Academia is messy. It’s also an adventure.

Social media reminds me that today marks nine years since I left California for Michigan and PhD school. I never could have predicted the adventures that would follow (or the anxiety disorders). The job market prompted a level of depression I hadn't experienced since my teen years as well as a good deal of reflection …

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I study lesbians.

When I first entered grad school I saw myself studying women of the Progressive Era. Suffragists/ettes especially. My advisor encouraged me down another path and these days I'm almost always glad she did. My abbreviated answer to the obligatory "what do you work on?" is, "I study lesbians" (read: professional lesbian). The proper answer is, …

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