Oh, no. I mean, I was never even told Hurston existed. They just gave me Sir Walter Scott.

I will never forgive high school for giving me Ivanhoe instead of Zora Neale Hurston.

Yeah, but see, he had to deal with health issues and illness in his family, so it wasn’t a fair test because ordinary working people never face those problems.

But one thing exvangelicals and I probably have in common: I internalized the message that I’m a bad person, deserving of never-ending torment. Why did Jesus have to die a horrible death? It was something I did.
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I still discard my old man cardigan before I go out into the world, but I’m a little less motivated to do so every time.