Artful dispatches from the places where we find ourselves
Erin O'Connor-Garcia
Erin O'Connor-Garcia is a teaching assistant and graduate student at the University of Texas, Austin. Erin's research investigates the rhetoric of appearance and clothing. She examines liminal life moments and the use of clothing/appearance during these role-changes as communication and identity management.
Editor’s note: Each Thursday, we feature a throwback piece from Topology’s predecessor, catapult magazine. In this essay from 2010, Erin O’Connor-Garcia contemplates the new life…