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To Understand Our Scary World, Read About Fire-Breathing Dragons

What a princess, a knight, and an evil dragon can teach us about Covid-19 — We have not even to risk the adventure alone for the heroes of all time have gone before us. The labyrinth is thoroughly known. We have only to follow the thread of the hero path. And where we had thought to find an abomination we shall find God. And where…

Covid-19

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To Understand Our Scary World, Read About Fire-Breathing Dragons
To Understand Our Scary World, Read About Fire-Breathing Dragons
Covid-19

11 min read


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The Statues in Egypt Used to Have Eyeballs

This. Changes. Everything. — Mitri the Scribe was once the highest-paid servant of Pharaoh Unas in the 24th century BC. He was the guy you went to if you wanted a temple built, or a letter written, or if you needed a funny idea for a personalized license plate. …

Travel

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The Statues in Egypt Used to Have Eyeballs
The Statues in Egypt Used to Have Eyeballs
Travel

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The Writing Cooperative

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How to Keep Online Readers Engaged in Long Articles

Check in with your audience and avoid shouting into the void — According to a study by Microsoft, humans now have an attention span of eight seconds. Eight seconds! Don’t ask me for details on the study, I only skimmed it. And please don’t click away to that study link, I only included it so you’d believe me. Anyway, if you’ve made…

Writing

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How to Keep Online Readers Engaged in Long Articles
How to Keep Online Readers Engaged in Long Articles
Writing

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Apr 4

How My Loved One’s Dementia Turned Me Into a History Writer

All we have is the past. — Dementia. I wake it up, I cook its meals, I put on its bib, I zip its zippers, tug on its shoes, adjust its pillows and blankets and hats and sleeve length, only for it to plant its feet and re-adjust until it’s satisfied. I take the salt shaker out…

Life

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How My Loved One’s Dementia Turned Me Into a History Writer
How My Loved One’s Dementia Turned Me Into a History Writer
Life

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Oct 11, 2022

How Frankenstein was Born- Mary Shelley’s Brilliant, Famous, Tragic Parents

Inventing the Sci-Fi genre at age 18 required a radical upbringing. This all started because my sister bought me a stunning, green and gold-leafed, vintage-inspired copy of Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Woman for my birthday. With whispers in the press of Roe v. Wade about to…

History

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How Frankenstein was Born- Mary Shelley’s Brilliant, Famous, Tragic Parents
How Frankenstein was Born- Mary Shelley’s Brilliant, Famous, Tragic Parents
History

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An Injustice!

·Aug 22, 2022

How Religious Belief in a Soul’s Potential Diminishes After Birth

And why it matters in the age of anti-abortion, nuclear threats, and civil rights — As long as I’ve been alive, my family’s told the same story about a single event that had to happen in order for me to be born. And it's not the night of my parents' engagement when they giddily threw caution to the wind and fooled around without contraceptives. The…

Abortion

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How Religious Belief in a Soul’s Potential Diminishes After Birth
How Religious Belief in a Soul’s Potential Diminishes After Birth
Abortion

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Aug 9, 2022

I Was an Overnight Medium Success Story

Please allow me to update you on "My Incredible Success" I made $613.11 in my first consistent month as a paid contributor due to two popular articles -one about how the Statues in Egypt Used to Have Eyeballs, and another which was a satirical article called, If You’re Not A…

Writing

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I Was an Overnight Medium Success Story
I Was an Overnight Medium Success Story
Writing

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The Writing Cooperative

·Aug 2, 2022

In Your Writing, Be the Bad Guy

The trickster archetype narrator and how to utilize it. — “How can I be substantial if I do not cast a shadow? I must have a dark side also If I am to be whole.” ― Carl Gustav Jung, Modern Man in Search of a Soul Everybody wants to be liked. We want to be the heroes of our own…

Psychology

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In Your Writing, Be the Bad Guy
In Your Writing, Be the Bad Guy
Psychology

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Nomadic

·Jul 19, 2022

Impressionist Writing in Monet's Gardens

A travel writing exercise and fan cross-over. Woman in the Garden This piece is going to be different from my usual historical pieces. Normally, I'd tell you some tale about Monet himself, the history of his house and gardens, etc. But today, in the spirit of the impressionist art movement, I thought I'd experiment…

Travel

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Impressionist Writing in Monet's Gardens
Impressionist Writing in Monet's Gardens
Travel

8 min read


Apr 4, 2021

The Dumpster-Fire Politics of Living Abroad

The inevitability (and responsibility) of getting swept up in another country’s politics. — Two years ago, I stood on my apartment balcony in Barcelona, Spain, and watched a group of 40–50 young people with dark clothes and bandanas tied around their faces as they dragged every nearby dumpster from the sidewalks to the middle of the crosswalks and set them on fire. …

Travel

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The Dumpster-Fire Politics of Living Abroad
The Dumpster-Fire Politics of Living Abroad
Travel

11 min read

Katlyn Roberts

Katlyn Roberts

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Katlyn writes about history, travel, and culture… with some snark. www.KatlynRoberts.com.

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