Includes bibliographical references and index.

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- -- Preface -- Notes on Contributors -- Identity and the Millenials -- A Letter to the Teammates of Locker Room Talk / Brittany Walsh -- You Don’t Look like You’re Mexican / Alexseñia Ralat -- Police Brutality through the Eyes of the Brutalized / Dwight Brown -- Severity of Sex Trade amongst Children in Cambodia / Claire Parrish -- Women in Sports / Morgan Vogels -- Coffee Rings / Katy Swift -- Science Fiction or Science Fact / Kara Niles -- Demands on University Millennials -- American Dream or American Nightmare? / Kaytlin M. Jacoby -- New Year, New Me / Alec Reyes -- Scars / James Kruse -- Hopeful among the Hopeless / Dean Larrick -- Acting for Facebook / Ben Brawner -- How Millenials Cope -- Dying Is Easy, Comedy Is Hard / Grace Piper -- Not in My Head / Bric Martin -- Oh, Baby / Stephanie Simon -- The Untracable Mob / S. H. Suits -- Not Your Gay Best Friend, Just Your Best Friend / Bryce Cherry -- Prescribing Addiction / Claire Prendergast.

Critical stories are more than just anecdotes or tales. They are narratives that raconter, or recount, the author’s own experiences, situating them in broader cultural contexts. Just as the autoethnographer situates the self in relation to the “others” of which the self is both a part and from which it is distinct, the critical storyteller situates his or her story of conflict in relation to the broader reality from which the conflict arises. The key is the reality that is being related and the perspective from which it is being shared. In Critical Storytelling in Millennial Times , marginalized, excluded, and oppressed people share insights from their liminality and help readers learn from their perspectives and experiences. Examples of stories in this volume range from undergraduate perspectives on financial aid for college students, to narratives on first-hand police brutality, to heartbreaking tales about addiction, bullying, and the child sex trade in Cambodia. Undergraduate authors relate their stories and pose important questions to the reader about inciting change for the future. Follow along in their journeys and learn what you can do to make a change in your own reality. Contributors are: Ben Brawner, Dwight Brown, Bryce Cherry, Kaytlin Jacoby, Jimmy Kruse, Dean Larrick, Bric Martin, Kara Niles, Claire Parrish, Grace Piper, Claire Prendergast, Alexsenia Ralat, Alec Reyes, Stephanie Simon, S. H. Suits, Katy Swift, Morgan Vogels, and Brittany Walsh.