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A personal collection of journalistic investigations,
personal essays, research pieces, & more
by Jena Lin Manning
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Double Trouble Caffeine & Cocktails: The Holistic Third Place
In the last semester of my undergraduate career at Rice University, I decided to take on an ethnographic research class in the Sociology...
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Playing Like A Real Man: Conforming to Traditional Masculinity Norms On the Football Field
In the last semester of my undergraduate career at Rice University, I decided to take on an ethnographic research class in the Sociology...
Jena L. Manning
El rol crítico de ECLOF Ecuador en la productividad de los pequeños agricultores ecuatorianos
In Spring 2023, I completed an intensive Spanish language study abroad program in Ecuador, which offered classroom studies about...
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A Lesson On S(elf-love)EX
The following story is part of my collection of personal essays called The Menial Stories of a 21-Year-Old. It portrays my own...
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The Kissing
The following story is part of my collection of personal essays called The Menial Stories of a 21-Year-Old. It portrays my own...
Jena L. Manning
Left to My Own Devices
The following story is part of my collection of personal essays called The Menial Stories of a 21-Year-Old. It portrays my own...
Jena L. Manning
November 8, 2019
The following story is part of my collection of personal essays called The Menial Stories of a 21-Year-Old. It portrays my own...
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A Love Letter to Zane
The following story is part of my collection of personal essays called The Menial Stories of a 21-Year-Old. It portrays my own...
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Vibing in Love
The following story is part of my collection of personal essays called The Menial Stories of a 21-Year-Old. It portrays my own...
Jena L. Manning
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