October 11, 2009
Disappearing Into Diversity
Early in adolescence, as my younger sister and I began to develop distinct and disparate personalities, our mother chose our future universities. Katie, with twin interests in sunbathing and fashion, would attend the University of California at Santa Barbara, a party school on the beach. And I—writer of poetry and singer of show tunes, in thrift-store circle skirts and gold eye shadow—would head four hours north to the University of California at Santa Cruz, whose brochures
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