Matthew R
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Joined 4/12/2015
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Matthew has been writing his entire life. Majoring in English and Spanish in undergrad, he sought out writing-intensive classes, and never slowed down. His last semester required a health waver in order to take so many classes at once. He took enough Honors classes to minor in Honors studies, though already had a double major. To graduate in the Honors college, he researched and wrote his thesis, Trends in Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Children's Fairy Tales, which is archived at his university.

After a semester of grad school, he began writing for the Austin Chronicle as an Intern. He's still doing that, and looks forward to a career in writing.
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Specialties

Because of his internship at the Austin Chronicle, Matthew is best at journalistic writing, though also has taken classes in travel writing, film, cultural criticism and children's literature.

Interests

Matthew's interests include Texas politics, film, cultural criticism, reproductive justice and LGBTQIA+ rights.

Education

Texas State University

At Texas State, Matthew double majored in English and Spanish, though the majority of his classes were interdisciplinary Honors classes across Humanities disciplines. He's taken upper-level classes in cultural criticism, film, children's literature and travel writing.

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3 Projects Completed

Matthew wrote his undergrad thesis in Trends in Gender and Sexuality in Contemporary Children's Fairy Tales. His interdisciplinary Honors classes required cultural criticism nearly every step of the way. He's written about film, literature and music videos.

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3 Projects Completed

Matthew has worked several progressive non-profit jobs, and eventually used his internship at the Austin Chronicle to write about his experience as an Advocacy Assistant at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas.

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6 Projects Completed

While working as an Advocacy Assistant at Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas, Matthew conducted outreach via e-mail newsletters to various nonprofits and other useful community organizations that could be viable resources.

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