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about Ashley Lauren Samsa

Ashley Lauren Samsa is a high school English teacher and freelance writer in the south suburbs of Chicago, IL. Her work has appeared numerous places including The Guardian, The Huffington Post, In These Times, and Teaching Tolerance. She also writes at her own site, smallstrokesbigoaks.com, about gender roles, education, and lifestyle issues. She currently lives in the Chicago suburbs with her husband, Tim, and their adopted dogs, Penny and Bailey. You can follow her on twitter @samsanator

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