We Are No Birds: Punishing Patriarchy with Sailor Moon

We Are No Birds: Punishing Patriarchy with Sailor Moon

In my third column on Wonder Woman, I wrote that "I was never really interested in superheroes as a kid," mostly because the superhero genre contained, in my opinion, nothing but "a bunch of beefy men beating each other up." I still hold true to the original intent of my ... Read More
We Are No Birds: Sexy Vampires

We Are No Birds: Sexy Vampires

Since its inception, vampire fiction has incurred a great deal of criticism. Like any category of genre fiction, vampire fiction has been derided as not “real” literature and nothing more than sensational pulp. The genre has been characterized as immoral and rife with sexual eroticism, containing nothing of literary merit ... Read More
Gay Ankle

Gay Ankle

I have a gay ankle. That is not a typo. It is not supposed to read as “I have a gay uncle.” I don't even have an uncle. So, no, there is no gay uncle. But my ankle is very, very gay. How this happened: I'm seventeen and know, like ... Read More