The OG Emo SPOILER ALERT: Spoiler Alert in place for The Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Do classics need spoiler alerts? I am a sucker for star crossed lovers and romantic era stories. I thoroughly enjoy the classics. Wuthering Heights is my all time favorite novel very closely followed by Little … Continue reading The OG Emo
Necromancy Anyone? SPOILER ALERT: Spoilers for Gideon the Ninth. I absolutely love all things fantasy. I went through a Goth phase in my teenage years (the love is still there). And so it is astonishing that I have never read anything in the necromancy fiction genre. As someone who is part of the LGBTQ+ community, … Continue reading Necromancy Anyone?
Depression Some days are good and some days are bad. You never know when a bad day is going turn into a horrible day, seep into the next and the next - all of a sudden you have had a bad week or a bad month. All of us experience our depression in various forms. … Continue reading Depression
Fat is not a bad word Spoiler Alert: This is a review for Roxane Gay's Hunger. There may be spoilers. A lot has been said about Roxane Gay's memoir, a lot of praise and a lot of acclaim. All of it is more than justified. I have been a huge fan of her writing since … Continue reading Fat is not a bad word
Enough is Enough My last post was a plea to J.K. Rowling to stop ruining our favorite childhood series. I talked about how she inspired me and taught me feminism; she taught me it was okay to be afraid, to stand up to my bullies and to never give up the fight against patriarchy. I … Continue reading Enough is Enough
Across the Ocean 