Laura Dorwart is a PhD candidate at UCSD with an MFA in creative nonfiction writing from Antioch University, Los Angeles. She has bylines from SheKnows, Catapult, McSweeney's, VICE, Bitch, and others. Follow her on Twitter at @lauramdorwart or on Instagram at @girlreadsblog.
Her “winter goddess” aesthetic evokes notions of frigidity and the vast darkness of the wintry Nordic landscape. This is the story behind St. Lucia Day.