Archive - Blume’s Blog

Writing for Equality

The argument for plain language from a social justice perspective.

Apr 12, 2024 •

March 2024

February 2024

The Domination and Ownership of Women

Toxic masculinity and the patriarchy in Their Eyes Were Watching God.

Feb 4, 2024 •

October 2023

The Liberation of Suicide

An analysis of Kate Chopin's The Awakening and how far someone would go to escape the injustices of gender inequality.

Oct 13, 2023 •

Women with Fangs Intimidating Victorian Men

Analyzing the repression of sexuality in LeFanu's Carmilla and Stoker's Dracula.

Oct 6, 2023 •

August 2023

The Three S's of Terror-Gothic

Suspense, the supernatural, and sexuality in The Castle of Otranto and The Italian.

Aug 17, 2023 •

Two and Two Makes Five

How dystopia exploits the repressed mind in George Orwell's 1984.

Aug 10, 2023 •

July 2023

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