We Deserve Better Than the Live-Action “Aladdin”
I spent the better part of 1993 watching two VHS tapes on endless repeat: Disney’s Aladdin and the lesser-known 1955 MGM musical Kismet. Directed by Vincente...
I spent the better part of 1993 watching two VHS tapes on endless repeat: Disney’s Aladdin and the lesser-known 1955 MGM musical Kismet. Directed by Vincente...
Some months ago, a colleague asked me for the Thai word for “feminism”—a no-brainer, one would think. But I found myself bashing my head against the...
Everyone knows summer is a time for buzzing in the meadows. Bees of all species are out and about, foraging for food and pollinating as they...
“Blue is a boy color!!” “Girls can’t play football!” Hearing gendered stereotypes like these on the playground was a regular occurrence when I was a kid,...
Genres are ways of categorizing books to make them more easily found by readers. Categorizing book genres is a necessity with any large collection. Whether it...
This round-up of YA ballet books is sponsored by Algonquin Young Readers. Best friends Marine and Kate have trained since childhood at the Paris Opera Ballet School....
How to Rob a Bank is a story about love. Dylan is fifteen and really wants to impress the girl that he likes. What he ends...
Where The Wild Things Are is a classic of children’s literature, and for over half a century, adults and children alike have delighted in the world created...
Everyone remembers their first. Whether it was Will Grayson, Will Grayson or Brokeback Mountain, our first exposure to LGBTQ+ life often comes in the form of...
I was late to the Saga party, and mostly on purpose. That is because I am a terrible comic book fan; I don’t want to start...