Welcome to Tamara’s Sweet Shop
Take a plate, a donut (or two!), and cozy up to read an essay (or two!).
Welcome to Tamara’s Sweet Shop
Take a plate, a donut (or two!), and cozy up to read an essay (or two!).
Tamara has been accepted into 60+ Writing Residencies and Fellowships
Read One of Tamara's 60+ Essays
“There were hundreds crawling across the trail.” Huge, hairy animals surround hiker in Texas desert
Tamara headed to a Texan national park with the hope...
My Husband Told Me He Couldn’t Be Married Anymore — So I Made A Decision I’ve Kept Secret For 12 Years
This piece was originally published in June 2024 and is...
Book Review of a Well-trained wife: My escape from christian patriarchy
Tia Levings’s powerful memoir, A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian...
Tamara MC’s “The Night Sinéad O’Connor Found Me in a Convertible”
This summer, I am running a series of essays about...
Poetry: Fish by Tamara MC
Our toilet grew shadows that morning, breathing ammonia. The steward...
Barbie’s Blue Leather Case
Twenty hours stretch between Tucson and Mazatlán, Mexico on a...
A Perfect Palm Springs Weekend
Palms, Parties, and Pink Cotton Candy Palm Springs sparkles with...
HER/HIS story, dawn, and Joy
HER/HIS story MC sits on a hard chair shaking her...
Miami Vice, 1993
His Murphy bed dropped from the wall in that Arizona...
“There were hundreds crawling across the trail.” Huge, hairy animals surround hiker in Texas desert
Tamara headed to a Texan national park with the hope...
My Husband Told Me He Couldn’t Be Married Anymore — So I Made A Decision I’ve Kept Secret For 12 Years
This piece was originally published in June 2024 and is...
Book Review of a Well-trained wife: My escape from christian patriarchy
Tia Levings’s powerful memoir, A Well-Trained Wife: My Escape from Christian...
Tamara MC’s “The Night Sinéad O’Connor Found Me in a Convertible”
This summer, I am running a series of essays about...
Poetry: Fish by Tamara MC
Our toilet grew shadows that morning, breathing ammonia. The steward...
Barbie’s Blue Leather Case
Twenty hours stretch between Tucson and Mazatlán, Mexico on a...
A Perfect Palm Springs Weekend
Palms, Parties, and Pink Cotton Candy Palm Springs sparkles with...
HER/HIS story, dawn, and Joy
HER/HIS story MC sits on a hard chair shaking her...
Miami Vice, 1993
His Murphy bed dropped from the wall in that Arizona...
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FAQ
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”
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.
