The cameras missed the outside murders and could not follow Eric and Dylan inside. The fundamental experience for most of America was almost witnessing mass murder. It was the panic and frustration of not knowing, the mounting terror of horror… Read more ›
We have a new book for the Chifems Book Club! For February 25, we’ll be reading Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez and discussing it in light of a situation with NBC trying to adapt it for the small… Read more ›
In the future of America, after the Heartland War, abortion is made illegal. The Heartland War, after all, was not a war involving any military, but was a war between the pro-choice and pro-life forces in America. The war got… Read more ›
Image by GoodNCrazy via Flickr I’m sure by now you’ve all noticed I’ve been conspicuously absent these past few days (or maybe you’ve been busy enough with families and turkeys that my absence hasn’t really been noted). I honestly haven’t… Read more ›
The Chicago feminists have a book club! If you’re in the Chicago area and would like to participate in a real-life in-person book club, join us! I anticipate meeting bi-monthly somewhere centrally located in the city, with our first meeting… Read more ›
If you have read any of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest), you must read Nora Ephron’s parody for The New Yorker. It… Read more ›
How did this get away from me?! As an English teacher, I love almost all banned books. A few of my faves include Catcher in the Rye, Howl, Beloved, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, Ulysses, Invisible Man, Slaughterhouse… Read more ›