How to Always Take Sharp Photos
A sharp photo is one where the subject is in focus with clear lines, crisp details, and no (unintended) blurring. It’s generally a sign of a...
How Romance Novels Could Save Straight Sex
Books centered on women’s desire taught me to expect more from sex, and they could do the same for our whole culture Photo by Stephen Coles I hid...
Can You Get Away With Murdering Men If You’re Beautiful?
Oyinkan Braithwaite on “My Sister, the Serial Killer” and why society treats beauty as a virtue Photo by Stoica Ionela on Unsplash Does anyone have a ‘normal’ relationship...
Prepare Your Hot Takes for 2019 with this Handy Chart
Planning to write more cultural criticism in the new year? We’ve made it easy for you W e all know January is the time to make resolutions...
Storystorm 2019 Day 4: Tammi Sauer’s Post of Storystorm Past
by Tammi Sauer (from 2012) In past PiBoIdMo posts, I’ve encouraged you to… celebrate the weird stuff in life, put a twist on the familiar, and use...
Read Harder: An Alternate History Novel
The 2019 Read Harder Challenge is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal. Get the full list of tasks here. Created by Book Riot, this smartly designed reading...
Get Ready For An Epic Year In Fantasy
2019 looks like it’s going to be an epic year in fantasy, and here are all the reasons why. 2019 Fantasy Books Two new diverse epic...
How The Audiobook Industry Began: With A Dylan Thomas Children’s Classic
One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the...
[Updated] Google Drive Has a Serious Spam Problem, But Google Says a Fix is Coming
Google Drive has a pretty bad spam problem, and it seems Google doesn’t care. Spammers can share files that automatically appear in your Drive, and there’s...
Pride and Prejudices: 3 New Retellings of Jane Austen’s Classic
There are more Pride and Prejudice retellings than I can count. It is straight-up impossible to find a complete list. I’ve tried. Everywhere that you turn,...
