Residuum
Kaya OakesWriting at the intersections of gender, culture, education, politics, cancer and religion... and many other things.
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Kayfabe
Years back, there was a pattern among theologians, religion journalists and clergy on social media. Many of them were into posting about the usual things you’d suspect from that group of people: God memes, videos of popes making borderline...
Summer loving
I’m currently teaching a three week intensive class on writing about art and culture, so this newsletter and most other things have moved to the back burner. Eventually, I’ll be back here with something substantial, but until then, thanks t...
There is no such thing as a writing community
Recently someone forwarded an email about private writing classes, including one that promised to help people “find a writing community.” This idea of finding one’s writing community via a paid service also gets used in advertising for MFA...
The point of entry
Recently, I had to provide my official bio for something, and it was demoralizing. My writing career, so to speak, pretty much ground to a halt in 2023 with the cancer diagnosis. The book that came out in 2024 probably flopped (I have yet t...
Tits
San Francisco, 1984. Via the GLBT Historical Society.
A girl is born and her whole world revolves around breasts. The breast is there to feed her, to shut her up, to nourish her, to teach her lessons about hunger and want, and then one day...
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Book #6, Not So Sorry, is available now. Teaching writing at UC Berkeley, living in Oakland CA, writing about gender, religion, culture, and life with cancer. This newsletter is free.
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