Nicknames
Several months into our relationship, my boyfriend began calling me Skillet. I pictured the heavy, cast-iron implement on our stove: indestructible, practical, built to withstand extreme heat.
Matriarchist by Dr. Tamara MC
Flipping off the patriarchy one pink fingernail at a time. Join the movement to free the world from gender-based violence and coercive control. We sprinkle matriarchal magnificence wherever we fly.
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Dr. Tamara MC is a memoirist, poet, and cultural critic whose work appears in The New York Times, Newsweek, SLATE,Salon, HuffPost, and 90+ publications.
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