Critic at Play
McKenzie Watson-ForeI write literary criticism and cultural commentary focused on white American evangelicalism and the female experience.
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Taking the Tradwives Seriously
For a while, I wasn’t paying any attention to the Yesteryear discourse. Tradwives aren’t my beat—which is weird, because the female experience within religious contexts and communities is my beat, but somehow, I’ve never been particularly f...
A Note in a Bottle in the Rain
A gentle rain is falling outside my window. My cat — a small, derpy, Standard Issue Cat — is curled up against my calves, underneath the handknitted alpaca blanket I made during the early months of the pandemic.
the view from my reading s...
Interlocking Systems of Alienation
Today’s Critic at Play will be short and sweet because I have two other pieces out this week!
First off, HAPPY PUB DAY to Stephanie Stalvey, former church kid, graphic memoirist, and author of Everything in Color: a Love Story, available...
I can't not write about the CNN 'rape academy'
[Please note: this essay includes graphic discussion of rape and sexual assault. Please take care of yourself while reading, be respectful with your comments, and disengage if that’s what you need. The essay starts heavy, but it gets bright...
A Song of Mothers and Daughters
The titular essay in ’s new book, Woman House: Essays and Assemblages, opens with this scene:
“I grew up watching old movies with my mother. Together, we’d sit side by side, our bodies parallel, sunk within the plush and fold of oversize...
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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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