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2018
Volume 73, Issue 3
  • ISSN: 0010-096X
  • E-ISSN: 1939-9006

Abstract

Utilizing Sara Ahmed’s work on “brick walls,” this article discusses a qualitative study of stories shared by twenty-five women writing center directors and the possible insights gleaned if we choose to “notice through feminism,” (Ahmed) and advocate for change across writing studies.

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