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Books

Is Harry Potter a White Savior Story?

How the once celebrated allegory falls short in 2020. Continue reading Is Harry Potter a White Savior Story?

Sophie RouthierSeptember 16, 2020October 21, 20202 Comments
Books

The Problem With Dystopias

I understand the appeal of dystopian novels—but the genre is flawed. Continue reading The Problem With Dystopias

Sophie RouthierJuly 27, 2020July 28, 2020
Culture

Be Ready For Anything: The Legend of Ten Cent Beer Night

Five years before Disco Demolition Night, Cleveland Indians fans invented the baseball riot. Continue reading Be Ready For Anything: The Legend of Ten Cent Beer Night

Sophie RouthierJuly 24, 2020July 28, 2020
Fiction

The Bluejay

It was hot out, and Eve was waiting for the blue jay to fly past her window again. Continue reading The Bluejay

Sophie RouthierJuly 22, 2020July 28, 2020
Culture

Martha Mitchell: Prisoner of the GOP

The story of the first person to tell the world about Watergate—and the Republican officials who conspired to stop her. Continue reading Martha Mitchell: Prisoner of the GOP

Sophie RouthierJuly 19, 2020July 28, 2020
Fiction

Moth

Someday I will be a leaf on a tree or a coffee pot and I won’t mind anything, and I won’t need anything I can’t have. Continue reading Moth

Sophie RouthierJuly 7, 2020July 28, 2020
Books

The History of the “Crazy” Woman in Literature

From “Hamlet” to “The Bluest Eye”, the troubled history of mentally ill women in literature. Continue reading The History of the “Crazy” Woman in Literature

Sophie RouthierJuly 4, 2020September 29, 2020
Fiction

The Cake

Do you know the social ramifications of a cake? Continue reading The Cake

Sophie RouthierJuly 3, 2020July 7, 2020
Books

Is “Rebecca” Sexist?

Daphne du Maurier’s novel illustrates some of society’s deepest fears about women. Continue reading Is “Rebecca” Sexist?

Sophie RouthierJune 18, 2020July 7, 2020
Books

The Subtle Horror of “We Have Always Lived in the Castle”

An examination of Shirley Jackson’s enduring masterpiece. Continue reading The Subtle Horror of “We Have Always Lived in the Castle”

Sophie RouthierJune 12, 2020June 30, 2020

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