If I ever made crass or asinine comments about Amanda Knox's attractiveness, or propensity for murder, or very bad ideas, on Twitter, I shamefully retract them.
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Apr 24, 2013 at 5:00pm | 239 comments
shoppables
Today, I’m teasing, tantalziing, and enticing with five upcoming releases that I’m excited about -- and I think you will be too.
books
In my years as a bookseller, I often sympathized with parents who were struggling to find a book to read to their young children about their origins.
shoppables
Will some bibliophiles please back me up on this one?
lists
Books, boots, pretty things to look at -- my tastes are always so predictable.
books
Don’t put these on your to-read list and stare at the titles thoughtfully every now and then. Go out and obtain them, and then read them.
books
Today is the 40th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, which, yay, choice! Everybody clap for reproductive rights -- and the urgent need to defend them. Also, s.e. is in a book and is terrible at self-promotion!
chick lit
Reading about people who hate their bodies normalizes body hate. But it's not like chick lit invented characters who don't like their bodies.
online dating
I went on HUNDREDS of dates that summer and met a handful of people I could even tolerate for an hour, much less wanted to see again.
books
My parents absolutely policed what I read, but weirdly their barometer of what was appropriate had more to do with quality than it did with content.
books
Every time one of these op-eds is published, it serves as a reminder that children who experience hardship are freakish and weird, and that childhood should be a happy, unicorn and rainbow-filled place.
shoppables
THE END IS NIGH! Let's buy stuff!
shoppables
Books, expensive smells, delicious coffee, hair like a stop sign and Miss Piggy in a sauna. Sounds like a party.
winter
WINTER IS COMING! Here are some reasons to get excited
book clubs
I sat down and made a list of books I could honestly recommend with fat characters. Also, let's pick a book to read for the xoBook Club!
books
Since I love you all, I thought I would share some of the books I’ll be reading in the coming months.
feminism
This new book, "Raising Boys Feminists Will Hate" says that feminists want nothing more than to "take your son and eradicate his masculine uniqueness." Discuss.
banned books
For some of us, an attempt to ban a book is a red flag that we should IMMEDIATELY gain access to this book so we can read what you don’t want us to.
action movies
Sexual violence shouldn't be the go-to standard test we use to make sure heroines are "badass."
literature
Is this really how we’re going to repay and treat the woman who gave us Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, Ron Weasley, and a decade of excitement?
reading
From what I can see, the iteration of new adult that St. Martin’s Press appears to be pushing in its attempt to turn new adult into a thing is not going to sell well, because it’s not what people really want.
