “Self-Care and Social Distance” (originally published March 2020), found a wider audience as we struggled together to find ways to manage the “new normal” of life within a global pandemic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/1616287744200-IYGTFCGUOTA2NY13QUVP/Screen+Shot+2021-03-20+at+7.48.51+PM.png Writing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/1616287682923-6DSPCV00UZN1HSYD7L3F/sweeter+voices+still.jpeg Writing https://www.marymaxfield.com/talks daily 0.75 2023-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f5fc42975217a7b7a1a1fcc/5956392e-5ed7-4442-bbea-990b92bc1917/MHM+Ruth+Kim+2.jpg