Horror season is nigh, and along with my steady diet of rom-coms, I’ve started watching more scary movies. This week I viewed IT FOLLOWS, which is a cross between THE RING and a bad afterschool special: A girl, Jay (Maika Monroe), finds herself being followed by a shape-shifting monster after having sex. If she wants … [Read more…]
I’ve written a couple articles for Reductress this past week. If you don’t already know the site, it’s a satire of women’s magazines with the tagline “Women’s News. Feminized.” I’ve long loved Reductress, so I am thrilled to be able to write for it. Here are the two pieces that came out recently. Trigger warnings: profanity, … [Read more…]
There is sometimes a tendency to read or write a book and think about sex scenes as if they are something separate from the story that is happening. It’s like the story is a salad, and the steamy scenes are cherry tomatoes thrown on top, something small and sweet to add to the lettuce, croutons, … [Read more…]
Of all the New Year’s resolutions I made this month–walking more, using more Listerine, watching my Hulu shows before they expire–I’ve got an extra-weird one: stop being embarrassed about reading romance. I’ve always been drawn to television shows and movies brimming with love stories and sexual tension, but when it comes to books, I’ve often … [Read more…]