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A Romance Book Is Not an Instruction Manual

By Beatrix Kondo • April 1st, 2026

Why fix problems when you can just blame them on romance novels?

Nonhuman Meditations
Mabel Pines meets a rainbow-maned unicorn in an episode of the animated series Gravity Falls.

Sensing and Leaving the Unicorn Trap

By Alyssa Wejebe • March 13th, 2026

Even when I was little, I could tell that when it came to unicorns and dragons, unicorns were pushed onto girls, and dragons were meant for boys.

Totally Generic
In a scene from Shannon Hale's Princess Academy, a group of nine young girls dressed in simple, rustic-style dresses of various colors walk in a single file line, many of them holding hands.

Princess Academy

By Natasha Ochshorn • March 9th, 2026

If Legends and Lattes is shop local then Princess Academy is the resurgence of union politics.

Interlinked
A drawing of a woman with a fierce expression and forest-colored garb standing in profile, her long red hair whipping behind her in the wind.

The Keen Edge of Legacy: An Interview with tonia laird

By Phoenix Simms • March 4th, 2026

In all of her work there’s a deep sense of care and respect for how people, both individually and collectively, are impacted by society’s systems of power.

Exploits Feature

Feminine Panic: Who Gets to Own Masculine Narratives?

By Beatrix Kondo • March 2nd, 2026

The panic serves control, not preservation.

Totally Generic
Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett lean in for a kiss in a scene from Black Bag.

Best of 2025

By Natasha Ochshorn • January 14th, 2026

The most sustained joy I got this year was mainlining old seasons of Top Chef while I packed and moved and unpacked apartments.

Roads

By Stu Horvath and John McGuire • December 15th, 2025

Santa did what?!

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