I started up a review site (http://www.reviewsbyjaye.com/ if you’re curious) and so far it’s been fun. I review mostly romance, mostly LGBTQ+ books, just as you’d expect, and I enjoy it. Sometimes, though, I hit a wall. I either get frustrated with romance in general, or I get into one of those reading ruts everyone…
Category: Current Events
Aging Harder
Okay, I’ll admit it. The main reason I haven’t done the “old profile/new profile” thing or the “10 years ago vs now” “aging harder” meme is because I don’t have ready access to any pictures from ten years ago. Sad but true. This article from Wired raises some great points about the meme, though, and…
Identity: Who Are You?
Once upon a time, not long after the War to End All Wars and the great influenza pandemic combined to take millions of lives around the world, a man left Warsaw maybe half a step ahead of the authorities. The authorities were looking for a Jewish man, but this man (Martin) could pass for Polish…
Consent and Fiction
When I was a kid, the narrative around sexual assault, rape, and consent was very different than what it is today. It was better than it had been in my mother’s generation, when it generally wasn’t talked about at all, but it still wasn’t talked about the way it should have been. Sexual assault, abuse,…
Intersectionality and Criticism
This article is from Bitch. I want to preface it with the caveat that I haven’t seen To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before, nor do I have plans to do so. High school sucked enough the first time around, I don’t need to rehash it. I have seen a lot of criticism of the…