Felicity Shoulders

Nebula-nominated spec-fic author, eclectic reader, myth collector, piemaker & dinosaur enthusiast. My stories have appeared in Asimov's & elsewhere.

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Felicity Shoulders

Feb 27

Patriots, not cynics

I’ve been thinking a lot about patriotism lately — no, actually, I’ve been feeling patriotic. I’ve always loved America, but as a student of history and as a progressive, it’s been hard to express that love in a simple, succinct way. My love of country has always had a lot of shade and…

America the Beautiful: Machete Order

I grew up in a household that thought “America the Beautiful” should be our national anthem. My mom liked that it was a peace song instead of a war song; we all liked that it spoke more broadly about the country than narrowly to our success fending off the British…

How to make a sturdy, rain-proof protest sign

I woke up the day before the Women’s March and felt a need to make a sign. I’d never done this before though, and the online resources I immediately found were pretty vague: “attach handle”, for instance. The whole reason I was googling was to find…