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I am a white, queer, longtime iowaphile, who has finally relocated and wonders what the f(&# did I do?? Writing about the intersection of relocation, education and queerness. And a smattering of anything else that gets stuck in my craw.

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A west coast Iowaphile who has moved to the land of corn and CAFOs and has found herself wondering, "what the hell was I thinking?"

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