Author, Advocate, and Academic for the Gifted & Twice-exceptional
A recent local Facebook discussion about whether or not to wear pantyhose (absolutely NOT!) and a more recent local newspaper article about the (not-that-long-ago) cultural and societal norm of wearing stockings prompted me to post my final project from a Spring 2022 course at Texas Woman's University, ENG 3293: American Literature: Realism-Present with Dr. James… Continue reading Spring 2022 Portfolio: “Matriarchy Review: A Feminist Literary Magazine for a New Era”
“You make me insane!” I’ve yelled at my husband at times. I never truly meant insane—only mad as heck! Unlike me (perhaps), however, Progressive-Era women did have something to be mad as heck about. Charlotte Perkins Gilman wrote “The Yellow Wallpaper” during the Progressive Era in America, a time of tremendous social, political, and educational… Continue reading Insanity Creeping Out: Progressive-Era Subjugation in “The Yellow Wallpaper”