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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Ways to Happen to Yourself
Today marks Day 11 of ’s annual challenge and fundraiser, 1000 Words of Summer. The goal is to write 1000 words a day for two weeks, in a furious but contained burst of generation and creativity. You don’t have to know what you’re going to...
The Ever-Replenishing Spring of Jesus Biopics
My atheist husband and I have started watching The Chosen.
I know this is a terrible photo, but I was unwilling to use a movie poster for the Jesus Film (see below) as the thumbnail for this entire essay. Image belongs to the author.
For...
Still Reckoning, Five Years In
In its current form, my memoir1 concludes on Memorial Day, 2023: “the same holiday weekend when I drove into Boulder two years ago, launching this all-consuming recalibration of self.”
When I sat down for morning pages yesterday (Monday)...
Cat Toys on a Fishing Pole
Hello, folks.
Several readers are new here thanks to last week’s deep dive on the discourse around Yesteryear. If that’s you, thanks for reading, and I’m glad you’re here!
Atlantic Ocean under dramatic, roiling clouds. I wish I lived clo...
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...
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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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