Last Night I Had A Dream
On My Mind | This is what it’s like to be a woman in a conversation.
Last Night I Had A Dream
Last night I had a dream I was sitting at a long table with a group of people.
There were four men sitting in a row across from me. Two of them were named Paul. One of the Pauls was very loud and dominating the conversation and wouldn’t let anyone have an opinion or speak.
As Paul continued to blather on holding everyone hostage, the other men looked at each other annoyed, rolled their eyes, and eventually gave up trying to participate in the conversation.
I turned to the three men and said: “This is what it’s like to be a woman in a conversation.”
They looked like they hadn’t heard me, so I said it again and again and again until I woke up.
Kathryn Mockler is the author of the story collection Anecdotes (Book*hug Press, 2023), five books of poetry, and several short films and experimental videos. She co-edited the print anthology Watch Your Head: Writers and Artists Respond to the Climate Crisis (Coach House Books, 2020) and she runs Send My Love to Anyone, a literary newsletter, which was a Substack featured publication in 2023. She is an associate professor in the Writing Department at the University of Victoria where she teaches screenwriting and fiction.
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