Despite A Killer Concept, Princesses Behaving Badly Struggles With Execution
Although at first glance, Princesses Behaving Badly seems like an absolute gem, beyond the cover it is, unfortunately, not a stellar read.
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Month: February 2018
On Monsters, Gender, and More: Wayward Sisters Is the Collection I’ve Always Wanted
Reminiscent in its style and its aim to Angela Carter’s lyrical The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories (1979), or the 2000s werewolf film Ginger Snaps, Wayward Sisters sees its monstrous women transcend the limitations of traditional conceptions of monstrosity in myriad and delightful ways.
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Bobby BlueJacket Is An Immersive, Narrative History
In Bobby BlueJacket: The Tribe, The Joint, The Tulsa Underworld, crime and cultural history writer Michael P. Daley centers one of the many Native Americans who, in the early 20th century, were forced into assimilation, disenfranchised at the socioeconomic and political level, and imprisoned for doing whatever was necessary to survive.
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Fifty Shades Freed Doesn’t Deserve Your Money, Especially In the Wake of #MeToo
In the wake of Fifty Shades Freed’s theatrical release, it should be said: Anastasia Steele belongs to the #MeToo movement, too.
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Paradiso Intertwines Mythology and Tech
Three issues into Paradiso, the world Ram V and Devmalya Pramanik are building has begun to breathe on its own. Frankly, that autonomy is utterly terrifying.
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