What to Read When You Want to Think about Survival
Kelly J. Baker shares a reading list to celebrate FINAL GIRL.
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Kelly J. Baker is a writer with a religious studies PhD. She’s written for the New York Times, The Atlantic, The Rumpus, Chronicle Vitae, Religion & Politics, Killing the Buddha, and the Washington Post, among others. She's the author of Grace Period: A Memoir in Pieces and Sexism Ed: Essays on Gender and Labor in Academia. Her newest book is Final Girl: And Other Essays on Grief, Trauma, and Mental Illness, out in November 2020 from Blue Crow Books.
Rumpus Exclusive: “A Kind of Fairy Tale”
Happiness never seemed to linger. She often wondered why.
The Last Book I Loved: Pen & Ink
I was so very tired of being judged and dismissed. The more others pressed their expectations upon me, the more I turned to tattooing to protest.