https://www.mathew-rodriguez.com/home daily 1.0 2024-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db9d3ca30637f1c6f299a0e/1613493435629-34GM78I5FS7H52UZBGHJ/_78A2948.jpg Home Photo credit: Brian Cahill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db9d3ca30637f1c6f299a0e/1613491498496-093KN3KMYMAS3CZ9W8JB/MathewRodriguez.JPG Home Photo credit: Brian Cahill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5db9d3ca30637f1c6f299a0e/1613491570101-W23TJWD05LL7YI3EN3XC/178A3064.JPG Home I tackle race, gender, queerness, fatness and more for a variety of publications. I bring my whole self to my work. I work in fiction and nonfiction. 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