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Sezin Koehler

Eclectic writings on social justice, pop-culture, horror, flash fiction, and more.

  • Bienvenidos
  • CALL FOR PITCHES—Bill & Ted University: The (Social) Sciences Behind Their Excellent Adventures
  • Published Articles
  • Zuzu’s Petals: An Eclectic Blog
  • Books
  • Press
  • Twin Peaks

Tag: Epiphanies

Mourning Locks
Death · Horror · Repatria · Trauma · Wendy

Mourning Locks

February 24, 2012June 25, 2014 Sezin Koehler5 Comments

Why I cut my hair when someone I care about dies and a few other confessions about my life and American Monsters.

What’s In A Name?
Expatria · Third Culture Kids · Travel

What’s In A Name?

March 31, 2010March 27, 2017 Sezin Koehler20 Comments

The name on my birth certificate reads Sezin Piotruszewicz Menekshe Rajandran. I was named with the same initials as my grandfather on my father’s side, SPM Rajandran. He died just months before I was born, and in fact my mom was so upset at his funeral that her amniotic sack tore and she might have… Continue reading What’s In A Name?

Intimate Strangers
Art · Culture · Expatria · Third Culture Kids · Travel · Women

Intimate Strangers

March 3, 2010May 17, 2013 Sezin Koehler8 Comments

The first in a series of reflections on the incredible Dialogue 2010, curated by Rose Deniz and on the topic of hybrid identities and location.

Fear Of Flying
Books · Expatria · Prague · Travel · Women

Fear Of Flying

February 27, 2010October 17, 2011 Sezin Koehler5 Comments

In 1973 Erica Jong wrote the feminist anthem, Fear Of Flying. The heroine, Isadora, though terrified of flying, boards a plane and her subsequent journey leads to a spiritual and sexual awakening that was the one of the first of its kind in print. Jong’s thesis is that the fear of flying is the fear… Continue reading Fear Of Flying

Miep, Myself and Wendy
Books · Death · Expatria · Horror · Human Rights · Third Culture Kids · Trauma · Travel · Wendy

Miep, Myself and Wendy

January 12, 2010May 17, 2013 Sezin Koehler3 Comments

My reflections on Miep Gies’ death as well as Wendy Soltero’s would-be 32st birthday.

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