Collected Item: “Shay Koloff Oral History, 2022/06/10”
Title
Shay Koloff
Who conducted the interview? List all names, separated by comma.
Kit Heintzman
Who was interviewed? List all names, separated by commas.
Shay Koloff
Email Address(es) for all interviewers. Separated by comma.
kheintzman@gmail.com
Use one-word hashtags (separated by commas) to describe your oral history. For example: Where did it originate? How does this object make you feel? How does this object relate to the pandemic?
#abortion, #adoption, #Colorado, #ColoradoSprings, #COVID+, #cruise, #depression, #diabetes, #equality, #family, #fear, #friendship, #gardening, #HilaryClinton, #holistic, #homeschooling, #kindergarten, #mentalhealth, #MMIW, #motherhood, #Oklahoma, #PCOS, #police, #race, #racism, #relocation, #testing, #Thanksgiving, #touch, #vaccination, #weight
What is the format of your recording?
Audio
In what ZIP code is the primary residence of the interviewee? (enter 5-digit ZIP code; for example, 00544 or 94305)? In what city/town/village does the interviewee live? In what country does the interviewee live? All comma-separated.
Colorado Springs, Colorado
What is the gender of the interviewee? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their gender in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a gender identity to interviewees.*
She/her
What is the age of the interviewee?
25 to 34
How does the interviewee describe their race or ethnicity? Be sure to allow interviewees to self-identify their race/ethnicity in the pre-interview or interview. *Do not assign a racial or ethnic identity to interviewees.*
African American
Describe the oral history.
Some of the things we discussed included:
Being on a cruise with an exposed passenger just as the pandemic had started.
Moving from Oklahoma to Colorado in 2020; housing prices; meeting new people in the community online; mother moving to Colorado to join.
Working at a medical office offering medical cannabis cards pre-pandemic, changing careers mid-pandemic and becoming an entrepreneur.
The pandemic push to support small businesses.
Working outside the home and inside the home and motherhood; spending time with daughter.
Young daughter’s (3-5 years old) understanding of the pandemic.
Hyperactivity, homeschooling, and in classroom learning.
Surface level friendships.
Long battle with health issues, body image.
Having lost 100lbs during the pandemic; having more grace and kindness with the self, body dysmorphia.
Becoming more hopeful.
Being African American and while living in a predominantly Caucasian city and with a predominantly Caucasian friend group.
Starting an anonymous blog as a space to share experiences of being a Black woman in America.
Police brutality, murdered and missing Indigenous women, sex trafficking.
USA drowned towns.
Raising a daughter and watching abortion laws change.
Catching COVID in early 2022 shortly after vaccination; worries about infecting mother in her 60s.
Managing COVID symptoms with herbal medicines.
Easy access to vaccination, inaccessible testing and testing results.
Returning to fun childhood activities, reading
The pandemic as a reset, a reminder of impermanence.
https://linktr.ee/thebroomcircle
Being on a cruise with an exposed passenger just as the pandemic had started.
Moving from Oklahoma to Colorado in 2020; housing prices; meeting new people in the community online; mother moving to Colorado to join.
Working at a medical office offering medical cannabis cards pre-pandemic, changing careers mid-pandemic and becoming an entrepreneur.
The pandemic push to support small businesses.
Working outside the home and inside the home and motherhood; spending time with daughter.
Young daughter’s (3-5 years old) understanding of the pandemic.
Hyperactivity, homeschooling, and in classroom learning.
Surface level friendships.
Long battle with health issues, body image.
Having lost 100lbs during the pandemic; having more grace and kindness with the self, body dysmorphia.
Becoming more hopeful.
Being African American and while living in a predominantly Caucasian city and with a predominantly Caucasian friend group.
Starting an anonymous blog as a space to share experiences of being a Black woman in America.
Police brutality, murdered and missing Indigenous women, sex trafficking.
USA drowned towns.
Raising a daughter and watching abortion laws change.
Catching COVID in early 2022 shortly after vaccination; worries about infecting mother in her 60s.
Managing COVID symptoms with herbal medicines.
Easy access to vaccination, inaccessible testing and testing results.
Returning to fun childhood activities, reading
The pandemic as a reset, a reminder of impermanence.
https://linktr.ee/thebroomcircle
On what date did you record this oral history?
2022-06-10T14:30