Monthly Archives: October 2016
Why I Will Walk the Line On October 19
I am going on strike because this is my twentieth year in the classroom and I am on step four at my university because the state system 1) did not see any “connection” between my other years of teaching and my teaching at KU and 2) refused to negotiate a contract with us once already […]
Society: Making Girls Feel Bad About Their Size Since Day One
Originally posted on Words by Megan Michael:
When I was a twelve-year-old in seventh grade, I was given my first BMI test; I was about 4’10, 125 pounds, and mostly muscle – but the nurse sent home a paper with me, which said that I was overweight. Needless to say, my overwhelmingly feminist mother was…
Writing About Place: Allentown
I am speaking at Muhlenberg tomorrow where one of the professors teaches my essay “No 13s in the Bs” from Philadelphia Reflections. I am going to read this piece about my Pappy to them. I read it on WHYY in 2010 and haven’t thought too much about it since (I was also invited to be the graduate […]
Making Our Voices Heard: PASSHE Women’s Consortium Annual Conference 2016 — Kutztown University English Department
I am honored to the chair of this conference. If you want to attend, let me know. There’s lots of great panels, speakers, and community! Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8, 2016 at Kutztown University’s McFarland Student Union BuildingTheme: Making Our Voices Heard Keynote Speaker, Friday evening: Amanda Beard-White, filmmaker, on being a […]
