Horror Madness: Death Proof vs. Scream
In this edition of Horror Madness, we explore what makes a final girl and why that matters, as two knowing slasher parodies face off. In one »
The Mansfield Theatricals
Mansfield Park. Jane Austen. 1814. Mansfield Park is Austen’s second greatest novel (after Emma) and my personal favorite, and I am aware that this is »
The Women We Don't See
Meet Me at Infinity: The Uncollected Tiptree, Fiction and Non-fiction. James Tiptree, Jr. 2000. Forgive me for paraphrasing one of Tiptree’s own short story »
If Hell Was a Pretty Place Too
Beloved. Toni Morrison. 1987. I’m afraid to write about this book. What could I possibly say? I find that if I want to write something »
On Patriotism and Other Things That Won't Die
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America. Garry Wills. 1992. You have to hand it to Wills, man. He can really make a believer out »