Your Favorite Feminist

   Yeah, I’m a survivor. I’ve had to suffer through a few socratic seminars about The Great Gatsby in my lifetime and I have a terrible gut feeling that there’s another one waiting for me somewhere in the future. So, it’s time we talked about it. Stop attacking Daisy Buchanan! Let’s use some critical thinking here. She’s trapped in an abusive marriage with a racist man who sucks. Do you think she can just up and leave to be with Gatsby? Do y’all have any understanding of how abusive relationships can trap women? And before you say “Oh, she lead him on-” No! She’s a woman who is not entirely happy with the choices that she’s made in life. She feels stuck in a loveless marriage and obviously she’d rather be with someone like Gatsby. So, she allows herself to indulge in this fantasy with Gatsby for a while. But in reality, she can’t destroy the marriage that she’s built. As a woman in the 1920’s, she has zero ownership over any assets in her life. She’s managed to build hers...

  Summer’s come to a close and I’m starting to miss checking out surfers at the beach and looking for my next fling at an ice cream stand. But thankfully, fall is in full swing and it’s time to be on the lookout for the stars of the season: goths. It's October, so here’s a list of the most underrated gothic hotties in movies and tv shows. Kicking us off at number 5 is Morpheus from Neil Gaiman’s Sandman on Netflix. I’ll be candid, I haven’t watched the show yet. But my own mother called me and told me that this adaptation of Sandman featured a hot goth, so he obviously had to make the list. I’ve seen enough screenshots to know that he’s a looker. Mr. Sandman, you are a dream. Number 4 is Dr. Frankenstein. No, not the white-haired mad scientist with his ugly little assistant. I’m talking about Victor Frankenstein, the mysterious and brooding college student who spends his time holed up in his room reading. He is the ultimate dark academia boyfriend. He’s depressed and going insane; ...