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Mary Annaïse Heglar

Where I’m Writing Now

Haven’t updated my Medium page in a while, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been quiet!

Jun 30, 2020

Where I’m Writing Now

Jun 30, 2020

Home is Always Worth It

The first time I met what I have come to not-so-affectionately know as a “doomer dude” was in 2007. I was volunteering with a New York…

Sep 12, 2019

Home is Always Worth It

Sep 12, 2019

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Climate Change Isn’t Racist — People Are

We cannot assess the damage without looking at the impact on people of color

Aug 13, 2019

Climate Change Isn’t Racist — People Are

Aug 13, 2019

But the Greatest of These is Love

To face climate change, hope won’t be enough. Fear won’t be enough. And neither will anger. What we really need is love. Hear me out.

Jul 17, 2019

But the Greatest of These is Love

Jul 17, 2019

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Climate Change Isn’t the First Existential Threat

People of color know about building movements, about courage, about survival

Feb 18, 2019

Climate Change Isn’t the First Existential Threat

Feb 18, 2019

Blood at the Root: Black Americans, Southern Soil, and Shared Trauma

Black bodies and the Southern earth simultaneously became unfeeling objects from which one could extract endlessly, and mercilessly.

Dec 20, 2018

Blood at the Root: Black Americans, Southern Soil, and Shared Trauma

Dec 20, 2018

Feel Something, Learn Something, Do Something: A Care Package for Climate Grief

About two weeks ago, I wrote about my personal journey through climate grief and mourning. The response to that piece, including its…

Oct 23, 2018

Oct 23, 2018

When Climate Change Broke My Heart and Forced Me to Grow Up

This week, the world-revered International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) issued a damning report — more like a prognosis — on our…

Oct 10, 2018

When Climate Change Broke My Heart and Forced Me to Grow Up

Oct 10, 2018

The Mouth of a Shark

A baby ripped from her mother’s breast. A desperate father resorting to suicide after being separated from his son. A 20-year-old college…

Jun 25, 2018

The Mouth of a Shark

Jun 25, 2018

How Does It Feel? The Failure of Language in the Age of Climate Change

We don’t know how to talk about climate change.

Mar 6, 2018

How Does It Feel? The Failure of Language in the Age of Climate Change

Mar 6, 2018

Mary Annaïse Heglar

Mary Annaïse Heglar

I write about climate change/grief/justice. Author of Troubled Waters & The World is Ours to Cherish. Birmingham-bred, Mississippi-fed, New Orleans-based.

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