This isn’t your typical website. No two pages are alike. Blah is boring. Dr. Tamara MC is a maximalist and has created each page of her website with whimsy and opulence. Imagine you are walking into a storybook filled with color and magic. Voila– Join her on this journey! Each page has a different theme with things that she loves (and hopefully with things you also love!).
Dr. Tamara MC has many interests and is multi-hyphenated. Her website includes information about writing (creative nonfiction and memoir), coercive control and gender-based violence (such as cults, child marriage, human trafficking, and polygamy), and disability (Autism and ADHD). And SO, SO much more. Welcome to your home on the Internet, where each of us can feel a little less lonely and whole lot more seen.
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About Dr. Tamara MC
- Author
- Academic
- Artist
- Activist
About Dr. Tamara MC
- Author
- Academic
- Artist
- Activist
- Middle East Peace Activist
- Muslim Jewish Love Advocate
- Language, Culture, & Identity Expert
- Holocaust Storyteller/Neverforgetter
- Gender, Diversity, Inclusivity Punkster
- Refugee/Immigrant Experience Truthteller
- Transition Cheerleader
- International Educator
- Teacher Trainer
- Writing Coach
- Creative Arts Consultant
- Happiness & Joy Igniter
- Natural Health Practioner
- Dream Sanctuary Creator
Peace, Love, & Joy
- Middle East Peace Activist
- Muslim Jewish Love Advocate
- Language, Culture, & Identity Expert
- Holocaust Storyteller/Neverforgetter
- Gender, Diversity, Inclusivity Punkster
- Refugee/Immigrant Experience Truthteller
- Transition Cheerleader
- International Educator
- Teacher Trainer
- Writing Coach
- Creative Arts Consultant
- Happiness & Joy Igniter
- Natural Health Practioner
- Dream Sanctuary Creator
Peace, Love, & Joy
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Dr. Tamara MC is a lifelong vegetarian and lover of all sentient beings.
If you love animals, you will get along great!
If you love pink sheep, you’ll get along even more magnificently.
The Daily Reality of Growing Up In A Cult
I constantly monitored every last breath, how I slept, how I breathed, how I ate. I was taught that if I had even one bad thought, God would know.
Girls in my cult were drilled, above all else, to serve our communities and to give up our nafs, the Arabic word for self. In being forced to give up our identities, our bodies, minds, and spirits were unprotected. We completely lost our sense of self and didn’t know where our bodies stopped and the perpetrators’ bodies began. Girls in fundamentalist communities are often given the same instructions—to give up their essence, their very being.
We didn’t know whom to trust or where to turn because all roads led to the same place—men in power, who yielded black leather whips, forcing us to work, marry, and do whatever they demanded. We were locked in compounds, behind metal gates and tall walls, with no way out. Without access to transportation, television, books, newspapers, radios (it was the 80s), proper clothing, and hygiene items, we were stuck-like-chuck, to put it mildly.
I was groomed to believe I should marry early, so I didn’t provoke men. If a man desired me, it was my fault, not theirs. If they acted irreligiously and raped me, I was to blame. All blame, all the ills of the cult, returned to the girls. -- Dr. Tamara MC
I was groomed to believe I should marry early, so I didn’t provoke men. If a man desired me, it was my fault, not theirs. If they acted irreligiously and raped me, I was to blame. All blame, all the ills of the cult, returned to the girls. -- Dr. Tamara MC
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Check Out Dr. Tamara's Hot-Off-The-Press Articles
Check Out Dr. Tamara MC's Hot-Off-The-Press Articles
Return to Chautauqua: A Love Story 30 Years in the Making
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! When I was 21, I discovered Chautauqua Institution during a summer stay in a family cottage belonging to my sister’s boyfriend’s mother. My sister and I lived as residents in the charming summer home in upstate New York, part of the tradition where properties pass through families. We were […]
Prince Garden Apartments’ Swimming Pool
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! Bubbe wrapped me in a towel, baked in the Arizona sun, draping herself in the same green-ratted robe she’d worn since my first memory. Worried I’d catch a cold, she jogged us home from the pool, sprinting upstairs to draw me a warm bath. “Get in, Mara, […]
The “I Love Lucy” Experience at Chautauqua Harbor Hotel
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! I cherished watching I Love Lucy with my Bubbe, lying side by side on her shag carpet as matzoh ball soup lingered in the air. Those evenings with Lucy’s polka dots and my grandmother’s love have stayed with me always. And why I wanted to experience “I love Lucy” […]
Small Bladder, Big Adventures: Navigating Travel With Frequent Rest Stops
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! Are you the kind of traveler who needs frequent rest stops? Then read one woman’s story of how she copes (and gets her buddies on the road to understand the situation). As I boarded my flight to El Paso, anticipating a group tour to Big Bend National […]
Return to Chautauqua: A Love Story 30 Years in the Making
Want to listen to the article? Great–listen here! When I was 21, I discovered Chautauqua Institution during a summer stay in a family cottage belonging to my sister’s boyfriend’s mother. My sister and I lived as residents in the charming summer home in upstate New York, part of the tradition where properties pass through families. We were […]
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FAQs
My name is pronounced:
“Tamara” like the sun will come out tomorrow.
“MC” like emcee, not McDonalds.
My students often call me Doc MC, and you can too.
Someone who believes in the magical strength of all girls, women, and female-identifying humans to live free in matriarchal magnificence.
And yes, I did make up this title.
Pink is power. Unicorns represents our eternal search for magic.
Joy is transgressive. Being joyful is activism.
“Joy and pain
Like sunshine and rain”
(From the lyrics of Rob Base.)
Absolutely!
This is an inclusive space, and anyone who supports our mission is welcome.
I’ve loved Barbie since I was a little girl. She was able to do all the things I dreamed of before I was physically able.
Barbie was my girl way before the movie premiered.
Absolutely nothing. That’s exactly why unicorns are the symbol of my brand and my website. Unicorns stand for freedom.
No! She has no training or certificates in these areas, just a lifetime of experience.
