Laurie EssigOn Being KarenLike a lot of progressive white women, I insist I am not a Karen. Karen is the meme-i-fied version of normative white femininity…Jul 6, 2020Jul 6, 2020
Laurie EssigMy Feminist Sophie’s ChoiceApparently, people are having more vivid dreams during the Corona virus quarantine. I know I am. I wake up most mornings having just…May 3, 20201May 3, 20201
Laurie EssigSo If Elizabeth Warren Drops Out, Which Sexist Dude Shoud I Support?A Feminist’s Guide to the 2020 ElectionFeb 15, 2020Feb 15, 2020
Laurie EssigThank You Bernie. Now Good-Bye.In 2015, I was all in for Bernie Sanders. I gave him money, bought tee shirts with his bespectacled visage on them, I went to New…Jul 24, 2019Jul 24, 2019
Laurie EssigWhen to Scream STFUSeveral recent controversies have me thinking about the rules of free speech vs. symbolic violence in academe. Let me take three recent…May 9, 2017May 9, 2017
Laurie EssigMy Child is a Tomboy, Trans, Cis… Okay a ChildYesterday’s New York Time’s saw the publication of “My Daughter Is Not Transgender. She’s a Tomboy” by Lisa Selin Davis. In the piece…Apr 21, 2017Apr 21, 2017
Laurie EssigA Urinary Tranifesto: A Response to President Golden ShowersSome Background:Feb 23, 2017Feb 23, 2017
Laurie EssigWe got a lot of work to do. It doesn’t involve punching Nazis upside the head.Like a lot of people, I was part of the huge crowds in Washington, DC this weekend. And, like a lot of people, I didn’t just go to the…Jan 25, 2017Jan 25, 2017
Laurie EssigTrump, Tillerson and Putin: A Bromantic Love TriangleAlways follow the money. This truism is even truer in the state of hyper-global capitalism in which we exist.Dec 19, 2016Dec 19, 2016
Laurie EssigI am so f#@king mad!Like many Americans, I have been feeling this overwhelming anger, a kind of paralyzing, stop whatever I am doing or thinking and scream WTF…Nov 15, 2016Nov 15, 2016
