Great non-fiction, longform articles to send you down a rabbit hole and possibly learn something new!
1. "The Msscribe Story" by Charlotte Lennox for Journal Fen
Discussion of Harry Potter fanfiction drama.
2. "A Deep Dive Into the Anne Rice Fanfiction Debacle" by August T. for Medium
3. "Will Smith’s lone rom-com muddled its message about pickup artists and romance" by Caroline Siede from AV Club
Discussion on the rom-com Hitch.
4. "Where are the brown people? Crazy Rich Asians draws tepid response in Singapore" by Hannah Ellis-Peterson and Lily Kuo
5. "‘People Probably Want to Kill Us’: The Oral History of Aqua’s ‘Barbie Girl’" by Andy Greene for Rolling Stone
6. "Everyone is Beautiful and No One is Horny" by RS Benedict for Blood Knife
Discussion on how modern action and superhero films fetishize the body, even as they desexualize it.
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