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Critic at Play

McKenzie Watson-Fore
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I write literary criticism and cultural commentary focused on white American evangelicalism and the female experience.

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Latest Issues

Two invitations

Today’s post is short because I’m spending most of this week re-reading the books we’ll be discussing at next week’s panel, “Between the Thinking-Island and the Saying-Shore: Women Writing Against Taboo,” featuring Julia Cohen, , and .

Fr...

5 days ago
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THE TEEN DEATH MUSICAL

I was in New York last week for a combination husband’s-work-trip and husband’s-friend’s-wedding, and while I was there, I got to squeeze in a Broadway show. To some extent, seeing a Broadway show has taken on the faux-moral intensity of a...

12 days ago
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An upcoming author panel about blood, sex, and tears

Happy Tuesday, and welcome to Critic at Play! This is typically a weekly newsletter about culture, criticism, and literature from a post-evangelical lens. Plus, I make art!

Keep up with Critic at Play: great book recommendations, literary...

19 days ago
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Growing up gay at Focus on the Family

Almost every Friday, I have the pleasure of attending “Creative Study Hall.” This is a two-hour gathering of women in a renovated former one-room-schoolhouse, Schoolhouse Studios, and we all bring out own projects and spend the two hours ta...

a month ago
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the Platitudypus

Have you ever approached someone trusted with something difficult in your life, and they met your authentic question/cry for connection with a pat answer, a platitude? A stock phrase less designed to respond to your suffering and more desig...

a month ago
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    Hi there! I'm a writer, critic, and artist. I write about white American evangelicalism and the female experience, and I serve as the executive editor for sneaker wave magazine.

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