by Katie | Oct 20, 2020 | Freelance Academic, Journalism, Writing and Publishing
This new column tackles the issues that higher ed workers (and many others) face when they want to try writing for the public: in magazines, on social media, and more. How do you get started? What are the risks involved? (There are risks? Yes.) How do you write for...
by Katie | Oct 20, 2018 | Journalism, Lady Issues, Social Justice
:: I woke up this morning to the most bizarre news story. I mean, truly bizarre. The CNN headline read like this: “Lioness kills the father of her 3 cubs at Indianapolis Zoo.” It went on this way: After hearing a lot of noise in the lion pen, zoo personnel...
by Katie | Aug 8, 2018 | Disability, Journalism
:: Last week, some friends and I launched a magazine to give disability writers a place to publish their work that doesn’t quite fit normate expectations. We’ve called it DISABILITY ACTS, a play on words with the ADA. We’re using Medium as a hosting...
by Katie | May 15, 2017 | Journalism, Law, Social Justice
:: When the FCC Chair mouths off about his duty to enforce rules when discussing speech offensive to his own political party, his words have a chilling effect on speech. On Monday, May 1, 2017, Stephen Colbert, host of The Late Show, unleashed a string of school-yard...
by Katie | Feb 24, 2017 | Journalism, Law, Social Justice
:: I’ve been writing about freedom of the press and authoritarianism, but also about the judiciary and separation of powers. Mostly this writing is fast-paced and exhausting in its fast-paced-ness, but it is worth it. You can catch it all here: (1) DAME...
by Katie | Mar 10, 2016 | Book Reviews, Disability, Journalism
You might have noticed some changes to the website. I’m really happy with some of them, so I thought I’d highlight them in a post. (1) Total new look. New header image! (The site now possesses a header image.) New colors. (The site now possess colors.) New...