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Melissa Volker
Jun 8, 20185 min read
The Buddha and the Wasp
There have been words milling around my insides for a while now, but they couldn't find a place to land. Politics and social issues...
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Melissa Volker
Feb 18, 20182 min read
My Father's Tears
My father disliked how our society views children -- as though they are less-than simply because they are new to the world. In his work...
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Melissa Volker
Nov 20, 20173 min read
Time -- And Time Again
Time, time, time See what's become of me While I looked around For my possibilities I was so hard to please Look around Leaves are...
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Melissa Volker
Nov 15, 20172 min read
Waiting to Drown
We are drowning in mediocrity, oblivious to our impending end. We are satisfied with the bland, content with the merely okay -- no, worse...
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Melissa Volker
Oct 2, 20174 min read
The Clothes Make the Man (it's not about power suits and red ties)
We've all heard the phrase: the clothes make the man. Wear a power suit, and people will treat you accordingly. Wear rags, and the same...
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Melissa Volker
Sep 25, 20173 min read
Appropriately Inappropriate
I have difficulty with this notion that there is an appropriate time to protest injustice and conversely, an inappropriate time. How is...
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Melissa Volker
Jul 17, 20174 min read
Stop Saying it's About Feminism
Fandoms are passionate. Some more than others. It might seem odd to pen a piece about a fandom's reaction to casting, because, well…it's...
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Melissa Volker
Jun 25, 20173 min read
HIDDEN - why I wrote about anxiety
"HIDDEN: an impossible story" is a short, YA magical realism novel about a fifteen-year-old boy and his struggle with anxiety. There's a...
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Melissa Volker
Apr 11, 20172 min read
#Resist
We have a son who is fourteen years old. The first election he was old enough to be aware of was President Obama in 2008. We watched the...
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Melissa Volker
Apr 10, 20173 min read
The Space I'm In
This is NOT my work space. It is lovely, zen, uncluttered, and unfettered. The view is -- green, and while not particularly special, it...
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Melissa Volker
Mar 21, 20172 min read
One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure
So I recently won a short story contest on Words and Brushes. Yay for me! But seriously -- I'm happy, it's nice to be validated, to be...
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