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Unaffiliated

As far as selfies go, this one is uncontroversial. I’m in front of Oklahoma City’s Skirvin Hotel brandishing my conference badge with a “Trust Women” pin on the lanyard. It was the week of the Kavanaugh hearings and I was determined to announce I was at a gender studies conference. Besides, I work from home and rarely get dressed up – my hair and eyeliner needed documentation. But this tweet made obvious my white lie. “The College of William & Mary” is written under my name, my affiliation. Or it was. I applied for the conference soon after graduating with Read more