About Cassie McClure

Cassie McClure

Cassie McClure

Cassie McClure is a writer who first stumbled into a journalism degree because she didn't want to analyze other people's writing as an English major. She picked up a German degree since she already spoke the language, but she really should have picked Spanish.

As an elder millennial, Cassie McClure waited out the not-so-Great Recession by getting a master's in rhetoric to follow up a similarly useful BA in journalism. She worked in a university library for a good long while but also had a stint as an analyst in an open-source intelligence lab, which lends itself to fun stories at cocktail parties. 

As a German American, she navigates her bicultural background alongside her bicultural marriage to a Mexican national -- with whom she has two children -- all of which informs her writing about modern issues.

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The Strange Archaeology of Childhood Sep 13, 2026

The last thing my 10-year-old asked me last night was if he'd get his seal shirt in the morning. The first thing my 11-year-old mumbled when I turned on his light and wished him a happy birthday was, "Seal shirt." His obsession with seals started wit... Read More

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Slipping On Enough Sep 06, 2026

Years ago, during the hot months in the desert, I adopted a short house dress style that I change into when I come home from work. I have probably about six that I rotate, but the original is old. It's old enough that a picture of my son and me when ... Read More

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Living on Purpose Aug 30, 2026

Some weeks have themes. The theme for my week was authenticity. I had to make choices about what it meant to live an authentic life, and unfortunately, someone who embodied it better than almost anyone else went to rest this week. The doomscrolling l... Read More

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Once You're in The Room Aug 23, 2026

At the gym, my trainer told me he was going to a trainers' conference in Austin. He worried that he might be both the shortest and weakest person there. I told him, "That's the room you want to be in." It's a trope in the motivation and hustle circle... Read More