I'm an ex-professor trying to figure out how to start over.
Once upon a time I was a professor. Bylines in places like The Atlantic, Buzzfeed, Writer's Chronicle, and New York Times. Now writing about my life post-academia.
Kaya Oakes is the author of six books. She writes about the intersections of religion, gender, politics and culture. When she's not writing, she's teaching the next generation of writers at UC Berkeley. This newsletter is free.
I'm a queer, disabled, co-parenting single mom who writes about pop culture, dating, sex, childhood, cats, and Brooklyn.