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  • Why I’m Glad I Read Toni Morrison’s Beloved (Even Though I Didn’t Want To)

    Why I’m Glad I Read Toni Morrison’s Beloved (Even Though I Didn’t Want To)0

    “I am very unexcited to read this book,” I told a classmate of mine as I stared at the copy of Beloved sitting on the table in front of me.   I would describe myself as a book lover, but my fiction quota is relatively low. It’s not that I don’t like fiction. Rather, if

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  • Why I’m a ‘Misogynist’

    Why I’m a ‘Misogynist’0

    I’ve received any number of insults in the years since I began writing publicly. Lest you feel sorry for me, let me state up front that insults are a fact of life that any writer must learn to roll with, particularly if one writes for an online audience. But I must admit that there is

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  • Why I’ll Never Own a Cat (And Why You Shouldn’t Either)

    Why I’ll Never Own a Cat (And Why You Shouldn’t Either)0

    Last summer, a few neighbor children came running up to our house. They had found a litter of kittens under their deck. My 5-year-old daughter was out the door so fast I didn’t have the opportunity to shout, “Stop! Brain parasites!” I’ve been deathly afraid of cats for five years now. It all stems from

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  • Why I’ll Miss Carrie Fisher

    Why I’ll Miss Carrie Fisher0

    Carrie Fisher once said her life could be summed up in a single sentence: “If my life weren’t funny, it would just be true.” At the heart of this sentence lies the reason I will miss Carrie Fisher: She was honest. The love of truth is a rare thing. T.S. Eliot and others have observed

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  • Why I teach a course called ‘White Racism’

    Why I teach a course called ‘White Racism’0

    The need for students to learn about racism in American society existed long before I began teaching a course called “White Racism” at Florida Gulf Coast University earlier this year. I chose to title my course “White Racism” because I thought it was scholarly and succinct, precise and powerful. But others saw it differently. Many

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  • Why I Support ‘Intellectual Takeout’

    Why I Support ‘Intellectual Takeout’3

    I’m a young traditionalist. Those are fighting words these days, I know! But I’m here to fight. I’m a religious wife, mother, novelist, writer, and special educator under the age of 30. I currently stay at home to raise my two toddler sons, and, God willing, more children in the future. I spend my time

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