Notes From My Desk…

This is where I publish my thinking as it develops.

Some posts explore AI governance, public policy, accessibility, education, and technology. Others are observations about learning, digital culture, or the systems that shape everyday life. Not everything fits neatly into a single category, and that's intentional.

I publish when there is something worth saying rather than to a fixed schedule. Sometimes that means several posts in a week. Sometimes it means a longer pause while I'm researching or building something new.

Essays REITA WILLIAMS Essays REITA WILLIAMS

When Aesthetics Became Identities

Television and film taught us to desire worlds as much as stories. Platforms did something different: they named those worlds, made them searchable and gave us the means to inhabit them. From Nancy Meyers kitchens to dark academia and Black aesthetic cultures, what happens when taste becomes a ready-made language for identity?

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