By now, everyone knows what’s going on in America and across the world. Millions are protesting in cities and small towns for the lives of Black people. Millions of others are showing support in other ways. If you haven’t been spending much time on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, you may be unaware of the things [...]
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Trope Talk: Strong Female Characters
For those of you who weren’t readers of YA back then, the early 2000s were filled with female protagonists who were bland and defenseless. I’d call them damsels in distress, but damsels usually have more personality. These girls were blank slates. You know, the Bella Swans of the world. An empty void for the reader [...]
Queer Celebrities are Entitled to Privacy
A couple of weeks ago, the editorial director of voices and executive editor of queer articles at a prominent feminist publication (I will not name which one, as I do not want to give his piece more traffic) wrote an article about how it was “bullshit” Demi Lovato did not want to come out and [...]
Women are Vengeance: A Review of “The Female of the Species” by Mindy McGinnis
Official Summary: Alex Craft knows how to kill someone. And she doesn’t feel bad about it.Three years ago, when her older sister, Anna, was murdered and the killer walked free, Alex uncaged the language she knows best—the language of violence. While her own crime goes unpunished, Alex knows she can’t be trusted among other people. [...]
Strange Storyteller 