The Neverending Story

While being stuck in the 1990s often trips up the titular heroine of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, sometimes her time-capsule-esque knowledge comes in handy. One of the best moments in the Netflix series comes when Kimmy uses her love of the Baby-Sitters Club to undermine her employer’s stepdaughter, sullen teen Xanthippe. While trying to fit in with her hard-partying friends, Xanthippe […]

Pop-quiz tomorrow? Book report due on Friday? Don’t fret! While your kids can’t skip school and hop on a plane for an extended summer vacation, they can “escape” by reading a great book. If your little ones are craving epic adventures into extraordinary worlds, look no further! Make these awesome books part of their personal collection for […]

I have never had a problematic fave as beloved or as problematic as C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia. Growing up as a young atheist, Jewish, anti-racist, existentialist feminist, there were many moments in Lewis’s text that strained my unadulterated enjoyment of stories that were otherwise precisely in my wheelhouse. Remember when the Pevensies all die […]

Few things satisfy that need for escapism during the cold winter months like 1980s fantasy movies—shout-out to Labyrinth and Legend—so here’s a list of awesome fantasy/mystery novels from—or almost from, or inspired by, or spiritually connected to—the 80s. So curl up in your favorite reading spot with a cup of hot chocolate, and get ready […]