Television has increasingly represented a new, digital-age wave of postfeminism: dissociation feminism, which rejects happy-go-lucky fourth wave feminism, instead embracing a more nihilistic perspective. Though dissociation feminism can be a darkly relatable school of thought, it is important that audiences remain critical of its values, especially in terms of sexual liberation…
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Romance Novels: A Safe Space For Female Representation
Rylee Thomas passionately defends romance novels as a place for positive representation and female joy…
Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop: Books That I’ve Binge-Read in 24 Hours (That You Probably Could Too) By: Breanna Patterson
Oh, the joys of a book that you can blow through in a single day. It’s magical how some writers can drag you into their work and make you completely unwilling to put their piece down. In the spirit of “a bit of light reading,” as my beloved Hermione Granger…
Looking Into the Mystique of Betty Friedan by Allison McLellan
“I never set out to write a book to change women’s lives, to change history. It’s like, ‘Who, me?’ Yes, me. I did it. And I’m not that different from other women.… Maybe my power and glory was that I could speak my truth as a woman and it was…
Exploitation of Femininity in “The Hunger Games”
Suzanne Collins’ The Hunger Games is classified as a young adult book. There are several characteristics that define a book as young adult literature, but the strongest characteristic is the main character’s ascension to adulthood as he or she grapples with issues of power. While Katniss initially appears to be…