Opinion: Dear City of Memphis, Please text me if there’s a shooter at large
“The City of Memphis should utilize the same tools that its colleges and universities and schools do when an imminent threat exists.”
Sarah Hunter Simanson
Sarah Hunter Simanson is a Memphis-based freelance writer who received her MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and is working on her first novel. Her writing has appeared in The LA Times, HuffPost, Salon, Travel + Leisure, The Daily Memphian, and elsewhere.
There are 7 articles by Sarah Hunter Simanson :
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May 2023
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Guest Columnists
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April 2023
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Like the Tennessee Three, it’s time to speak up for gun reform
“While my voice is just one that will likely go unheard by itself, I know it won’t be ignored as part of the larger, necessary movement that is already growing in this state, a movement that is being led by our children and the Tennessee Three.”
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December 2022
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Guest Columnists Opinion: MLGW must communicate better
“Infrastructure issues in Memphis are a big, expensive problem. However, even though it’s just a band-aid, developing a more effective communication system is a small step that MLGW can take to ensure customers are informed and safe.”
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November 2022
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Abortion should get you to the polls (and if I was a man, maybe you’d listen)
“Girls and women in Tennessee need their fathers and husbands and brothers and sons to step up and vote to end the government’s regulation of women’s bodies.”
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October 2022
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Opinion Opinion: Rape kit backlog is not just a Memphis problem
The handling of Alicia Franklin’s rape kit and Eliza Fletcher’s death should not be framed as another example of Memphis’ high crime rates or counted as failings unique to the Memphis Police Department, says guest columnist Sarah Hunter Simanson.
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September 2022
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Women should be able to run at 4:20 a.m. — but it’s complicated
“Women should be able to run — to exist in any space at any time — without fear of violence. But that isn’t the reality we live in,” says guest columnist Sarah Hunter Simanson.
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August 2022
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Guest Columnists Opinion: Tennessee’s near-total abortion ban will impact Shelby County disproportionately
We must fight for abortion rights, especially for legal exemptions for medical complications as well as pregnancies caused rape and incest, and impregnated children.
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