Essays

This section generally contains essays about various common aspects and themes I've noticed in literature regarding lesbians or women, in general. Feel free to suggest new topics or just pop in for a discussion via my guestbook, email, or Tumblr!

Social Commentaries

• The Demonization of Homosexuality
• The Romanticization of Ancient Greece & Rome: A Brief Introduction
• Myth Adaptations: The Persephone Story
• Historical Context
• Grief
• Empowerment
• Choice
• What Fanfiction Reveals About Society
• On Systems, Activism, and the Individual
• Cultural Collages: A Study of Media & Identity
• Chivalry and Gender Non-Conformity
• Love and the “New Women” of Early Modern Japan

Spotlights

• Renée Vivien (1877 – 1909): an Anglo-French poet
• Yoshiya Nobuko (1896 - 1973): a Japanese author
• Of Lilies and Oden: a character analysis of Osei from Futabatei Shimei's Ukigumo (1887 - 1889)
• The Daughters of Bilitis & The Ladder (1956 - 1972): the first lesbian organisation and their newsletter