Catherine Prendergast – Medium

Catherine Prendergast

Catherine Prendergast
in
Human Parts

My Father’s Lost and Found Corpse

What happens when your mother refuses to bury your father

10 min readSep 19, 2019

--

9

My Father’s Lost and Found Corpse

--

9

Catherine Prendergast

How an Abortion in 1910 Changed the World

Vera Connolly went on to become one of the most effective progressive journalists of her day.

6 min readJun 12, 2019

--

2

How an Abortion in 1910 Changed the World

--

2

Catherine Prendergast

Jack London, Plagiarist

The worst poem Jack London never wrote.

5 min readFeb 18, 2019

--

1

Jack London, Plagiarist

--

1

Catherine Prendergast

Tennis has a Justin Gimelstob Problem

The former lackluster pro should have been shunned long before his recent charges of assaults

3 min readDec 5, 2018

--

2

Tennis has a Justin Gimelstob Problem

--

2

Catherine Prendergast

How the Piedmont became Oakland’s “City of Millionaires”

Gentrification and suburbia started sooner than you think.

9 min readDec 2, 2018

--

1

How the Piedmont became Oakland’s “City of Millionaires”

--

1

Catherine Prendergast

What Comes Before the Swastikas

After following news on social media of the domestic terror attack on Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh today, I found myself needing a…

3 min readOct 28, 2018

--

2

What Comes Before the Swastikas

--

2

Catherine Prendergast

The Dirtiest Secret in Tennis

You might as well ask children to carry the player’s toilet.

4 min readOct 22, 2018

--

2

The Dirtiest Secret in Tennis

--

2

Catherine Prendergast

To the Women Who Tuck my Tag Back into My Shirt

What are you doing? I mean, really what?

3 min readOct 15, 2018

--

3

To the Women Who Tuck my Tag Back into My Shirt

--

3

Catherine Prendergast

Cocktail Menu for Women during Kavanaugh Confirmation Season

Anita Hill Aviator

2 min readOct 5, 2018

--

1

Cocktail Menu for Women during Kavanaugh Confirmation Season

--

1

Catherine Prendergast

Want to Know if a Tennis Ump is Sexist?

Here’s How:

5 min readSep 15, 2018

--

Want to Know if a Tennis Ump is Sexist?

--

Catherine Prendergast

Catherine Prendergast

Professor at the University of Illinois and author of The Gilded Edge (Dutton Press, Oct. 2021). Representation: Anna Sproul-Latimer of Neon Literary.

Following

Help
Status
About
Careers
Press
Blog
Privacy
Terms
Text to speech
Teams