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Kristen Sawyer
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Apr 26, 2021

I Want to Remember Myself

What are the conditions that I need to create for myself so I can remember myself? When do I remember myself? Who am I? What is the truth that is known without words? This past weekend, I went on a solo night. I drove to a body of water in…

Meditation

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I Want to Remember Myself
I Want to Remember Myself
Meditation

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Feb 12, 2021

Power Plays: The Intimate Intersections of Patriarchy, Sexual Identity & White Supremacy

You recognize their costumes. They are “woke,” wide-eyed activists who attended every march this year. They are white men, sometimes with long hair. They definitely talk about vulnerability. They have auto-prepared life stories that feel slightly scripted but are so deep, so intense, you can’t help but tear up. They…

White Privilege

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Power Plays: The Intimate Intersections of Patriarchy, Sexual Identity & White Supremacy
Power Plays: The Intimate Intersections of Patriarchy, Sexual Identity & White Supremacy
White Privilege

18 min read


Feb 3, 2020

Super Bowl Showdown: Family, Feminism, and Football’s History

Side note: Welcome to my mind. It wanders. This was written during the Super Bowl. I went from family to football to racism in football to coaches to female celebrities to objectification to communication strategies to somehow, maybe (?) tying it all together. But, I did this essay today! Mission…

Super Bowl

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Super Bowl Showdown: Family, Feminism, and Football’s History
Super Bowl Showdown: Family, Feminism, and Football’s History
Super Bowl

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Feb 2, 2020

30 Reflections for Turning 30 #1: The Beauty of the Blood, Women, and Solidarity

Woman. Women. Womxn. Transwomen. Females. Femmes. Mothers of all definitions. Grandmothers. Sisters. We are special. In this lifetime, my path has been to be a white, cisgender*, heterocurious* woman and the last two years, especially, have been a time for me to reconnect with what it means, for me to…

Women

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30 Reflections for Turning 30 #1: The Beauty of the Blood, Women, and Solidarity
30 Reflections for Turning 30 #1: The Beauty of the Blood, Women, and Solidarity
Women

10 min read


Dec 31, 2019

The Answers for Four Questions: New Year 2020

I hold the cup in both hands, my palms lined with little passageways of sweat, of nervousness, of desert warmth and poor circulation. I look at the woman who sits across from me. I don’t remember where she came from, or how we came to be sitting here, but here…

Short Story

12 min read

The Answers for Four Questions: New Year 2020
The Answers for Four Questions: New Year 2020
Short Story

12 min read


May 3, 2019

Are You Scared of Staying in One Place?

Why do I feel constriction in my chest when I think about staying? …

Travel

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Are You Scared of Staying in One Place?
Are You Scared of Staying in One Place?
Travel

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Mar 29, 2019

The Best Date of Your Life

It starts with a black dress. Tight, and yet comfortable, though it doesn’t have pockets. Add some jewelry because bright yellow or orange or turquoise makes me feel more of this earth, and these colors all have stories and histories. Cozy shoes, woven from the women who live in Otavalo…

Food

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The Best Date of Your Life
The Best Date of Your Life
Food

10 min read


Mar 29, 2019

Serpentine Meditation

When was the last time you made something happen with your mind? As a child of the Harry Potter generation, I came upon magic early. Even before I was 11, curled up at our stone fireplace of Normandy Pl., Evanston, IL, reading that first chapter book, waiting for an owl…

Short Story

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Serpentine Intuition
Serpentine Intuition
Short Story

8 min read


Mar 22, 2019

The Full Moon is for letting things go.

The Full Moon is for letting things go. The New Moon is for asking things to come. Twice a month, we are offered the perfect moment to pause, to look skyward and inward and reflect on where we are, and where we want to go. I have celebrated the full…

Astrology

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The Full Moon is for letting things go.
The Full Moon is for letting things go.
Astrology

6 min read


Mar 13, 2019

Singing Generations: Father-Daughter Diné Duo Brings the Past to Life

It’s not very often you see a father-daughter Navajo hip-hop duo performing at a social justice festival. When you are so lucky to witness an event, you have to pause, to take note. Renisha Clara, a young girl in the tug of adolescence with black-framed glasses and the confidence of…

Native Americans

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Singing Generations: Father-Daughter Diné Duo Bring the Past to Life
Singing Generations: Father-Daughter Diné Duo Bring the Past to Life
Native Americans

7 min read

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Writing to remember and to understand.

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