Right now, it might be hard to remember that this past month wasn’t 80 years long or even that it was Women’s History Month. That’s …
10 Spring 2020 Reads That Prove Books and Music Go Hand-In-Hand
Books and music. You can’t find a better combination than that. From listening to an author’s playlist for your favorite book to listening to a film s…
A Beginner’s Guide to Getting Into The Lord of the Rings
To celebrate National Tolkien Reading Day (March 25), which in my opinion deserves its status as a national holiday, we must acknowledge that we would…
8 Binge-Worthy Classic Novels
With the vast majority of us here in the United States choosing to stay in our homes for the foreseeable future (my state, California, is on complete …
Persepolis 20 Years Later: In Which a Coming of Age Novel Comes of Age
Written by Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, first published in 2000, is a memoir dedicated to the intersection between threats and repression, between tra…
What the Women of Harry Potter Taught Me about Being a Badass Woman
Author’s Note: In light of J. K. Rowling’s recent intolerant stance towards the transgender community, I want to make it clear that this post is in no…
15 Years of Looking for Alaska: An Ode to Suffering and Forgiveness
Fifteen years later, Looking for Alaska by John Green is just as relevant—or even more so—than the day it was published. I know that I fell in love wi…