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I Made $275 Off The Odyssey’s Controversy

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Just before the release of Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, I posted an article on Medium titled “Putting a Cyclops In The Odyssey Is Woke Nonsense.”

A surprising number of people reacting to it didn’t seem to catch the fact that I was being facetious. The article was a satire of the overblown reaction from the far right to a highly anticipated film from an acclaimed director. Continue reading →

English Teachers of My Youth: Mrs. Carter

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10th grade: Mrs. Carter.

I did not like Mrs. Carter. This is important, because she was the first English teacher I decided I didn’t really care for. It wasn’t because she wasn’t good. She cared about us tremendously, employed creative means to educate us, and was always positive. But it’s important for me to know why.
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