Cynthia Greenlee

Dr. Cynthia R. Greenlee is a North Carolina-based historian, journalist, and editor. Her writing has appeared in Literary Hub, Longreads, Smithsonian, and Vice, among others. Follow her on Twitter at

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Culture

Q&A: Author Samantha Irby talks middle age, hand soap, and loving Judge Mathis

Author and humorist Samantha Irby finds herself unexpectedly well-equipped to handle the novel coronavirus crisis. She can write in her adopted home of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Her standard “uniform” is lounge-wear worthy: soft, forgiving tees and sweatshirts. Low-key anxiety keeps her in place and her brain busy; that simultaneous mix of

08 Apr 2020

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7 Min

By: Cynthia Greenlee

Gender & LGBTQIA+

From #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen to ‘Hood Feminism’: A Q&A with author Mikki Kendall

Her voice catching in a moment of petty glee, Mikki Kendall remembers how several prominent white women writers told her that her frequent tweeting about the failures of mainstream feminism would doom her writing career. It was 2013, and the Chicago native had established herself as an elite member of

02 Mar 2020

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10 Min

By: Cynthia Greenlee

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Cynthia Greenlee

Q&A: Author Samantha Irby talks middle age, hand soap, and loving Judge Mathis

From #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen to ‘Hood Feminism’: A Q&A with author Mikki Kendall

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