
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
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