Michele Zive, PH.D.

Telling My Story

Hello Rebels, Click here to find the SD Voyager article featuring my story and our work on Representation Rebellion.  As I mentioned, it was not an easy story to tell, but I’m glad I did.  I hope you are inspired to tell your own story, join the Representation Rebellion Facebook page, sign up for the…

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Shh

Be a good girl. Don’t tell anyone. Shrink yourself. Be pretty. When I’m shushed, it brings up years of being silenced.  Let me translate this for you.  Telling me to be quiet is equivalent to “Your voice and story don’t matter.  You don’t matter.” The men in my early years told me to be a…

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What is Representation?

Here’s the truth, I didn’t pay much attention to representation until it affected me.  I was born a heterosexual, cisgender, white, middle-class woman.  I have my health.  I gave birth to three robust and wonderful children.  I earned my bachelor’s and master’s degrees.  I had a job as a director at a prestigious, world renowned…