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Kathy Miller

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Writer of books, herder of cats

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Stigma and the (un)deserving sick

I had lung cancer. And every time I talk about my cancer, I find myself explaining that the carcinoid cancer…

AHCA, cancer, healthcare, lung cancer, stigma, Trumpcare

Thirty Five Years of Conferences

In May of 1982, I was a twenty-three year old master’s student attending my first academic conference. Held at the…

boston, Careers, conferences, craft, writing

The Japanese Surrender – In Lincoln, Nebraska

8:00 p.m. Thursday, August 13, 1945. Lincoln, Nebraska. Marj took advantage of the brief quiet from the teletype machines and…

Creative nonfiction, Japanese Surrender, journalism, Marj Paxson, United Press, Women in journalism and media professions

Reflections on Professing

I’m not making a clean break. I’m still advising a few graduate students. I’m still editing a major journal. I’ll…

Academia, Colleges and Universities, New York Times, Professors, Student Engagement

The Assertive Woman

A couple weeks ago, my sister and I spent some time nosing through the stacks of a great used bookstore.…

assertiveness, Feminism, women don't ask

A Small Part of Women’s History

I met Nan last fall when she took the initiative to start a book club in my condo building. On…

Betty Friedan, Feminine Mystique, National Organization for Women, Oral History, Second wave feminism, Women's History Month, Women's liberation

An International Gathering of Women, 1965

Last Sunday was International Women’s Day. In checking up on the history of the event, I discovered that its first…

Feminism, Hillary Clinton, International Women's Day, Marj Paxson, Theta Sigma Phi, Women in journalism and media professions, Women's History Month

Internet Trolls and Patricia Arquette

In May of 1966, Marie Anderson, women’s editor of the Miami Herald, received a letter from an angry reader. It…

Feminism, Internet abuse, Internet trolls, intersectionality, Jaclyn Munson, Jamia Wilson, Jessica Valenti, Jill Filipovic, Lindy West, Marie Anderson, Patricia Arquette

#amwriting

I’ve been pretty busy lately. I’m commuting between Tacoma, Washington and Phoenix for my final semester of teaching at ASU.…

Ellen Goodman, Go Set a Watchman. #amwriting, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, writing

Birthday Greetings, Seminar Rooms, and Walter

U.S. newspaper headlines on January 13, 2015 were about continuing investigations into the terrorist attack at Charlie Hedbo office, about…

Arizona State University, community, Friends Congregational Church, Michigan State University, teaching, Texas A&M University, University of Kansas

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