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Year of the Month

I Just Can’t Believe It’s True: “Sugar, Sugar” and Bands That Don’t Exist

April 16, 2024

The Gorillaz’s dorky grandpa hits the charts.

Disney Byways

Rascal

April 12, 2024

A Boy And His Raccoon really only has one of two ways it's going to end, doesn't it?

Intrusive Thoughts

And She Doesn’t Even Usually Fight Smugglers: Nancy Drew

March 20, 2024

Nancy Drew, the greatest of the twentieth century Girl Detectives, has a long and complicated legacy.

Camera Obscura

The Bird’s Nest/Lizzie

March 19, 2024

Shirley Jackson, a woman who knew a thing or two about mental illness, covers Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Intrusive Thoughts

Double the Fun: Sweet Valley

March 13, 2024

The long, complicated, and repetitive world of Sweet Valley, from elementary school to Confidential.

Intersectional Femivision

It’s Zendaya’s World, We Just Live Here: Shake It Up

March 12, 2024

The small screen debut of one of this decade’s biggest stars.

Intrusive Thoughts

Working Girls: The Baby-Sitters Club

March 6, 2024

The President's baby never goes missing, but a lot else happens in Stoneybrook, Connecticut, involving babysitting.

Intrusive Thoughts

Horse Girl Mystery: Trixie Belden

March 4, 2024

Trixie Belden, another of the ghost-written books for girls. This time with a lot of detail about horses.

Year of the Month

Lost in Space Lost It’s Way

February 25, 2024

“Every school child has been lied to. Recycling technologies came too late. All fossil fuels are virtually exhausted. The ozone layer is down to 40%. In two decades, the Earth will be unable to support human life.” Prof. John Robinson (William Hurt) Lost in Space 10:45-11:00 (Hopkins, 1998). This is possibly the most remembered line […]

Intersectional Femivision

Mothering Sunday

February 24, 2024

A look at the birth of a writer.