by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Leslie Donovan Leslie is one of the most dedicated college professors I have ever met. She fully embraces the mission of higher education, demanding intellectual curiosity, rigor, technological adaptation, critical thinking, and reflection of all her students. She...
by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Staci Drangmeister, age 29 Albuquerque, New Mexico “I Wear What I Want” People have been making comments about what I wear for as long as I can remember. They’ve said I need to dress more normal. More modest. Sexier. I should care more about what I wear. I...
by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Amiris Feland Ketcham, age 35 Albuquerque, New Mexico “Write the Life You’d Want to Read” I grew up feeling cheated by having been born a girl. I felt cheated by the Girl Scouts, who only offered macaroni crafts, songs comparing friends to precious metals, and...
by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Jackie Freedman, age 57 California: Pico Rivera, Whittier, Orange County, Thousand Oaks, San Diego, and now New Mexico The best thing about being a woman, for me, is the ability to have babies. When I was pregnant I felt so special. I actually felt good. I would walk...
by GuruAmrit Smith | Sep 27, 2019 | Plates Against Patriarchy
Erica Garcia, age 37 Caracas, Venezuela – Albuquerque, New Mexico – Honolulu, Hawaii I have been a physician for 11 years. Everyday, even after introducing myself as a physician, I get asked: “so when am I gonna see the doctor?”. I have learned...
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