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Reblog: A Chronically Online Girl’s Take on Mass-Produced TikTok Literature
Cannibalism as a metaphor for love. There are claw marks in everything I’ve ever let go…
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Fabled Fiction: Ella Enchanted
The novel, in its own regard, emphasizes the importance of unification through communication and language, while…
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Queerness and the American Family: A Meditation on Silence
I always thought my family read more like a novel than a television series. We demanded…
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Fixing the Performative Male Reading List
There’s nothing wrong with men reading; to villainize such an action plants the idea that men…
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The Celebrity Memoir
The celebrity memoir is somewhat of a cannibalized genre. There is usually either an existing audience…
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I Don’t Care for Character-Driven Stories Anymore, and You Shouldn’t Either
Forgotten are the rich textures of the threads and patterns that compose a tapestry of tales…
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Fandom and Fascism
Fandom is no longer niche. What started as a madhouse of creativity, chaos, and community has evolved…
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This is not for u/[redacted]: The uncritical reception of House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Contrary to proponents of the antagonism claim, I did not find House of Leaves to be…
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Reimagining Gothic Literature: Sex, Shame, and Society in Nosferatu (2024)
Film’s treatment of the vampire and gothic horror tradition over the decades is a cultural benchmark…
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The End is Nigh: Literary Perspectives on the Apocalypse
“Crisis!” “Chaos!” “Outbreak!” “Disaster!” These words pop out of headlines every time I open the news…
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