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English professor, fired for assigning “political” short story, sues South Florida State College

Rob Beschizza
Jul 29, 2026
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Vinita Prabhakar (handout)

An English professor at South Florida State College was fired for assigning an award-winning short story to her freshman class. Now Vinita Prabhakar is suing her former employer, claiming it breached her First Amendment rights.

Prabhakar assigned Ottessa Moshfegh’s “Bettering Myself,” first published in The Paris Review and winn…

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