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On Sunday, I thought I shared a link to my new podcast, but it turns out I didn’t. Click here…
Today I begin a month-long series of summer workshops in essay and poetry that I hope will focus me for…
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The morning after Muhammad Ali died, I couldn’t stop thinking about all the times he called himself “pretty.” A corner…
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Last night, as I was wracking my brain to come up with an end-of-year post that was reflective, inspirational and…
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When Cameo King sent me questions about feminism to help me prepare for this broadcast, I had to take a…
For today’s Faith & Feminism Friday, I refer you to a conversation recorded over the summer when I was honored…
In a past life, I slut-shamed my future husband. Except I can’t really call it slut-shaming, because the standards of…
I came across the above quote last semester in my academic research but returned to it in June, when the…
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ME: I had a good life. My program wasn’t what I really wanted, and it was hard to do that…
Similar to how priests who abused children were shifted from parish to parish but never disciplined. Systemic. https://t.co/87lcN7n0mN — Mariam…
Around this time last year, I was parked in the lobby of a hotel in Tobago (the smaller island of…
