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Murder, She Blogged: Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Detective Work Outside the System
Despite the dodgy politics of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, Lisbeth Salander is an interesting character from a feminist perspective because she is a rare detective on the outside, with no faith in the system to produce a just result.
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Stage Left: Originals vs. Adaptations
One theme that comes up over and over again in conversations about the State of Musical Theater Today is the tragic lack of original musicals on Broadway. The way everything is an adaptation of an adaptation of an adaptation. No one’s having new and creative ideas anymore!
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We're All Mad Here: Mental Illness in YA Fiction
Young adult literature features a number of depictions of mentally ill characters, from authors who both bother to do their homework and take the time to present their work well and authors who don’t seem to feel that research and sensitivity are necessary. In YA especially, depictions of... Read more »
Murder, She Blogged: Young Detectives
One of the reasons the detective genre is so beloved for so many of us, I think, is because we grow up on mysteries and detective stories.
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Pop Pedestal: Ed "Shred" Fargo
I have a lasting affection for Fearless, a young adult series created by Francine Pascal. (Yes, that Francine Pascal.) For today’s addition to Pop Pedestal, a... Read more »
Bibliobitch: A Q&A with the Editors of The Revolution Starts at Home
The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities is an incredible anthology (that started as a zine) out from South End Press providing... Read more »
Sealing the Deal: The wet and wild world of selkie romance novels
In 1972, Kathleen E. Woodiwiss published The Flame and the Flower. With this novel, Woodiwiss transformed the romance genre by making explicit what had previously been implied—that is, sex—and created a formula for success that romance authors would follow for decades. The archetypal... Read more »
Murder, She Blogged: The Tourist Detective, Colonial Legacies
Earlier this month, Christian Science Monitor published a list of “Top 7 Detective Series Set in Foreign Locales,” a selection which is meant to “keep you on the edge of your beach chair,” as they put it.
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BiblioBitch: Stop it with the Monster Mashups Already!
Yesterday, we received a copy of Grave Expectations: The Classic Tale of Love, Ambition, and Howling at the Moon in the mail. Yes, it’s another... Read more »
Murder, She Blogged: Reality Calling
Since this series is about detective narratives in pop culture, this post was originally going to be about CSI. But at time of writing (Tuesday afternoon) everyone in our office in London came home early because of fears of another night of riots and looting, and so it’s just too... Read more »
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