Bella Swan: Lame Duck or Beautiful Bird
Bella Swan’s love interests are supernaturally powerful, and have charms, wit, and valor enough to make them knights among men, worthy of armies of fans ardently devoted to one or the other. But what about […]
Culture
Bread and Circuses: Satan’s Opiate
Already long ago, from when we sold our vote to no man, the People have abdicated our duties; for the People who once upon a time handed out military command, high civil office, legions — […]
The Lies Pinterest Tells: Distinguishing Between What’s Good and What’s Worldly
First saw this trend of “an accent fingernail” on Pinterest, in one of my rare trips to that time-sucking site. I think I was in search of ideas for an organized playroom. I got lots […]
Will the Real Katniss Everdeen Please Stand Up?
When our editor, who is made of awesome, proposed an issue on The Hunger Games, my head exploded. “How many words do I get?” I asked. “The usual,” Lauren said. I think I whined a little. These books […]
A Night To Remember
She was excited for the night. Dancing to the music blaring from her radio, she finished straightening that last section of hair. Finally, when her makeup and hair looked just right, she slipped on her […]
Modern Family
“But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter: and they called unto Lot, and […]