gender roles

She and Shakespeare and I | Nonfiction

by TNSF | Jan 1, 2020 | Nonfiction, Vol. 3, Issue 3

Katherine. Bianca. The Old Widow. Petruchio. Baptista. Lucentio. Tranio. Gremio. Hortensio. Grumio. Biondello. Christopher Sly. (For a story all about how women are supposed to behave, there is a shocking lack of female representation.) When reading and directing...

Crying Boys Welcome Here | Fiction

by TNSF | Jul 17, 2019 | Stories, Vol. 2, Issue 18

The sign on the door reads Crying Boys Welcome Here. Inside, they are arranged in a circle, hunched on squeaky metal chairs, faces blurry like foggy windshields, twelve pairs of cheeks lobster-claw red. They hold paper cups filled with water poured from a decanter on...