Little Orphan Nellie
Nellie Bly was the first “girl reporter,” but as the exception, she was always playing by someone else’s rules
Room to Despair
In the U.K., capital’s casualties are losing even the space to go mad
Trigger Warning Week
A guest-post from Laurie Penny: "Rape. From the Latin, 'rapere,' to take or snatch. "
London, Underground
Laurie Penny on London under Olympic occupation
Dans le Rouge
In French, the phrase is 'Carrément dans le rouge,' meaning 'squarely in debt.' That’s why hundreds of thousands of students and union members involved in Quebec’s education strike have taken to pinning little red squares of cloth to their clothes.
Model Behavior
[r]Image by imp kerr[/r] Gender determines the shape of our fantasies. Good little boys are supposed to dream about changing the world, but good little girls are…
The Future, Probably
What is perhaps most significant about Gibson's fiction, then, is what he chooses not to write about. None of his nine novels has been set in a world that requires the annihilation of our own.
Rootless and Ruthless
Coming of age outside the economy.