You never know where an opportunity might take you, but there are just some people you trust when they call. For me, one of those people is Gina Barreca. She is a feminist scholar who holds a doctorate in English literature and has more than 10 books to her name. Gina is at the helm of the “Fast Women” flash nonfiction series published by Woodhall Press. There have been four themed collections in the series thus far, and each time, she has invited me to contribute an essay. I have said yes without hesitation.

Gina uses her expertise, her education and her genuine desire to empower women to light the torch of each essayist, and in turn each reader. She’s the kind of person who keeps moving forward while reaching a hand back for other women to come along.

Even still, when she asked me to j

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