Dr. Waffle & Friends Ep.3.2: I Saw You Coming, Justice Safe Haven

Dr. Waffle welcomes her first guest writer, Melissa Cole! In this episode, Melissa reads an essay about writing an essay that appeared in Newsweek and the blowback that ensued. She and Dr. Waffle discuss women’s bodily autonomy, the right to privacy, the public personas of authors, the writing process, and so much more!

TAGS: Newsweek; Sandra Tsing Loh; Roe v Wade; Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization; SCOTUS; public education; SRAs; Dickens; horror films

The Haunted States of America, with Melissa’s story about North Carolina

Melissa’s most recent short story, “The Liminality of a Decent Couch,” in the Fall 2024 issue of Slippery Elm Literary Journal

Read about Daniel the Emotional Support Duck

Deanna’s essay in which she chats with her postal carrier

The Dickens Universe

Dan Blank’s Substack, The Creative Shift

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