Escaping to Happily Ever After

December 06, 2020 by Editor-in-Chief

by Sage Wentzell-Brehme ‘21

I did not read romance novels. Sure, I read some very bad YA novels that had romance, and I like a rom-com movie as much as the next person, but I read good books for the most part. Okay, let’s stop there. Why did I define romance novels as not objectively good books?

My Ice Cold Mermaid Sex Summer

September 28, 2018 by Editor-in-Chief in Arts & Culture

by Samantha English '19

Content warning: mention of suicide attempt

Look, I didn’t set out to read a bunch of vaguely pornographic feminist retellings of fairy tales this summer. It just kind of happened.