My mother always tells me that I had to have gotten my artistic bent from my father because she was a woman of science and logic and he was full of shit and tall tales. Of course, she told me this not because she thought that I was full of shit and tall tales, but because she was continually astonished by the numerous and significant … Continue reading “The Last Woman”
“May I come in Dr. Crow?” I ask warily. “Who is it?” He asks. Then he looks at his clock, “Ah yes Rebecca, come in. I saw your email. Your condition is most curious.” “Did you prepare the area to my specifications?” I dare not step in the room until I know for sure. “Of course. I removed all the l…” “DON’T SAY THAT! JUST … Continue reading “Rebecca’s Problem”
“Create your own civilization! Break the Laws of Evolution by building your own world! Explore the interactions and personal relationships of your very own creations as they imitate life. You can play God!” She bought the sand farm in a novelty store where she’d shopped with her father. “Just pick something, Lucinda! We haven’t all day!” The packaging came with an order form and instruction … Continue reading “Sandfarm”
Most of the living world is aware of the secret album that was bestowed upon the human race in mid December of 2013 by the walking goddess who is Beyoncè. On said album, there is a track titled “***Flawless”, which features snippets of the Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s 2013 TED Talk on feminism: “We teach girls to shrink themselves to make themselves smaller. We … Continue reading Beyoncè and Adichie Force Awareness of American Culture
“We Want That Girl”: C. L. Moore’s “Shambleau” as a Sexual Struggle
Written by a 22-year-old woman at the tail end of the first sexual revolution, C.L. Moore’s “Shambleau” (1933) offers a complicated and ultimately positive depiction of female sexuality. Continue reading “We Want That Girl”
