Jane Austen and a Women’s Right to Refuse
Hello Friends! April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. So, as your resident ultra-feminist, I would like to take my time this month to talk about how Jane Austen inserted themes of women’s empowerment and sexual violence into her novels and why the things she talked about over 200 years ago are still relevant.
In Defense of Fanfiction
Increased ease of making a website dedicated to your favorite fandom has some authors crying foul. But is Fanfiction new? Will the increased number of Fanfiction writers and internet spaces dedicated to the distribution of such stories kill traditional publishing and stifle original creation?
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