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Why We Need More Trans Protagonists for Kids

Why We Need More Trans Protagonists for Kids

For Trans Youth, Representation Can be Critical to Survival

By Britni de la Cretaz | February 2, 2017

Reclaiming <em>Of Mice and Men</em> from Parody

Reclaiming Of Mice and Men from Parody

I will name him George, and I will hug him and pet him and squeeze him

By Emily Temple | February 2, 2017

Novelist Nadifa Mohamed on the Impact of Trump's Muslim Ban

Novelist Nadifa Mohamed on the Impact of Trump's Muslim Ban

Life in an Ever-Growing Climate of Fear, Mistrust, and Uncertainty

By John Freeman | January 31, 2017

How to Represent Absence

How to Represent Absence

On Deep Time, Pre-History, and Loss

By Albert Goldbarth | January 30, 2017

Crime and Murder Among the Mormons

Crime and Murder Among the Mormons

Lisa Levy on the Unlikely Utah Noir of Mette Ivie Harrison

By Lisa Levy | January 30, 2017

How Sherlock Holmes Got His Name

How Sherlock Holmes Got His Name

On the Early Days of Arthur Conan Doyle's Iconic Character

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The Evolution of Sex Writing

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On Future Sex and the History of the Sexual Ethnography

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On the Battles Around Yiddish Pulp Fiction

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The Many Bad Moms of Charles Dickens

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Dickens Believed Women Should Be of Selfless Service to their Family & Country

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Not My Sherlock

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