Publication:

Women Who Cross Their Legs

Loading...
Thumbnail Image

Date

2025-01-08

Published Version

Published Version

Journal Title

Journal ISSN

Volume Title

Publisher

The Harvard community has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you.

Research Projects

Organizational Units

Journal Issue

Citation

Hawkins, Keywanne. 2025. Women Who Cross Their Legs. Master's thesis, Harvard University Division of Continuing Education.

Abstract

Jade Porter knew her small-town life could be perfect, if absolutely everything about it was different. She didn’t want to have to lean on shopping carts to get through Walmart like her Nana and cousins. She wanted to be fit. She wanted to be fancy like the women on TV, like the women in fashion magazines - like women who crossed their legs.

After a college hazing incident left her behind bars and covered in the blood of three volleyball teammates – Jade’s wish came true. Suddenly, she wasn’t a white co-ed in a Confederate-leaning family from Georgia. Jade became the oldest by minutes, of three sisters with her same face . . . but different skin tones. Who are you when everything you thought you knew about yourself was a lie? And why had so many hands spent millions to keep the sisters separated?

Description

Other Available Sources

Research Data

Keywords

Ancestory, Assigned Roles, Culture, Identity, Race, Creative writing

Terms of Use

This article is made available under the terms and conditions applicable to Other Posted Material (LAA), as set forth at Terms of Service

Endorsement

Review

Supplemented By

Related Stories