Talking Like Girls
September 21, 2021
Sometimes, people say things to us. Things that probably wouldn’t be said to us, at least not with the same frequency, if we were men.
Read MoreWhat Does a Folklorist Do?
August 31, 2021
You know how a routine part of small talk is asking and answering the question: “So what do you do?” No one ever expects you to say “I’m a folklorist!”…
Read MoreThe “I Want” Songs of Disney Princesses
August 24, 2021
Musing on Emily and Amelia Nagoski’s idea that every Disney heroine has an ‘I Want’ song
Read MoreIn Defense of Pea Princesses
August 17, 2021
In which Sara defends the princess of “The Princess and the Pea.”
Read MoreIn Search of Lightning
July 19, 2021
What do you do when you just can’t manage to get struck by creative lightning?
Read MoreAre You an Elinor or a Marianne?
July 6, 2021
The other day, I was walking around my new neighborhood, admiring all the little Craftsman houses and lusting over the billions of hydrangeas. (I’m 100% getting some next year –…
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