Book Review: Roadhouse Blues by Malin James

July 11, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

Malin James weaves something hot and unrelenting out of her experiences as a survivor to create fiction that pulses with dark life.

6 Things To Read While I Get Over Writer’s Block

July 2, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

So I have writer’s block. That’s a lie, I’ve been writing a lot. My journal is hella packed with lyrical meditations on my feels. But in terms of polished essays and pop culture reviews, or wacky interviews about my vagina with ex-boyfriends, I am fried, dudes. Ella got nothin’. But that’s okay! Because the rest […]

Book Review: Best Women’s Erotica 2015

February 14, 2015.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’m having trouble writing this review of Best Women’s Erotica 2015 because I just want to say, “I masturbated a lot to this book.” As someone who lives and breathes erotica, I rarely find it sexually arousing to the point of needing to release tension. The more erotica you read, the less novelty there is […]

My 1st Blogiversary: Here’s what I wrote this year (with GIFs!)

January 7, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

One year ago today, I started this blog. I remember the moment I hit publish for the first time surprisingly well: it was a very cold night in January, and I sat at the kitchen island of my campus apartment with my laptop and a Diet Coke in an old-fashioned glass from the Dollar Tree. My blog was […]