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Articles by
Mary Ann Barfield
Mary Ann Barfield is an Atlanta writer and critic who would prefer it if you started thinking of her as the poor man’s Ricki Lake. Until now, she has exclusively published with academic presses.
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July 6, 2021I Am Poseidon, God of the Sea, Reminding You That Every Body Is a Beach Body (But Specifically Virgins Undefiled by the Lusts of Mortal Men)
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March 12, 2021Five Ways I’m Learning to Love My Body Again While Being Publicly Shamed for Adultery in Puritan New England
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March 2, 2021A Graduate School Rejection Letter As Written by My Anxiety Disorder at 3 AM
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January 14, 2022What Your Favorite Sad Dad Band Says About You
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January 5, 2022A Note of Reassurance from Your School District Regarding Our Updated Omicron Policies
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December 31, 2021Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already, You Fucking Fucks
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January 10, 2022How We Will Separate You from Any Lingering Hope and Other Important Topics of Today’s Faculty Meeting
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January 24, 2022“We Need to Get Back to Normal,” I Say, While I Continue to Live My Life Normally, As I Have Throughout This Pandemic
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January 24, 2022The Nine Months of Pregnancy, Ranked from Worst to Best
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January 24, 2022Excerpts From The House of Girth, Edith Wharton’s 1905 Novel About Powerlifting
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January 21, 2022What We Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Bruno