Hookup State of Mind is Your Next Feminist Pleasure Read
Feminist romance readers are well aware of many of the common issues with the genre: fatphobia, heroines that are so oft…
Reviews
Black AF Reviews of Graphic Novels You Need to Read
If I love you, if I’m trying to keep you around in my life, then there’s a good chance I’ve dragged you into a comic boo…
‘Just As I Am’ by Cicely Tyson is Your New Favorite Memoir
Man, you're picky.That's not always a bad thing, either. You know what you want so you choose deliberately, carefull…
Madly In Love or Just Mad? ‘Preparations to Be Together’ Asks Which
How far would you go for love? In Lili Horvát’s “Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” (2020), the …
‘Promising Young Woman’ Delivers Style & Substance, Truth & Consequences
Despite her detached and deadpan deliveries, there is a rage brewing within the titular heroine of “Promising Young Woma…
Wild, Bucking & Feminist, ‘Outlawed’ is Not Your Grandpa’s Western
You try and you try and you try.Everybody else makes things look easy. They seem to do everything effortlessly, leav…
Big Bad Wolf Offers Realistic Politics & Fantastical Romance
Part of the pleasure aspect of “pleasure reads” is their ability to help us escape. Escape the tedium and heaviness of o…
What Do We Do With Pleasure Reads That Challenge Our Values
What does one do with an enjoyable, well-written, yet problematic novel? That was my dilemma with The Pearl, the third n…
A Disability Graphic Novel That Makes Sex A ‘Quick & Easy’ Convo
Conversations are easiest when you can start on the same page. Luckily, when you're ready to tackle sex and disability, …
Three Gen X Lesbians Watched ‘Happiest Season,’ and We’re Not Happy About It
We here at Rebellious Magazine try not to pan anything. Why put the energy into dragging something when we can happily r…
