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Books Are Our Superpower

The Five Writing Processes: Which One Is Yours?

A review of ‘A Grammar of Motives’ by Kenneth Burke

15 min readApr 22, 2024

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Grammarly, Plagiarism, and the Attack on Human Voices

A discussion of Grammarly and student plagiarism

10 min readApr 10, 2024

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Cozy Genres and Resting Archetypes

The characters who make us feel ‘cozy’ inside and why

9 min readMar 21, 2024

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Roses wrapped in a cardigan, a book, and two white ceramic hearts rest on a table.

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What PTSD Is and How to Heal

A review of ‘The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma’ by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.

12 min readJan 20, 2024

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Behind storm clouds is a beautiful sunrise.

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Postmodern Queer Southern Gothic Thriller— A Review

‘Facing the Curse’ by Patrick Bryce Wright is a genre-defying novel about love, family, and trauma

7 min readDec 4, 2023

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Writer’s Block, Student Morale, and the Danger of Rules

What to do when students say, ‘I can’t write’

7 min readJun 9, 2024

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An exhausted boy in a blue shirt sits on the ground next to a red box with a crossed out lightbulb in it representing Writer’s Block.

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Transgender Characters in 1689

Aphra Behn’s ‘To the Fair Clorinda’ and ‘The Widow Ranter’

6 min readJun 6, 2024

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Transgender Characters in 1689

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Princess as Gender Allegory in ‘Dealing With Dragons’

Patricia C. Wrede’s cozy fantasy made me feel accepted as a child

11 min readMay 22, 2024

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Cover of ‘Dealing With Dragons’ by Patricia C. Wrede featuring Cimorene (left) and Kazul (right)

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Survivors of Narcissistic Abuse

Narcissists Don’t Know You’re Alive

How philosophy can explain their flawed understanding of reality

11 min readMay 22, 2024

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Joy Tastes like Chinese Food

Celebrations throughout my life weren’t complete without this cuisine

6 min readMay 14, 2024

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Honey chicken with onions and peppers glistens deliciously.

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Amanda Melheim

Amanda Melheim

Grad student, ulcerative colitis survivor, happily divorced, nerd in EMDR therapy for CPTSD. I write to entertain and to raise awareness.

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