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  • Asexuality Reading List: Fiction

    Asexuality Reading List: Fiction

    November 23, 2022

    If you’re looking for aroace fiction, you should know about The Aroace Database. If you’re into fantasy or YAL you’ll be particularly well-served.

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  • The Things They Left Behind by Stephen King Short Story Analysis

    The Things They Left Behind by Stephen King Short Story Analysis

    November 14, 2022

    “The Things They Left Behind” is a post 9/11 short story by American writer Stephen King, first published in 2006.

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  • The Loaded Dog by Henry Lawson Short Story

    The Loaded Dog by Henry Lawson Short Story

    October 27, 2022

    “The Loaded Dog” is an Australian short story by Henry Lawson. The story is so memorable, the main imagery of a dog with a firecracker in its mouth has become Australian cultural iconography.

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  • What is a queer narrative?

    What is a queer narrative?

    October 26, 2022

    The word queer meaning LGBTQIA+ was first a slur, then reclaimed, then it got hijacked in the 1990s. (Some) people stopped using it. Now it’s back. Again. But because gender, romantic and sexual minorities continue to experience bigotry, the words used to describe those identities will be under attack for as long as bigotry continues. […]

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  • Hairball by Margaret Atwood Short Story Study

    Hairball by Margaret Atwood Short Story Study

    October 25, 2022

    “Hairball” is a dark and playful short story by Margaret Atwood. Find it in the Wilderness Tips collection (1991).

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  • Art For Thanksgiving

    Art For Thanksgiving

    October 23, 2022
  • Little Red Riding Hood Movies

    Little Red Riding Hood Movies

    October 22, 2022

    These Little Red Riding Hood movies all draw inspiration from classic fairytale. Some are for kids; others very dark.

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  • Names Of The Smurfs

    Names Of The Smurfs

    October 21, 2022

    Here are the names of the Smurfs from the iconic cartoon TV series (1981-1989). I have included the Smurfs as they appeared in real life. Never before seen pics! (Made with artificial intelligence.)

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  • The Definition Of Boondoggle

    The Definition Of Boondoggle

    October 20, 2022

    Boondoggle is a mimetic word which sounds funny to English speakers along with nonsense words such as thingamebob, thingamejig, shenanigans, dongle, lollapalooza, bamboozle… All of these words are inherently funny. Even without considering any meaning, they just sound funny. Linguists have studied what makes some words phonologically funnier than others. According to a 2015 study,…

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  • Words that end in gry

    Words that end in gry

    October 19, 2022

    If you’re reading this page you’ve probably been asked an old trick word puzzle. It started in New York in the mid 1970s. Trick Question: There are three common words in English that end in “gree”. The first two are “angry” and “hungry”. If you’ve listened closely, you’ll agree that I’ve already told you the…

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  • The Cafeteria In The Evening And A Pool In The Rain by Yoko Ogawa

    The Cafeteria In The Evening And A Pool In The Rain by Yoko Ogawa

    October 19, 2022

    Many writers say this: Stories emerge from the imagination when two different ideas come together in a new way. So it is in the title of this story. What do cafeterias and pools have in common? Evenings and rain? Moving into a new house? “The Cafeteria In The Evening And A Pool In The Rain”…

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  • The Lagoon and Other Stories by Janet Frame

    The Lagoon and Other Stories by Janet Frame

    October 18, 2022

    If you’ve seen Jane Campion’s biopic about New Zealand’s most accomplished author, Janet Frame, you’ll already know that “The Lagoon and Other Stories” saved the author’s life.

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  • Asexuality Reading List: Non-fiction

    Asexuality Reading List: Non-fiction

    October 17, 2022

    You don’t understand sexuality until you understand asexuality. Asexuality is not an absence of sexuality. Rather it is a ‘self-contained sexuality’.

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  • Transphobic Urban Myths

    Transphobic Urban Myths

    October 15, 2022

    Do urban legends seem unanimously ridiculous to you? Good. Because there’s a new one doing the rounds.

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  • Red Card by S.L. Gilbow Short Story Study

    Red Card by S.L. Gilbow Short Story Study

    October 15, 2022

    “Red Card” is a 2013 short story by American writer S.L. Gilbow. If you enjoy the creepy suburban tales of Shirley Jackson, you’ll like this one.

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