This week was the fantasy suite episode of The Bachelor. It was pretty boring. This was the most boring episode we’ve had in a while. For the uninformed, here’s the deal with the fantasy suite: Chris and his lady have the option to stay in a hotel room ~without any cameras~ for an entire night. […]
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I’m part of the next generation of erotica, and we want to raise the bar.
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A woman who writes about the way she is treated, and who dares to quote men when they say something shitty, is public enemy number one.
Read MoreThis fall is full of badass ladies making awesome art. There are too many books and films I want to review but don’t have time for, so here’s what I’ve enjoyed this fall and put my Ella stamp of approval on: 1. Gone Girl. If you haven’t seen Gone Girl yet, get up from your […]
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That, my friends, is how you weave feminism into a romance novel.
Read MoreI move home next week. After two and a half months in the Bay Area I’ll board a plane at SFO direct to JFK and start the next, next chapter of my life. I wanted to write a blog post to acknowledge this, to talk about how important and intense this summer has been, but […]
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Fifty Shades was truly a game changer, and its heteronormative romance plot allowed it to be a runaway success.
Read MoreAnyone who spends enough time on tumblr will recognize Sara Sutterlin’s poetry. Usually appearing in all capital letters and uploaded in a screen-cap of a text window, her work is unapologetic, demanding, and brutal in its detail. She writes about everything from heartbreak to internalized misogyny, and her posts are wildly popular, resonating hardcore with […]
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Feminist erotica speaks to that muddled mess of political consequence and human compulsion.
Read MoreThis past weekend I was interviewed for The Wesleyan Argus by a friend of mine, the illustrious Gabe Rosenberg, about my time at Wesleyan and the work I’ve done with Unlocked Magazine. Unlocked is Wes’s student-run art and sexuality magazine, and over the past three years I revived it, re-staffed it, and published some incredible […]
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