Christine Stoddard

As the founder of Quail Bell Press & Productions, Christine edits Quail Bell Magazine, directs documentaries, writes comics, and produces other art and media projects. In 2014, Folio Magazine named her one of the media industry's 20 visionaries in their 20s at the MediaNext Conference in New York City. Christine is also a Puffin Foundation emerging artist, a Southeast Review featured artist, and one of Style Weekly's Top 40 Under 40. She has edited two books of writings from Quail Bell Magazine--The Nest: An Anthology of The Unreal and Airborne: An Anthology of The Real (Brandylane Publishers). Christine also co-authored Images of America: Richmond Cemeteries (Arcadia Publishing).

How “si” and “aye” are Entwined in this Moment in History

by Christine Stoddard • September 16, 2014

I remember sitting in my sixth grade classroom poised to take a standardized test. My big, curly hair sat in a high ponytail. My light olive hand clutched a pencil. The florescent lights might as well have been a spotlight. Before the test began, I was faced with every multicultural child’s fear: the question of…