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Kristen Patterson

Kristen holds a master's degree in Greek, Latin, and Classical Studies, but she also holds strong opinions on subjects in which she is not formally accredited. She reads. She is always trying to read more, MORE!

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Books
Ursula K. Le Guin

“Avoid Magic”: Le Guin’s Case for “Solitude” in the Era of Romantasy

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Featured Essays
fantasy

Dire Contingencies: Exploring the Consequences of Magic in Modern Fantasy

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horses

How the Horse Girl Became Our Most Enduring (and Queerest) Archetype of Girlhood

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Featured Essays
architecture

The Future Is a City: Megalopolis and Why Architecture Matters to Sci-Fi

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Left: Yoda using the Force in a scene from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back; Right: Spock holding a punch card in a scene from Star Trek: The Original Series
Featured Essays

Let’s Start a Fight: Are Science Fiction and Fantasy the Same?

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Featured Essays
Metropolis

Black Futuras: How Three Pop Divas Adapted the Image of Metropolis’ Maschinenmensch 

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Featured Essays
Epic Fantasy

Wilson’s Iliad and Le Guin’s Battle Between Good and Evil, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Sword

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Featured Essays
Barbie

I Said I’d Make a Woman: Barbie and the Pygmalion Paradigm

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The Locked Tomb

Are We the Baddies? Magic and Normativity in The Locked Tomb Series

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