@article{Preston_2014, title={Dear Rosa}, volume={14}, url={https://journal.idea-edu.com/index.php/home/article/view/61}, DOI={10.37113/ideaj.vi0.61}, abstractNote={<div class="page" title="Page 7"> <div class="layoutArea"> <div class="column"> <p>11 June 2013</p> <p>Dear US Homeland Security Agent #94142587 Rosa Gomez,</p> <p>I am writing to you today after having returned to my homeland, New Zealand, from a trip to the United States of America on 2 May 2013. I was processed through the Los Angeles International Airport inTerminal 5.You are the officer who inspected my bags.</p> <p>During that inspection, you came upon a small matchbox, and as it was deemed to constitute a flammable substance, it was confiscated. Understandably so, as a list of prohibited items is clearly posted throughout the airport and on the Homeland Security website.</p> <p>At the time, our interaction was necessarily brief because a queue of grumpy passengers from a 14-hour bumpy plane ride was forming. Perhaps you remember me? I have had time to reflect on this incident and think it important to share with you the nature of that matchbox and the power it holds.</p> </div> </div> </div>}, number={1}, journal={idea journal}, author={Preston, Julieanna}, year={2014}, month={Jul.}, pages={4–13} }