by Jane Devin on 03/30/2012
When I was 17, I worked in a factory where a young woman was targeted for harassment. Racist notes were left on her car windshield and break room locker. Management seemed blase about the threats, even after the girl’s tires were slashed. Eventually, I joined two other workers (out of a couple of hundred) who [...]
by Jane Devin on 03/21/2012
I am tired tonight. More tired than I’ve been in a long time and it’s for all the wrong reasons. You see, a while ago I promised myself that I’d stay out of the hypocritical and often hateful thickets of a society that seems to be growing more perverse every day. Any appreciation for the [...]
by Jane Devin on 03/18/2012
by Jane Devin on 03/08/2012
My friend Katherine has above-average intelligence, a fact which leaves her apologizing at least several times a week. When she notices that some emperor of an idea is naked and she points out its bare, wobbly legs, she ends up apologizing to those who saw it as finely clothed. When she points out the hole [...]
by Jane Devin on 03/06/2012
Ishan Patel’s mother hated him from the day he was born prematurely in January 2011. Diagnosed with postpartum depression, Neha Patel, a pharmacist, was given medication to deal with her condition. However, like many depressed people, Patel seemed unable to commit to regularly taking an antidepressant. News reports don’t mention whether she was being seen [...]
by Jane Devin on 02/28/2012
When I came home from Chicago a few weeks ago, it was my plan to settle into writing one of the two books I started after publishing Elephant Girl. One was a non-fiction sequel of sorts, the other a novel about three solitary female artists who come together over a controversy and a child. As [...]