
Courtney E. Martin
Freelance Writer at Freelance
Writer at the examined family
newsletter @substack, podcaster @slate How To! & @prx The Wise Unknown, co-founder @freshspeakers & @soljourno, electric slider, lover, fighter
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2 months ago |
mercurynews.com | Courtney E. Martin |Courtney Martin
When my dad was young, he took off his own braces with pliers in the garage after his parents ran out of money to take him to the orthodontist. He answered the door for debt collectors, faking as if his parents weren’t home to avoid confrontations. He knew economic precarity in his tiny bones. It’s no wonder, really, he became a bankruptcy lawyer when he grew up.
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Mar 21, 2024 |
edpost.com | Courtney E. Martin
When I was studying abroad in 2001 in Cape Town, South Africa, I lived with a Black family in Langa Township. Nokwezi, my host mother, had a great belly laugh, and her daughter, Nodidi, and I loved to listen to pop music and make up little dances. It was a joyful, loving, all-female household. After my initial culture shock of being a white American in a country re-making itself after the fall of apartheid, I reveled in it.
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Dec 20, 2023 |
society6.com | Courtney E. Martin
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Aug 16, 2023 |
courtney.substack.com | Courtney E. Martin
I gave this Creative Mornings talk in the wake of Trump’s election. As we stare down another election season, it feels important to remember where we’ve been and how important the months in front of us really are. Share
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Jul 12, 2023 |
courtney.substack.com | Courtney E. Martin
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