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Women in Academia

A couple of weeks ago, I flipped through the mail and unceremoniously tore open an envelope stamped Do Not Bend. I slipped the diploma out and gazed at it, proof that my graduation from Pacific University’s MFA Program in Writing was, in fact, real. Then I stared, shocked, at what leapt off the Unbendable Page,Continue reading “Women in Academia”

Catcalling

Yesterday I left work in tartan rain boots and clutched a tartan umbrella. I felt cute, a little sassy with my Macalester College pride-inspired rain gear, but I peeked out from under the umbrella at the rolling clouds with some sense of foreboding. A tornado watch was in effect through the length of my wholeContinue reading “Catcalling”