How two essays and a memoir left me feeling hopeful and satisfied despite being sometimes emotionally tough reads — I have not always been a fan of non-fiction books. For a long time, I did not understand their purpose: why would someone embark on a journey to read about real-life things, especially when most of them are drab or downright sad compared to the potentially infinite promise of fiction?

What if visiting home solely adds to your anxiety? — When Sense8’s Wolfgang Bogdanow says about Felix, ‘He’s my brother, and not by something as accidental as blood… by something much stronger. By choice’ I deeply felt it. Felix was there for him since they were children. …

The series can be fun and easy to read but some of its narrative choices are questionable especially through a feminist lens — I always think back to Regency England with some kind of fondness, not because it is particularly dear to me as a historical period, but because, for me, it is synonym with Jane Austen: that and ‘Georgian architecture’ only remind me of the writer to whom my mom introduced me…

In a time of violence against women resurfacing overwhelmingly on the news, it was the best tv-show I could have asked for, simultaneously providing escapism and reflection while also being fun to watch. Different situations can make someone decide to start a new tv-show: dissatisfaction with all the shows one…

My great-great-great-grandmother lived her long life an outcast, being punished for her independent (and probably judged libertine) choices — Wanting to learn more about my surname etymology made me aware of my great-great-great-grandmother, the woman who first had the surname I have always carried, who lived her long life as an outcast, being punished for her independent (and probably judged libertine by her peers) choices.

Its intersectional feminism still has a way to go, but its didactic approach to depicting gender discrimination could enlighten teenagers. — Approaching a work of art defined feminist, either for its themes or the use of feminist jargon in its description, I find myself feeling simultaneously ecstatic — because consuming fiction thoroughly imbued with values I hold dear is something that does not happen regularly — and terrified — because the…